Red Dead Online

Open-world multiplayer Western with posses, bounties, hunting, and trading

Rockstar Games · Released Dec 1, 2020

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 69K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 77% of 152 in 30 days
Playing now: 344; peak 24h 909
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Red Dead Online?

A third-person, open-world action game set in frontier America. You travel on horseback alone or with a posse, fight lawmen and gangs, hunt, fish, trade, pursue bounties, and build a life on the frontier.

For you if...

+you want an open Western world to explore on horseback
+you enjoy posses, hunting, fishing, trading, and bounty hunting
+you like mixing cooperative play with competitive PvP

Not for you if...

−you want an offline single-player Western
−you prefer guided levels over open-world exploration

What players say

83% of 69,461 reviews are positive · 77% of 152 in the last 30 days

Players praise the frontier world, horseback exploration, and playing with friends. Their dominant complaint is rampant cheating and modding in public sessions, including forced teleports and instant kills; many also say development support and late-game content are lacking.

Screenshots and trailer

Red Dead Online system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 - 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 150 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Third-party account: Rockstar Games (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: In-app purchases
Age rating: 17+

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil.