Risk of Rain Returns — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Risk of Rain Returns... returns! (V1.1.0) | 2025-08-29 | Rumors of Risk of Rain Returns’ death have been greatly exaggerated as we’ve just released an update! This patch includes improvements and optimisations tailored specifically for the Steam Deck. We've also added some long overdue updates, including...An “experimental” option to allow more than 4 players in multiplayer.A ping and emote system to improve communication during multiplayer.The multiplayer host can now prevent players from picking the hidden Survivor.The hidden Survivor's "Judgement" skin is now unlockableAdded a tiny bit of new item content, including a new drone (no spoilers here - jump in and find them!)If you want to “downpatch |
| Patch Notes 1.1.0 | 2025-08-29 | V1.1.0 Update Notes ːsteammockingː Spoilers ahead for new and existing content, you have been warned! ːsteammockingːMultiple Updates to the experience on Steam DeckThe default windowed resolution on Steam Deck should now be 1280x800Certain display-related settings (zoom scale, HUD scale, UI scale, alt UI font, pixel-perfect, lock HUD scale) are now saved per-resolution.Changed the default game configuration when playing on the Steam Deck to be more optimized.Some elements which previously rendered at zoom scale are now rendered using the HUD scale: Command Crate item selection menu, interactable prices, Teleporter "Stay Alive!" text, and play |
| Franchise Sale & DLC3 Devlog #3 ETA... | 2025-08-21 | Hello everyone! Today I have a couple of updates for the world of Risk of Rain, starting with..Franchise SaleThe entire Risk of Rain franchise on Steam is on sale right now! With the third DLC on the horizon for Risk of Rain 2 there has never been a better time to grab a bargain and get caught up if you haven't gotten round to some of the past installments.Franchise SaleAlloyed Collective Dev Diary #3 ETA…There’s nothing gamers love more than the announcement of an announcement! I know you’re all patiently waiting for the 3rd Dev Diary, if you tune into Gearbox’s stage show at Pax West on 29th Aug at 1pm PT we’ll be letting you know when the |
| Patch Notes 1.0.5 | 2024-01-11 | Hi again everyone! Today we've got a bugfix patch for you, lets rundown the changes... Fixed a crash relating to text rendering in certain languages. Thank you for your patience with this one, it was surprisingly difficult to identify what was causing this issue! A big thanks to GameMaker developers YoYo Games for helping us track this one down! Fixed a crash with Huntress's alternate Secondary that could occur online. Fixed a rendering issue with certain backgrounds in the Environment Log as of the previous patch. Fixed softlocks which could occur in certain circumstances in Judgement. Fixed a crash when Acrid's bubble touched the head of a |
| Patch Notes 1.0.4 | 2023-12-12 | Hello everyone! Today we pushed a patch for Risk of Rain Returns! While this patch has a whole bunch of different balance changes and bug fixes, detailed below, its biggest feature is the inclusion of horizontal mouse aiming! To be clear - this does not allow you to have full 360 degree aiming/shooting - it allows you to put the cursor to the left/right of your character to attack in that horizontal direction. This huge quality-of-life change, along with many of the below changes, was developed in response to player feedback and we would love to know what you think on the Risk of Rain Discord Patch 1.0.4 Changes Horizontal Mouse Aim/Aiming Ch |
| Nominate us for the Steam Awards! | 2023-11-21 | The Steam Awards are upon us! It’s that special time of year where we ask our amazing community members to hit the ✨ shiny button ✨ to select Risk of Rain: Returns for Better with Friends! It’s been crazy seeing all the new players jumping into Risk of Rain: Returns for the first time or coming in after playing the first Risk of Rain from 10 years ago! We wanted to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you. The team has been watching the streams, videos, posts, and messages and has been blown away by the response. We hope you’re enjoying playing together and discovering everything new and old with your friends. Today, we’re hoping you’ll nominate R |
| Patch Notes 1.0.3 | 2023-11-17 | Hello everyone! We have just released the latest patch for Risk of Rain Returns - once again the primary focus of this patch is to fix bugs reported by the community, which also includes some changes that should make Artificer stronger and make Overloading Elites less punishing. If you have any other bug reports and/or feedback for us you can do so on our Discord. Thank you to everyone who has given us feedback so far! A quick reminder that the new aiming feature mentioned in the previous patch notes (1.0.2) is still in development, we will update you on this feature as soon as possible. Patch 1.0.3 Changes: Increased Teleporter particle visi |
| Patch Notes Version 1.0.2 | 2023-11-10 | Hi! Firstly, a huge thank you for everyone that has been enjoying Risk of Rain Returns! All of us at Hopoo Games have been watching the streams, videos, tweets (X's??) and messages and have been blown away by the response to our latest game. Today we have an update on an upcoming control feature, and patch 1.0.2 - mainly focussed on bug/crash fixes. Here's a full list of changes: Fixed Cremator being allowed to spawn in certain locations which it was intended to be blacklisted from. Made HAN-D trial description correctly say 200 pts instead of 125 required. Changes the following stage variants to fix abnormalities: Ancientvalley 2, Desolate F |
