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7.2 hours at review2,321 people found this helpful
Red Dead Online
Whether you prefer chasing bounties alone or exploring the frontier with a posse, Red Dead Online is aimed at players seeking varied activities in an online world. At $9.99 from 
Steam, keep the separate purchase scope in mind: this is the online mode, not Red Dead Redemption 2 Story Mode. At $9.99 from Steam, weigh the cost against your plans for an online world built for solo activities or posse outings.
All-time low ~ $1.24across Steam & third-party stores
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Past 36 months · Updated dailyHistorical Low~ $9.992023-08Current Low Across Stores~ $9.99SteamAt its historical low now
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01About Red Dead Online
In Red Dead Online, carve out a life on the American frontier: build a camp, explore alone or with a posse, and choose from bounty hunting, hunting, fishing, trading, treasure hunts and more. 82% of 59,638 Steam player reviews are positive. Red Dead Redemption 2 Story Mode is sold separately.
Credits
WRITER
Dan Houser
British video game producer (born 1973)
Developer
Rockstar Games
Publisher
Rockstar Games
Lowest recorded in 36 months
$9.992023-08-12 · SteamBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.Language support
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Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-19
02Before you buy
Online mode only
The Steam PC version is for Windows. Red Dead Online is included; Red Dead Redemption 2 Story Mode must be purchased separately.
Solo or posse
Play alone or form a posse. Activities include bounty hunting, hunting, fishing, trading, treasure hunts and running a Moonshine distillery.
03Frequently asked questions
Does it include Story Mode?
No. Red Dead Redemption 2 Story Mode must be purchased separately.
Can I play solo?
Yes. The description says you can ride solo or form a posse.
What activities are available?
You can pursue bounties, hunt, fish, trade, search for treasures and run a Moonshine distillery.
7.8
Overall Score
Graphics8.8
Audio9
Gameplay8
Story6
Content6.8
“A top-tier western world and posse sandbox, undercut by a slow grind and frozen updates; know what you are buying.”
Our Verdict
Overall, 7.8. The whole thing fits in one sentence: it was never short on talent, only on being taken seriously.
Every argument about this game is written in the GTA Online comparison
The fastest way to understand it is to set it beside its sibling, GTA Online in Los Santos and San Andreas. Same Rockstar, same RAGE engine, same online-service framework — and wildly different fates. GTA Online got fed as the core cash cow, gambling-den, underworld, smuggling, and nightclub DLC packs hurled in wave after wave, pulling roughly 9.5 million dollars a week. The western side got farmed out as a side project, earning around 26.4 million dollars a year — less than GTA Online clears in a single week and change. Two biological children: one raised into a generational evergreen, the other handed an early sunset.
So every argument over this frontier traces back not to "is it well made" but to "was it favored." It is not that it lacks ability; it is that the parent took the resources that should have fed it and fed the older brother instead. Grasp that comparison and you grasp nearly every discussion about it — what players curse has never been a bad game, only the attitude of "could clearly have done it well and chose not to."
Who should ride in, who should ride around it
Settle the accounts plainly. What props up this 7.8 is the world's texture, the top-tier audio, the heavy and deliberate gunplay, and the naturally emergent joy of riding with a posse. What drags it down is the frozen state, the grinding gold-bar economy, and broken PvP. Every one of those weaknesses is real, but they wear you down rather than break you; this game will not make you rage-refund, only sigh now and then. As for the recommendation: if you love the western mood, will accept a slow pace, and have a steady crew to play with, it is a near-irreplaceable park, well worth picking up when the price is right. If you want an active service with new events daily, tight high-frequency reward feedback, or a strong story line that pulls you forward, ride around it — it cannot give you that. One group deserves a separate warning: anyone moved by Arthur Morgan's story in the base game, hoping to relive that same feeling online, should lower their expectations first. Online does not hand you a continued plot; it hands you a land you can live in, and its goodness has to be ridden out and earned yourself rather than waited for. The best mindset is to see it clearly for what it is — a top-tier theme park, beautifully built, whose tour guide clocked out years ago. Understand that before you ride in and you will have a far better time, and find it far easier to fall for the part it could do, and genuinely did, so well. Neglected children, after all, often grow the most stubborn will to live.
