Risk of Rain Returns is set to release on November 8 and the devs deliver a beautifully and unique crafted remake of its first installment, with lots of improvements to this much-loved roguelike game.
Risk of Rain is a beloved indie roguelike game, and best known for its permanent death feature, but also the randomly spawning monsters, items, artifacts and more. The remake, Risk of Rain Returns, picks up on that gameplay features and deliver even more depth to it.
The remake will release for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam alike and cost $14.99 at launch. There has been no words if the game will also launch on PlayStation or Xbox.
But with the fast approaching release, one question remains: Which improvement does this remake of Risk of Rain will contain? We have the answers for you further below!
Risk of Rain Returns: A Unique Remake Of A Classic
The game is set in the distant future, where space transportation is common and space trains carry passengers across space. Through a series of unfortunate events a space train with special cargo, a space train, had to crash-land on a mysterious planet, and you're the only survivor of this incident. Now it's your time to survive and find a way out of this mess.
Those are the new features Risk of Rain Returns contains:
- All Risk of Rain content with new HD pixel art and enhanced audio
- Revamped local & online multiplayer
- Over 15 different classes are at your disposal
- Get randomly chosen abilities and powers, while fighting over 20 different enemies and 10 bosses
- New items and some of those are also of Risk of Rain 2
- The lore gets told by the Item and Monster logs
Watch the latest trailer below: