Risk of Rain 2 Japanese reviews: 84.7% positive, gameplay praised
This analysis covers 1,079 reviews written in Japanese. The positive rate sits at 84.7%. These reviews span from the first entry on 28 March, 2019 to the latest submission on 18 October, 2026.
Own research by 648 News. Every figure in this article was counted by us from 1,079 Steam reviews written in Japanese, collected between 2019-03-28 and 2026-10-18.
Overall reception
The sample contains 1,079 Japanese-language reviews. Players writing reviews in Japanese recommend the title at a rate of 84.7%. The confidence interval for this figure ranges from 82.4% to 86.7%. Steam lists its own all-time total for Japanese reviews at 1,077 entries. The store page shows an 84.9% positive rating across the entire history of the game. The 84.7% figure comes from the collected reviews, while the 84.9% figure comes from Steam's own totals. Both counts were retrieved on 20 October, 2026.
The numbers
What reviewers praise
The most frequently mentioned topic inside recommending reviews is gameplay, combat, and core mechanics. Players writing reviews in Japanese brought up this subject in 57.0% of the reviews that recommend the game. Writers highlight the addictive loop of collecting items and managing increasing difficulty. They note that the game functions more like a clicker than a traditional shooter. One writer observes that most problems can be handled with mods or settings.
まず、このゲームで言われてるほとんどの問題はMODや設定で対処可能です。
Most problems in this game can be handled with mods or settings.
The second most common praise covers the amount of content, length, and replayability, appearing in 38.6% of recommending reviews. Players describe the game as a time sink that rewards long sessions with escalating power levels. Difficulty and balance appear in 9.5% of recommending reviews. Players writing reviews in Japanese appreciate the strategic depth required to survive the late game. Online play, multiplayer, and servers are mentioned in 6.9% of recommending reviews. Players note that co-op matches become more strategic as player count rises. Graphics and art direction appear in 4.9% of recommending reviews. Characters and character design appear in 4.7%. Writers praise the transition from two-dimensional sprites to fully three-dimensional environments.
What reviewers criticise
Gameplay, combat, and core mechanics dominate the negative feedback as well. This topic appears in 66.7% of the reviews that do not recommend the game. Players writing reviews in Japanese frequently complain about the difficulty of finding the teleporter. They describe long periods of wandering while enemy strength escalates. The amount of content, length, and replayability is mentioned in 39.4% of non-recommending reviews. Some writers feel the unlock requirements are too steep for casual players. Difficulty, balance is the third most common criticism, appearing in 26.1% of non-recommending reviews. Players point out that boss attacks are often predictable or cover the entire screen. Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes are discussed in 24.2% of non-recommending reviews. Writers mention that the vanilla version requires mods for a comfortable experience. Online play, multiplayer, servers appear in 6.7% of non-recommending reviews. Players note that items can be stolen by random teammates and that the host dropping causes the room to close immediately. Graphics and art direction appear in 6.7% of non-recommending reviews. UI, controls, key bindings, controller support appear in 4.2%. Writers describe the visual style as plain and the control scheme as occasionally unresponsive.
Who wrote these reviews
The median playtime behind these reviews stands at 27.8 hours. Players writing reviews in Japanese cover a period that begins on 28 March, 2019 and ends on 18 October, 2026. The recommending reviews cluster heavily around core mechanics and content volume. They account for 58.5% and 38.7% of all classified Japanese-language reviews respectively. The non-recommending reviews show a sharper focus on difficulty and performance. Difficulty, balance and performance, optimization, bugs, crashes make up 12.0% and 6.9% of the classified reviews. Players writing reviews in Japanese who do not recommend the game frequently cite the steep learning curve and the reliance on community mods. The median playtime of 27.8 hours suggests that most reviewers invested enough time to experience multiple runs. One writer notes that the game requires dedicated time blocks but offers endless replay value.
纏まった時間が無いと十分に楽しめないが、無限に遊べるほど楽しい
You cannot enjoy it fully without a solid block of time, but it is fun enough to play endlessly.
Another points out that the experience differs significantly from action games like Dark Souls.
本当に人を選ぶ。ダクソみたいなものを期待してるならこのゲームは違う。
It really picks your audience. If you expect something like Dark Souls, this isn't it.
The distribution of topics confirms that the game appeals strongly to players who enjoy long, randomized sessions.
Methodology and sources
Data
Steam user reviews, retrieved with Steam's public review listing between 2019-03-28 and 2026-10-18: 1,079 written in Japanese. Steam's own all-time totals for Risk of Rain 2 were read on 2026-10-20.
How the reviews were classified
Every review was read by a language model, which rated how positive it is, how much concrete detail it gives, and which of 15 fixed topics it talks about. The counts and percentages in this article were then computed from those labels in ordinary code, not by the model. Automatic classification makes mistakes, so single percentages should be read as approximate. Reviews of fewer than 15 characters were not sent to the model; they count as positive or negative from the reviewer's own recommendation and carry no topic.
Limits
People who write a Steam review in Japanese are not a representative sample of everyone who plays in Japan, and the language of a review does not establish where its author lives. Steam's default filter for off-topic review activity was left on, so periods Steam marked as review bombing are excluded from the counts in this article. Reviews that arrived after the retrieval date are not included.
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