Popular Steam reviews
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Not recommendedSteam player
Cheaters/hackers/script kiddies can pull your IP address from the game servers, exposing your location, your name, etc. Please rate this for more visibility, Rockstar cannot allow this. WtfShow moreShow less
36.8 hours at review7,226 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Got hit by a horse. Lost my hat. Killed a Cougar. Robbed a coach. Upgraded my horse. Found my hat.Show moreShow less
5.2 hours at review909 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Already bought RDR2 on Rockstar back in 2019 and wanted to have this part on steam. I would advise you to get story mode instead. Story mode of RDR2 is a masterpiece and Online is nowhere near it. If you're thinking of picking this up for the multiplayer and you don't have a credit card, or don't want to drop hundreds of dollars, give this game a long pass. It used to be that you could grind out a decent amount of gold through the daily challenges, enough to unlock stuff like the season pass or the roles (The meat of the multiplayer, go figure, costs gold bars.) but the update to the economy has basically neutered gold bar income in game, you will only make a fraction of the gold off daily challenges, and if you do bounties, you have to wait until the last minute to turn them in to get the best pay out (Remember that 20 gold bar cost just to enter bounty hunting? lol.) This isn't counting that the bulk of the cosmetics? 6 gold minimum, the new stuff? nearly 20 gold bars, the new revolver from the bounty hunter update? 21 gold bars, ontop of the 20 gold bar to entry fee, ontop of the *15* gold bar to entry "Prestige" license, so just to get the new shiny revolver from the update, you're looking at 65 gold bars. Have fun grinding *That* out. it used to be you could streak daily challenges to get up to .4 gold bars per challenge, around 10 gold bars a day off challenges IF you had all the roles unlocked {100 gold bars for all five.} now at most you get .25 (4 daily challenge for 1 gold bar) and had a long streak (14 days minimum.) Now you're looking at, at most 6 gold per day, oh and your streak resets after 28 days and goes back to the measly .1 gold instead of .2, so you're barely able to get a gold bar for the first 7 days, if you do ALL the challenges, where as you could get about 3 on the first 7 days. Rockstar has tipped their hand and showed that they do not care about the community or the game, they just want to milk the new little kids with access to daddies credit card coming in with the launch of RDO's "Individual" component, while ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ anyone who had the old game, you get NOTHING for having the old game. I would strongly recommend new players stay far away because unless you are willing to grind like crazy, its basically designed to make you spend money to get *anything* ontop of the entry price.Show moreShow less
0.3 hours at review3,970 people found this helpful
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No flying motor bikesShow moreShow less
3.2 hours at review905 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
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1.2 hours at review1,631 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
The economy makes me want to be a communistShow moreShow less
4 hours at review785 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
THE GOOD 1. The player base is great. They might shoot you for no reason, but they're also pretty good sports when you shoot them for no reason, too. I've attacked players without warning, had giant showdowns with them, then had them friend me later on. 2. Quests are really fun to play with friends and there's a decent variety of missions. The story is interesting as well. 3. Great ambiance. 4. Character customization is fantastic. Good selection for ethnicity, facial adjustments, hair, beard, and make up styles. THE BAD 1. Hackers. Hackers everywhere. 2. Too much grinding. Even after completing every story mission I wasn't able to afford to start a role. This means you have to go around doing side quests for hours before you can unlock more relevant game content. 3. AFKS ruin multiplayer pvp modes (capture the flag etc). This is another symptom of forcing players to grind. You have to play for hours to make any decent sort of money/gold so everyone just AFKs in multiplayer game modes. 4. While the character customization is great, it costs 10 fking gold bars to edit your character. Too expensive. It's also annoying because while your char might look great in the change room, they sometimes look awful once they enter the game. Make sure you turn down the sliders on makeup and alcoholism etc or you'll end up looking like a clown or Rudolph the Rednose reindeer. 5. Lack of content. The story was fun but short, and it didn't seem to have a conclusion. I don't know what's going on with that; if I just haven't unlocked the ending missions, if they don't exist, etc. Most of the fans who have been playing this for awhile complain about lack of new content in updates as well. THE UGLY 1. Forcing players to sign up to BS companies like Amazon/Twitch. Rockstar offers game-breaking freebies if you link your account to Twitch/Amazon etc. Some of us don't want to support those ♥♥♥♥/corrupt companies. Yet you get 15 gold bars, $1000, and extra rewards for attaching your Amazon Prime account which takes ridiculous number of hours if you actually play the game. Yeah, let's all support Amazon, a company that times it's employee's pee breaks and closes free speech platforms. Nice one, Rockstar. Makes me wonder how much money you made getting into bed with Bezos. 2. Data harvesting: You get 10 gold bars for linking your phone number - which is just more data harvesting of players.Show moreShow less
33.7 hours at review1,199 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
unlike GTA Online its Friendly! unlike GTA Online its playable as a SOLO player! unlike GTA Online its not getting any support from RS Games!Show moreShow less
50.5 hours at review779 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Cheaters/hackers/script kiddies can pull your IP address from the game servers, exposing your location, your name, etc. Please rate this for more visibility, Rockstar cannot allow this. WTFShow moreShow less
7 hours at review1,165 people found this helpful
Source: original Steam user reviews. Helpful votes are an archived snapshot, not live data. Last collected: 08/15/2026.