The revered roguelike Risk of Rain is getting a new version

The 2013 action platformer roguelike risk of rain will return in 2023 with a new version, developers Hopoo Games and Gearbox Publishing announced Tuesday. risk of rain Returns It will feature new high-definition pixel art, new music, balance changes, and other new features, the developers said.

Risk of return of rain is rebuilt from the ground up, the developer said, and implements features of risk of rain 2, the sequel to 2020’s Hopoo that brought the franchise to 3D. (Data from the original risk of rain won’t be compatible with its new version, the developer said, pointing to the “reworked codebase” of Returns.) The revamped multiplayer will make it “easier than ever to play with friends,” the studio said.

“As we chart our future as developers, it was important to us that we remember our early work,” Duncan Drummond, co-founder of Hopoo Games, said in a press release. “Risk of return of rain it is a small token of our appreciation to this incredible community.”

The original risk of rain It was created by a small team of student developers and was crowdfunded via Kickstarter. risk of rain was published by Chucklefish on Windows PC in 2013 and won Best Student Game at the 2014 Independent Games Festival. The game was later ported to Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One. .

In Polygon’s revision of the original. risk of rain, we praise the game for its ability to combine difficulty and accessibility. “It combines the challenge, randomness, and discovery that make roguelikes endlessly playable, but in a way that also feels cosier,” we said. The sequel in 3D risk of rain 2 was equally praised as “the Mario 64 of roguelikes.”

Risk of return of rain it will launch on Nintendo Switch and Windows PC via Steam sometime next year.