The classic multiplayer roguelike, Risk of Rain, returns with an extra dimension and more challenging action. No run will ever be the same with randomized stages, enemies, bosses, and items. Play solo, or team up with up to four friends to fight your way through hordes of monsters, unlock new loot, and find a way to escape the planet.

With each run, you'll learn the patterns of your foes, and even the longest odds can be overcome with enough skill. A unique scaling system means both you and your foes limitlessly increase in power over the course of a game--what once was a bossfight will in time become a common enemy.

Myriad survivors, items, enemies, and bosses return to Risk 2, and many new ones are joining the fight. Brand new survivors like the Artificer and MUL-T debut alongside classic survivors such as the Engineer, Huntress, and--of course--the Commando. With over 75 items to unlock and exploit, each run will keep you cleverly strategizing your way out of sticky situations.

Risk of Rain 2 returns with its first ever expansion, Survivors of the Void, coming to PC on March 1, 2022 for $15 USD, with the console release coming in Q2 of 2022.

The first of two new survivors joining Risk of Rain 2 in Survivors of the Void was announced today by Gearbox Publishing and Hopoo Games. 

Railgunner offers a fast-paced, tactical playstyle that rewards the sharpshooters with the best accuracy and impeccable timing. She is accompanied in Survivors of the Void by a wealth of content as this DLC expansion builds upon Risk of Rain 2’s approachable roguelike formula with new Survivors, levels, items, monsters, and more. Survivors of the Void launches on Steam on March 1, 2022.

Railgunner Skill Details:

• Her primary weapon, the M99 Sniper, puts players in her perspective to look down the scope and target enemy Weak Points. By hitting these Weak Points, this long-ranged powerhouse deals a devastating 1,000% damage with a guaranteed Critical Strike.
• • Railgunner’s attacks cannot randomly crit like other Survivors, but all Critical Strike Chance gained with items is converted into additional Critical Strike Damage.
  • Firing with the M99 Sniper triggers Railgunner’s Active Reload bar. By perfectly timing a reload, players can increase the pace of their shots and deal an extra +500% base damage on the next shot.
• When enemies get up close, Railgunner’s XQR Smart Round System fires off rapid smart rounds that keep nearby enemies at bay and deal 100% damage.
• Railgunner’s Concussion Devices create a gravity-propelled blast zone that pushes away anything within range. Players can use Concussion Devices to launch Railgunner rapidly away from enemies, creating enough space between her and her foes to line up the killing shot, or to spread out groups of monsters, separating them for targeted snipes. 
• Railgunner’s special ability, Supercharge, overloads her railgun, shelling out 4,000% damage and 150% Weak Point damage. While Supercharge’s explosive blast can wipe out tougher enemies with the right items, that power comes at a cost: after firing, Railgunner’s weapons must recharge, leaving her unable to attack for five seconds and forcing players to rely on Railgunner’s Concussion Devices alone to keep away from harm.
• Escape Petrichor V with Railgunner to unlock alternative abilities and an alternative skin.

“Risk of Rain has always been about thinking of the wildest experiences possible and making them real,” says Paul Morse, co-founder of Hopoo Games. “We gave Railgunner an FPS-style scope to challenge what our game can be, and we ended up with a dynamic Survivor we are confident many players will enjoy.”

“As the first ever expansion for Risk of Rain 2, Survivors of the Void is packed with loads of new content designed to give players different ways to play,” says Duncan Drummond, co-founder of Hopoo Games. “Railgunner is just one piece of the puzzle, and there’s more fun stuff coming. Simply put, Survivors of the Void is going bigger than anything we have ever done before!”

The Void is the home dimension of dark creatures. Their power has grown for countless millennia as their hordes of items, weapons, and powerful beings expanded. Cloaked in the aegis of the Void Dimension, their strength is unchecked. As they grow, they are united through the vision of the Harbinger.  

The door to their world has opened and the power of The Void has been unleashed. Empower two new survivors with Void Items and bring the fight to the crabs! 

‘Survivors of the Void’ is the first true expansion we have ever done for a game, so we want to make sure we do it right! We wanted to make sure players are getting more of what they already enjoy about Risk of Rain 2 - cool items and cool survivors - while also adding in some new unique enemy, stage and mode designs. When we were initially designing the expansion we had a couple different ideas for the type and scope of content, but the one we kept coming back to was to create an expansion with as much raw content for the game as possible."

New Content Coming in Survivors of the Void: 

• Alternate Final Boss & Stage 
• 2 New Survivors 
• 40 New Items - Including an entirely new item-tier exclusive to the expansion 
• New Game Mode – The Simulacrum
  • The Simulacrum is a wave-based arena mode set within a Void simulation. It can be played both single and multiplayer and contains any artifacts you’ve unlocked ready for use. It is an endless mode that only concludes with your simulated demise.  
  • You can see the new mode in action in Dev Thoughts #23.  
• 9 New Monsters 
• 2 New Bosses 
• 2 New Elite Types 
• 4 New Stages 
• 3 New Interactables (similar to chests, Scrappers, 3D printers and item containers) 
• New Music 
• Additional fixes, changes, and improvements 

Key Features

• Play four player co-op seamlessly through Steam — no more port forwarding
• Unlock over 75 items over time, keeping each run fresh and full of new challenges
• Play and unlock new and returning survivors, each with their own abilities to master
• Theorycraft and exploit endless item and character combos
• Encounter challenging monsters and enormous bosses
• Explore massive, handcrafted 3D levels
• Discover lore through the collection of Monster, Item, and Environment Logs
• Challenge your friends—and the world—in all-new Prismatic Trials, a unique seeded run where everyone can race up a global leaderboard

Risk of Rain 2 is available on PC (Steam), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Google Stadia and Nintendo Switch.