Risk Of Rain Returns is a remake of the classic Risk Of Rain with enhanced visuals and a spaceship-load of new features and content not previously seen.  Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! 

Risk Of Rain Returns rebuilds the original 2013 title from the ground up. Now with an updated codebase, it expands on the original and implements features and learnings from the smash hit Risk Of Rain 2.

Drop pod onto the planet Petrichor V again (or for the very first time) with HD pixel art, original and new music from Chris Christodoulou, tons of balance changes, and more. For players new to Risk Of Rain, prepare to fight through hordes of challenging monsters that threaten your continued existence, collect and combine items to enhance your abilities, and scale your power to godlike levels as your enemies increase in number and difficulty.

This modern take on the decade-old game has been carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play. No two runs in the iconic roguelike are the same, and that has never been truer. Risk of Rain Returns brings new and enhanced Survivors, customizable Survivor abilities, fresh items, monsters, and a brand-new game mode. The game’s difficulty increases the longer you play, so prepare to fight through hordes of monsters that threaten your continued existence, collect and combine items to enhance your abilities, and scale your power to godlike levels

Pilot

Revealed in the intro cinematic, the Pilot of the Contact Light is joining the survivor roster for Risk of Rain Returns - bringing with him a highly mobile and context-sensitive playstyle unlike any other survivor in the game.

The workhorse of Pilot’s kit is his standard attack Clusterfire - a triple burst shot where the third shot pierces enemies.

Great for damaging groups of enemies to set them up for your other abilities or to finish them off once you’ve already rained damage upon them from the skies..

…speaking of which the key to success when playing as Pilot is mastery of his utility ability - Rapid Deployment.

Launch into the air and deploy your parachute to glide through the air while unleashing your full arsenal of weapons on the enemies left on the ground below.

Your secondary attack Target Acquired is a diagonal blast dependent on your current airborne status. If you’re in the air it will auto target on the enemies diagonally below you. If you’re on the ground it will auto target airborne enemies.

Don’t worry about there not being as many flying enemies in the game - your special ability Airstrike can solve that particular problem.

Dropped below you if airborne - or placed at your feet with a backwards dash if you’re grounded - the Airstrike hits multiple times both damaging enemies and launching them into the air.

This gives you the perfect chance to juggle them with Target Acquired and finish them off with Clusterfire.

As with all the other survivors Pilot has three alternate abilities to unlock and discover when the game is released on November 8th.

Key Features:

• An Iconic Gameplay Loop: The same survival action experience players have grown to love is back. After crash landing on a mysterious planet, players must play their best to survive and find a teleporter back home. Fight against randomly spawning monsters and bosses across a myriad of dynamic stages. Players have over 100 items at their disposal to find and combine, including a variety of drones. The longer players are in-game, the harder the difficulty becomes, so hone your skills with each run to improve your build and get ahead of the curve.
• Updated Codebase: Risk of Rain Returns has been built on a reworked codebase, which allows for continued updates and additions to the game with features that were not previously possible.
• Beautiful Pixel Art: All Risk of Rain content returns with glorious new HD pixel art.
• Enhanced Audio: Risk of Rain’s SFX and music have been updated by the lauded Risk of Rain 2 composer Chris Christodoulou. New tracks by Christodoulou will also be added.
• Balance and Gameplay Changes: Countless rebalancing and gameplay tweaks create a smoother “gameplay feel” without losing that legendary Risk of Rain challenge.
• A Spaceship-load of New Content: Risk of Rain Returns doesn’t just bring back a classic with a fresh coat of paint; Hopoo Games and Gearbox have expanded the beloved roguelike with tons of new additions and features that will excite new and returning players alike.
  • New Survivors - Play classic survivors and complete specific challenges to unlock brand new Survivors that expand Risk of Rain’s cast.
    • Artificer, first introduced in Risk of Rain 2, may be losing a third dimension, but she retains her diverse kit that rewards players who can rotate through skills quickly and effectively.
    • Drifter is a resourceful brawler who got more than she bargained for when she stowed away on the ill-fated Contact Light. Drifter’s skills allow her to gather scrap from conquered foes and spawn items that temporarily empower teammates.
    • Pilot is a highly mobile and context-sensitive Survivor like no other, equipped with a range of utility, direct, and airborne abilities. His signature move, Clusterfire, is a triple burst shot that can damage groups of enemies or finish them off.
  • New Survivor Abilities - Every character now has unlockable alternate abilities to customize your build.
  • New Items - Unlock hundreds of items over time, some returning from Risk of Rain 2, some entirely new.
  • New Enemies - Encounter challenging monsters and enormous bosses, some for the very first time.
  • New Stage Variants - Even Risk of Rain veterans will have to explore these areas again.
  • New Interactables
  • New Game Mode - Providence Trials offer dozens of single player mini-game challenges each using a different Survivor with a different set of abilities, on a custom stage. These trials introduce more ways to play and unlock alternate abilities for Survivors, while testing everything from a player’s mobility skills to their combat effectiveness and survivability.
• Revamped Multiplayer: Players can now group up in four-player local co-op on PC with full Steam integration and on Nintendo Switch.

Risk Of Rain Returns is coming to Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam) on November 8, 2023 at $14.99.