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Risk of Rain 2

Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

2020 Action Indie ★ Very Positive
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Guides

Guides

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Risk of Rain 2 Stage Progression & Loop Guide: Teleporter to Mithrix

Risk of Rain 2 is a roguelike where difficulty climbs with time. On each stage you activate the Teleporter, kill its boss, and fill the charge to advance. After stage 5 you choose between heading to the moon to fight Mithrix or aligning with the planet to loop. This guide walks through the progression flow and how to survive deep loops.

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Risk of Rain 2 Beginner Guide|Early Stages, Teleporters, Item Basics

Risk of Rain 2's core loop is "collect items on the stage, activate the teleporter, beat the boss-tier enemy, move on." Enemies scale with time, so the balance between rushing the teleporter and gathering items is the heart of the game. This guide walks you through that loop in detail — the priority order for chests and drones, how the teleporter event works, and how to play the early game without ending runs prematurely.

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Risk of Rain 2 Item Strategy|Stacking, Priority, and Build Balance

Item stacking is the core mechanic of Risk of Rain 2 — duplicate items stack, and by late runs your damage can fill the screen. Balancing damage, survival, and mobility roles is what separates surviving builds from glass-cannon wipes. This guide covers priority order by rarity, the damage/survival/mobility ratio, and how to use printers and scrappers to refine the build mid-run.

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Risk of Rain 2 Survivor Tier List|Strong Picks and Beginner Choices

Risk of Rain 2 has more than ten survivors, each with completely different playstyles and strengths. Some are built for safe, long looping; others are designed for burst damage and short, decisive runs. This guide breaks the lineup into tiers with honest evaluation and beginner-friendly recommendations, so you can pick the survivor that fits how you want to play.

Overview

What's the Game?

Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

3D roguelite shooter

Third-person, mobile combat. Each Survivor has a unique mix of shooting, melee, and special abilities.

Time-based difficulty

Linger and enemies scale fast. Pacing is part of strategy.

Item stacking euphoria

Duplicates stack effects. Late-run damage saturates the screen.

Many Survivors

Commando, Huntress, Engineer, Captain, Loader, Artificer, and 10-plus characters in total.

Endless loops

After the final stage, loop back for harder runs. No real ceiling.

Co-op

Multiplayer turbo-charges the chaos. Role-splitting extends survival.

Trailer

Trailer

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Screenshots

Screenshots

Languages

Supported Languages

Language Interface Audio Subtitles
日本語
Deutsch
English
Español
Français
Italiano
한국어
Português (Brasil)
Русский
简体中文

Spec

System Requirements

Windows

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 580 / AMD HD 7870 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 680 / AMD HD 7970 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space

macOS

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Linux

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Achievements

Achievement Highlights

...To Be Left Alone ...To Be Left Alone
Automation Activation Automation Activation
Captain: Mastery Captain: Mastery
Captain: Wanderlust Captain: Wanderlust
Captain: Worth Every Penny Captain: Worth Every Penny
Cleanup Duty Cleanup Duty
Glorious Battle Glorious Battle
Moon Worshipper Moon Worshipper
Rapidfire Rapidfire
Warm For Life Warm For Life

FAQ

FAQ

Yes. UI and subtitles are localized in both English and Japanese on Steam.
A 3D roguelite shooter. Stranded on an alien planet, you fight escalating waves with auto-scaling difficulty. Stacking items multiplies your power exponentially, creating a unique sense of momentum.
No — buy-to-play (around 24.99 USD on Steam). Multiple Survivors, items, and stages, with DLC adding more.
The default Commando is solid. Once unlocked, Engineer, Captain, Loader, and Artificer are widely considered strong and stable picks.
After the final stage, you can loop back to stage 1 with increased difficulty. As items pile up, your character becomes absurdly powerful — clearing screens of enemies. The see-how-long-you-survive loop is the game core appeal.

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