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 randomly spawning enemies and bosses. With over 100 items at your disposal, you will find the tools you need to find the teleporter back home. Discover a myriad of randomly chosen stages, from the desolate forest to the frozen tundra. - Play alone or with a friend with local and online co-op
- Keyboard and controller support
- Hordes of enemies and bosses sporting random modifiers increase the longer you play
- Ten diverse characters, each with their own unique playstyles
- Over 100 items to unlock, pick up, and upgrade your character on the fly
- Read up on the lore with collectible monster and item logs
- Includes Steam achievements and trading cards
Enjoy your peace while it lasts! To put it simply, Risk of Rain functions similarly to The Binding of Isaac. You traverse a level, kill enemies to purchase various random upgrades to help you progress, summon a boss and a wave of enemies, and move on to the next level. You keep going until you die or complete the game. Each run is different, with unique enemy types getting thrown into the mix at random, and level design and sequence varying each playthrough.
The longer you play, the harder the game gets; more, tougher enemies appear and the chance of a boss monster spawning increases. Lasting an hour will likely find you fighting a constant onslaught of bosses within seconds of entering a new level.
Ten different characters mean you can play the game however you want: While the Commando offers a standard 2D shooter experience, the Engineer can lock down an area with mines and turrets, and the Miner dashes in close with hard-hitting melee.