Risk of Rain Launches on Steam! news

Hey guys!

It’s finally done. Risk of Rain launched on both Steam and Humble Store on November 8th, 2013.
Store.steampowered.com

About the Game

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op. With over 100 items at your disposal, you will find the tools you need to find the teleporter back home. Discover a myriad of randomly chosen stages, from the desolate forest to the frozen tundra.

The three main goals for our game are simple:

1. Design a game that is randomly generated every play-through, to keep replayability high and fresh.

2. Time = difficulty. The higher the in-game time gets, the harder the difficulty gets. Keeping a sense of urgency keeps the game exciting!

3. Be enjoyable, regardless of whether you win or lose. No more fussing with complex and non-intuitive gameplay patterns. Players should not blame the game for their loss!

''Risk of Rain is definitely worth your time.'' - Northernlion

''When people do pixel art right, like this, it just looks gorgeous'' - Patrick Klepek via Giantbomb

"..a ridiculously compelling procedurally generated side-scrolling platform survivor-me-do, with multiple characters to play as, single and co-op play, and some of the hardest-hitting deaths I've experienced in such games" - John Walker via RockPaperShotgun

Key Features

• Engage in local and online multiplayer with friends and other players from around the world!
• Play and unlock 10 unique characters, from the Commando to the Miner to the Engineer.
• Fight through hordes of different enemies and bosses, randomly chosen by the game with random abilities and powers.

• Get lost and discover 10 massive levels with different enemies, shrines, and chests on each one!

• Recruit the help of a wide variety of drones, from missile drones to healing drones!
• Unlock the lore of the game through the item and monster logs!
• Unlock new items and characters through difficult achievements to keep the game fresh with each playthrough.
• Save your best highscores and stats!

We are glad to finally be able to launch Risk of Rain on Steam and want to give a huge thank you to everyone who followed and helped us here on indiedb!