Can I Run Risk of Rain 2?
Risk of Rain 2 is an action indie game from Hopoo Games, released in 2020. Gearbox Publishing published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. With more than 238 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is localised into 11 languages according to the store listing. Critics scored it 85 on Metacritic. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. It carries 171 achievements. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GTX 580 / AMD HD 7870 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4670K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
|---|---|
| GPU | GTX 680 / AMD HD 7970 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Risk of Rain 2 structures its play around runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. The view is from a third person view. Generating a fresh layout every run is processor work, so a weak CPU shows up as a pause between areas. There are 6 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Risk of Rain 2 is demanding
At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Risk of Rain 2 takes about 4 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Risk of Rain 2?
Risk of Rain 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: GTX 580 / AMD HD 7870 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to GTX 680 / AMD HD 7970 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Risk of Rain 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Risk of Rain 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350; GPU: GTX 580 / AMD HD 7870; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit.
How much storage does Risk of Rain 2 need?
Risk of Rain 2 needs about 4 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Risk of Rain 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Risk of Rain 2 is the CPU.