« Pick it up and get ready for a whole lot of fun and the good kind of gameplay frustration. »

« I've been scared off by similar games, but Risk of Rain is worth the struggle. »

« Risk of Rain is highly enjoyable, and with constant rewards of new items and character classes, it's hard to put down once you start. Even as I watched the last of the end credits roll by, I wiped the sweat from my brow and jumped back into the fray: I have an item log that still needs to be filled. »

« Any time Risk of Rain loses its sheen, you can always start again, with a new character. »

« It's a hard-won thrill, and one errant bullet or second of distraction is enough to undo it all. If you can accept that challenge, if you can pick yourself up and start all over again whenever you fail, you will lose hours to Risk of Rain. Whether you mean to or not. »

« Heaps of fun, dirt cheap. The game keeps coming up with entertaining challenges and enjoyable surprises. [Issue#241] »

« Risk of Rain might appeal to gamers who thrill over the challenge set forth by games like Demon’s Souls or FTL: Faster Than Light, but the uninitiated will find Risk of Rain hard to approach. »

« In the interest of accommodating it all, the awful maximum resolution and the tiny sprites are just about excused. [March 2014, p.73] »

« Despite its flaws, this game has something that makes it hard to put down. Every run is a different story, and that feeling of constant improvement, of learning from your mistakes and managing to advance a little further each time, is addictive. It might make you suffer at first, but once you get the hang of it, the chaos of Risk of Rain becomes one of the most exciting and satisfying experiences a roguelike can offer. »

« Great game genuinely. After a couple hundred hours my entire save file got wiped and just about every run I have had in multiplayer has been ended by ****’t recommend on console. »

« I appreciated the style and music but struggled with the fast difficulty ramp and chaotic gameplay. It was fun for a while but didn’t keep me hooked long-term. »

« Надто одноманітно та не збалансовано. Противники примітивні, а вся "хардкорність" полягає у цифрах хітпоінтів та пошкоджень противників. 30 секунд "нарізати" рядового моба який вбиває тебе з двох-трьох банальних укусів тут є нормою. Персонажів відкрити важко, скласти адекватний "білд" теж. Оригінальних предметів майже немає. Не розумію звідки такі високі оцінки цій грі. »

« Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше» »

« Putting why I dislike Risk of Rain into words feels a bit difficult, not because it's hard to explain, but because it's so easy to explain that it feels redundant to do so. In short, I feel that Risk of Rain is not well made. Controlling your character feels awkward, since every action seems to have a pause between it and the next: want to perform a roll move? You'll have to stop for a second, then perform the roll, then stop for a second again, and then you can do something else. Levels all feel the exact same, and the overall design just comes down to singular straight platforms. The whole thing feels like a proof of concept for what would eventually become Risk of Rain 2, which is a genuinely fun game. »

« One of the best roguelikes that I've had the pleasure of playing. It's not quite as replayable or customizable as the binding of isaac, but it comes pretty close. I wish there were a little more variety in the characters, which feels weird to say given that there are so many characters, but it felt like the characters that were able to kite had a huge advantage over the other ones so it would've been nice to have more characters like that. »

« Risk of Rain is a challenging rouge like with rewards worthwhile. The incredible artwork and dedication the Developers have put in the game are deserving of recognition. The music is amazing well produced and made, motivating you to keep up with the fight and **** you into the mystery of the world. Definitely one of the best soundtracks for a game. For collectors there are log books that contain lore of enemies. It is a joy to read the journal entries of enemies to expand upon the world building. The items you collects by completing challenges and playing through the game also have log entries that help to explain the lore of the world before the events of the game. The rush and excitement of fighting through hordes of monsters and bosses to reach new stages keeps the pace up. The final boss is a fitting and fair end to the game. The challenge of the hard difficulty takes time to adjust to, but with practice the anger switches from anger to fun. The artifacts you collect can create new experiences that are worth experimenting with. The variety of characters and items can fit any player, the game doesn't force you to play one way but instead encourages experimentation. All characters are well balanced and unique. The more you play the bigger you're game gets as well as the players strength. Risk of Rain deserves the recognition **** games that will hold up as an important inspiration for more rouge likes and games to come. »