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Risk of Rain 2
A third-person roguelike shooter for up to four, where items stack until you feel unstoppable, and then something kills you.
Online co-op for up to 4 players and split-screen co-op.
- 4 online
- Split-screen
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opYesSplit screen
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You crash on an alien planet and fight your way through its monsters. Each stage is a big, mostly empty map with chests to find and a teleporter to switch on. Money is the only thing you manage, and every item stacks. Extra jumps, bleeding hits and exploding enemies pile up into silly builds. The monsters get stronger the longer you play, and when you fail, you start again from the first stage.
Up to four play online on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions also have a split-screen local mode. Each of you picks one of about eleven characters with their own style, and builds up their own pile of items in the same stage.
Quiet stretches for chatting take turns with bursts where the screen fills with enemies and explosions. It suits players who love loot and odd builds and do not mind losing a run.
How it feels
Kind of game
A team takes on missions or runs full of enemies. You pick gear, cover each other and pick each other up.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Calm and coziness
- Working in sync
- Exploring
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- About
- Alien planets, Monsters
Rated on our own feel scale. 5 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Risk of Rain 2
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
Gunfire Reborn
Why it scores 88%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Monsters
- Core to both
- Fighting
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Notable in both
- Tension and danger, Getting better, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both are about monsters that hunt you. Both have a lot of fighting side by side.
No big difference from Risk of Rain 2.
Mycopunk
Why it scores 84%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Alien planets and Monsters
- Notable in both
- Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Getting better, Unlocks and progress
- Core to both
- Fighting
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Mycopunk differs
- More jumping and climbing than Risk of Rain 2
- 4 online
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both are about strange alien worlds and monsters that hunt you. Both are easy to play while you chat.
But more jumping and climbing than Risk of Rain 2.
Risk of Rain Returns
Why it scores 84%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Alien planets and Monsters
- Core to both
- Fighting
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Notable in both
- Tension and danger, Getting better, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online and local co-op
How Risk of Rain Returns differs
- More jumping and climbing than Risk of Rain 2
- Fits a bigger group than Risk of Rain 2
- 32 online
- 4 on one screen
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both play in runs or missions you repeat. Both are about strange alien worlds and monsters that hunt you.
But more jumping and climbing than Risk of Rain 2.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
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- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Platforms
Genres
Sources
19 pages
2k.comOfficial site, read 23 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, About, Tension and danger, Getting better.
- Online co-op: The Risk of Rain 2 section says you tackle the adventure solo or with up to three friends in online co-op.
- Most players online: Lists four player co-op as a key feature. The page also holds text and facts for the first game, so only the Risk of Rain 2 text is used.
- About: Describes fighting hordes of frenzied monsters on a chaotic alien planet.
- Tension and danger: Describes hordes of frenzied monsters.
- Getting better: The maker's page tells you to master each survivor.
pressreleases.triplepointpr.comOfficial news, read 23 October 2026
Backs Platforms.
- Platforms: The Gearbox Publishing release dated August 30, 2019 lists Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It also names the Steam Early Access version on PC.
gamespress.comOfficial news, read 23 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Local co-op, Split or shared screen.
- Platforms: The Gearbox release dated August 27, 2024 lists Steam, Epic, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
- Local co-op: Lists a brand-new local split-screen co-op for the PS5 and Xbox Series versions. The PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch versions are not named, and store pages list only online co-op, so local co-op is not counted for them.
- Split or shared screen: The page confirms split screen. The number of local players is not confirmed.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Local co-op.
- Most players online: Says it supports up to 4 online players with PlayStation Plus.
- Local co-op: Lists 1 player offline, which conflicts with Gearbox's 2024 press release about local co-op on PS5. The maker's statement is used.
xbox.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Platforms.
- Most players online: Capabilities list online co-op for 2 to 4 players.
- Platforms: Page lists Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Its Xbox Live cross-gen multiplayer listing does not confirm crossplay.
nintendo.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Platforms.
- Platforms: The current title-specific Switch product explicitly supports Switch 2 playback with behavior consistent with Switch. This does not add native split screen to the Nintendo editions.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Release status, Platforms, Release date.
- Platforms: Steam lists Windows only.
- Release date: Lists Aug 11, 2020. The store page shows early access beginning 28 Mar 2019, and Wikidata P577 lists 2019-03-27 for Windows. The full release is used.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 23 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres.
- Genres: P136 lists roguelite, third-person shooter and science fiction video game.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Fighting, Getting better, Unlocks and progress, About.
- Fighting: User tags include Third-Person Shooter, Looter Shooter and Bullet Hell.
- Getting better: User tags include Difficult.
- Unlocks and progress: User tags include Looter Shooter, Roguelike and Roguelite.
- About: The store text says you survive an alien planet.
pcgamer.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Fighting, Exploring, Sessions, Kind of game, Laughter and chaos, Time to hang out, Getting better.
- Fighting: Review from 2020-08-11 says you shoot and slice through creatures.
- Exploring: Says levels are big and mostly empty, with item chests to find.
- Sessions: Calls it an endlessly repeatable action roguelike where a failed run ends the game.
- Kind of game: Lists 4-player co-op and recommends playing with friends.
- Laughter and chaos: Says losing is often funny because you had just felt unstoppable.
- Time to hang out: Calls it a good game for a Discord hangout, with chat while you search for the teleporter.
- Getting better: PC Gamer, August 11, 2020, describes learning different survivors, movement combinations and item synergies over repeated runs. This supports regular skill development. Optional hardest-setting failure is excluded from the ordinary-play rating.
pcgamer.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Working in sync, Getting better, Kind of game, Calm and coziness.
- Time to hang out: Feature from 2020-12-28 describes lulls that allow casual chatter.
- Tension and danger: Describes moments of intense action.
- Working in sync: Describes four players who each try a different build.
- Getting better: The group reports extended practice on the hardest setting. That optional challenge is excluded from the ordinary-play score. The separate review supports regular learning at two.
- Kind of game: Describes four-player co-op where the group stacks builds together.
- Calm and coziness: Describes quiet stretches for casual chatter while you look for the teleporter.
destructoid.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Planning ahead.
- Planning ahead: Review describes weighing how long to stay on a stage against the difficulty that rises with time.
support.2k.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op.
- Online co-op: The October 8, 2026 support revision warns that PS4/PS5 and Xbox One/Series multiplayer separate with a subsequent update while retaining for-now wording. The installed-build transition is unresolved, so no current cross-generation group is asserted.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.epicgames.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked PlayStation full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked Xbox full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
nintendo.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked Nintendo full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.