Risk of Rain
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with…
Risk of Rain is an adventure developed by Code Mystics, released 8 November 2013 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One. It currently starts at $1.74 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 18.5 hrs to finish.
What Risk of Rain is
Risk of Rain is an adventure game developed by Code Mystics and released in 2013. It was published by Chucklefish Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker: Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After a space freighter is attacked and crashes onto a strange, uncharted planet, a lone survivor is left stranded amid its hostile wilds. Cut off and hunted by the world's ever-growing swarms of monsters, the survivor must scavenge the ship's scattered cargo for gear and fight to stay alive. With danger mounting the longer they linger, the survivor races to locate a teleporter and find a way off the deadly planet before its horrors overwhelm them.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 15 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Risk of Rain holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 174 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 18.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 56.5 hrs, roughly 3.1 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $1.74, that works out to about $0.09 per hour of the main story, or $0.03 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM and Direct X9.0c Compatible Card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.74 at Fanatical, 83% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Risk of Rain launched on 8 November 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Risk of Rain yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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