Risk of Rain

Time-scaling difficulty against stacking items made escalating item synergy a co-op roguelite staple.

Released 2013 Developer Hopoo Games Publisher Chucklefish Platform PC Genre Roguelite Era Digital storefronts & indie Website riskofraingame.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Risk of Rain inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Procedurally Generated Levels ~~1980~~Permadeath Run Structure ~~1980~~Procedural Loot Tables ~~1996~~Drop-In Co-op Campaign ~~2001~~Run-Persistent Meta-Progression ~~2013~~

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