| Risk of Rain Returns - OUT NOW! | 2023-11-08 | Risk of Rain Returns is available to purchase right now! A remake of our original game Risk of Rain - released 10 years ago today - Risk of Rain Returns keeps everything that made the roguelike classic great and adds a ton of new content and improvements, including... Revamped Multiplayer Completely reimagined pixel art 3 New Survivors and alternate abilities for all the original crew! Dozens of new stage variants Many new items and equipment New challenge mode "Providence Trials" Loads of new enemies Countless quality of life changes Tons of new lore, logs and secrets to find! ...And much more! There is loads of new content for new players a |
| Dev Thoughts 32 - Risk of Rain Returns | 2023-10-25 | Hi everyone! No lengthy intros today - I know what you’re here for... Release Details Risk of Rain Returns will release on Steam and Nintendo Switch on November 8th 2023 - the exact 10 year anniversary of the release of the original Risk of Rain! The suggested retail price of Risk of Rain Returns will be $14.99 however for a short period at launch there will be a -15% discount down to just $12.75 All of us at Hopoo Games want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you for both following along during the development of Risk of Rain Returns and all the support you’ve given us over the last ten years. It’s been a wild ride and we have plen |
| Twitch Stream Announcement - Risk of Rain Returns - Release Info & New Survivor! | 2023-10-19 | Hey! Get ready for more exciting news about the release of Risk of Rain: Returns! Set your notifications to join us on the Hopoo Twitch channel on October 25th, at 12:00 pm CT. We will FINALLY be revealing the highly anticipated RELEASE DATE, along with the NEW SURVIVOR joining the lineup. You’ll want to stay tuned for a bit longer as we’ll have another announcement after the survivor reveal, along with survivor gameplay. 10 year anniversary is coming up, so something is bound to be cooking. 🔥 As always, thanks for the amazing support - and we can’t wait to share what we have planned with everyone on October 25th over on the Hopoo Games Twit |
| Dev Thoughts 31 - Risk of Rain Returns | 2023-07-19 | Hey! Thanks again for joining us for the Dev Thoughts, today we're going to take a look at a brand new survivor for Risk of Rain Returns and talking to Hopoo Games composer Chris Christodoulou about the soundtrack. The majority of this content, along with the great new survivor trailer, are contained in the video version of the Dev Thoughts linked above, so make sure you watch it so you don't miss out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1337520/Risk_of_Rain_Returns/ For the words-n-gifs fans among us, let's get acquainted with Risk of Rain's newest survivor... Drifter The first brand new survivor debuting in Risk of Rain Returns is Drifter. T |
| Dev Thoughts 30 - Risk of Rain Returns - Providence Trials | 2023-03-23 | Hi! Thanks for joining us once again for the Hopoo Games Dev Thoughts! Today we’ll be taking a closer look at the new game mode coming in Risk of Rain Returns: Providence Trials. I’d recommend watching the video version of the Dev Thoughts as you’ll be able to fully appreciate the footage of the trials as well as seeing an exclusive gameplay sample at the end, but if the written version is your cup of tea let’s dive in and take a quick look at the big guy himself… Providence Fan Art A couple of weeks ago we reached out to the community asking for some fan art of Providence to celebrate the reveal of the Providence Trials, and as always you di |
| Dev Thoughts #29 - Risk of Rain Returns - New Survivor Abilities | 2023-01-26 | Hello! Welcome to Hopoo Games Dev Thoughts 29 Before we get into the main topic of today's Dev Thoughts, I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone for the amazing reception and reaction to the announcement of Risk of Rain Returns - the entire development team has loved reading all your comments and sharing in the excitement of the reveal of our latest game. To keep discussing Risk of Rain Returns you can join me and the rest of Hopoo Games right on our Discord, and don't forget the rest of our Hopoo social media like Twitch, Twitter, and Tiktok, and the official Risk of Rain twitter account right here! While you're busy clickin' links plea |
| Dev Thoughts #28 - Risk of Rain Returns | 2022-12-20 | Hello and welcome once again to the Hopoo games Dev Thoughts! I'm Jonathan the Hopoo Games community manager and it's my pleasure to introduce you to our latest game: Risk of Rain Returns. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1337520/ Risk of Rain Returns Risk of Rain Returns is a remake of our original 2013 release Risk of Rain. For those of you unfamiliar with the original, Risk of Rain Returns is a 2d multiplayer action platformer with roguelike elements. Stranded on a strange planet waves of alien monsters randomly spawn and attack you. The strength of these enemies increases in difficulty as time passes so you have to balance between grabb |