Risk of Rain Returns

Last updated: 2026-04-27
  • Reward and addictive gameplay
  • Excellent remaster and remake
  • Beautiful pixel art
  • High difficulty level
  • Issues with Providence Trials
  • Poor level and control design
Risk of Rain Returns header

Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
28,499
Positive
25,65090.0%
Negative
2,84910.0%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
2,061,645
Estimated revenue
$30,904,059
Game price
$15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
302.30%
Estimated copies lost
2,170
Estimated revenue lost
$32,528
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
302.3%
Avg playtime 1h
251.9%
Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime
17113.1%
Avg playtime 30.7h
1,08182.7%
Avg playtime 46.4h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day1.5 rev/day
Last 30d2.2 rev/day
Quarterly90.6 rev/qtr
Days covered900.4 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,307 total
Organic purchasers1,02678.5%
Voted up: 84%
Key activations28121.5%
Voted up: 88%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,307 total
First impression0-2h1068.11%
Voted up: 64%
Mid game2-10h41531.8%
Voted up: 87%
Late game10-20h26320.1%
Voted up: 84%
Endgame20h+52340.0%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
4.59% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
80.0%
Global baseline 84.6%
60 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 28,499 total.