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Redout 2
Developer 34BigThings srl
The fastest racing game in the universe. Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer. From the Steam store page
260 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
86
LovedLoved
180 positive · 29 negative
95% range 81–90%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 180 | 29 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 20 | 3 | 13 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,032 of 1,241 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 157 yes, 27 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 184 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,252 of 1,509 positive).
Players praise the game's intense speed and thrilling anti-gravity racing experience. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game suffers from technical issues like stuttering and lack of DLSS. [1][4][5] Several players find the career mode overly long and the difficulty curve frustrating. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [6]
I really tried to get into this game (I loved the first one), but I just couldn't. I just found it incredibly frustrating, I just kept playing it out of stubbornness. Still haven't done the last 3 races, they need 60 more stars to unlock them and I don't feel like getting them. I found it much, _much_ more difficult than the original -it was easy to lap the AIs on Redout difficulty there eventually, at the end of …
- [1]
Fast as hell, but you'll have to finish the coding yourself. The Good: Unmatched Speed: Hitting 1500+ km/h feels as intense as it looks. Fair Challenge: Difficulty is granular enough to be rewarding, not frustrating. Aesthetic: The game is visually stunning, especially on high-resolution ultrawide setups. The Reality: The optimization is essentially a "Developer Tax." The devs skipped a shader pre-compilation step …
- [3]
Do you miss WipeOut? I miss WipeOut. F-Zero was neat, but it just didn't have the unhinged track design and "crack your controller in half white knuckle" experience that WipeOut had. And then Sony decided to cram it up their tailpipe and shut down Studio Liverpool, who made probably the best entry of the series of all time. Y'know, because Sony can't help but dome themselves regularly while making doe-eyes at …
- [8]
"The Alien Resurrection of racing games" 13/09/25 Edit: After almost 100 hours, I finally "get" this game. Was it an enjoyable experience getting here? Absolutely freakin' not. Is Redout 2 well paced and without design flaws? Hell no. Do I enjoy racing my friends now that I understand literally every little thing about the game and every single one of its insane BS corkscrew spaghetti maps? Yeah, somehow I do. Do I …
- [2]
you go sooo ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fast in this game. it is a genuine thrill. the younger me who played hundreds of hours of the wipEout games is ecstatic
Summarised from 34 of the 235 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
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Redout 2 sits at 86% positive across 209 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 260 · most liked firstJus' a little Amelia sketch/wip. Iv been playing Redout 2 a lot lately, the game is fast. I love it. #sketch #wip #oc
positive · AI labelView post →Been playing Redout 2 and, whilst I think it's cool as shit, I feel like a racing game that has a starting crusing speed around 800kph, has 2 separate steering systems, and has 2 boost systems, might be designed for someone who doesn't have a 39 year old's reaction times.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fast as hell, but you'll have to finish the coding yourself. The Good: Unmatched Speed: Hitting 1500+ km/h feels as intense as it looks. Fair Challenge: Difficulty is granular enough to be rewarding, not frustrating. Aesthetic: The game is visually stunning, especially on high-resolution ultrawide setups. The Reality: The optimization is essentially a "Developer Tax." The devs skipped a shader pre-compilation step (unlike Atomic Heart), leading to constant JIT stuttering. There is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok, I'm a dev of this game and I leave here a positive review cause it's cool
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →needs internet connection to start, works when steam in offline mode, but if steam online and redout2 blocked by firewall, it doesn't start.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you go sooo ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fast in this game. it is a genuine thrill. the younger me who played hundreds of hours of the wipEout games is ecstatic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't think the state of racing games is poor, it's just that they aren't as popular as they once were. And that's ok, I don't think we need a bajilion racing games coming out every year if they're gonna be shit. But to answer your question, I think right now, there aren't a lot of new games coming out that are new IPs, they're mostly a continuation of established franchises, and are mostly simulcade or full-on simulation racing games. I've been having tons of fun with Automobilista 2, for…
neutral · AI labelView post →If Redout was a fun time, Redout 2 will also be a fun time. If you haven't tried Redout, how do I say. - The control is like for a 6-DOF spaceship. It works with the game. It's fun. - It goes fast and going through corners smoothly feels great. - Just having the ship running along the tracks feels good. Just two things I dislike: - Later in Career mode the lap amount increases to 4. I use to clear just one event and get exhausted. 15 minutes in average, is a long time to continuously keep…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really tried to get into this game (I loved the first one), but I just couldn't. I just found it incredibly frustrating, I just kept playing it out of stubbornness. Still haven't done the last 3 races, they need 60 more stars to unlock them and I don't feel like getting them. I found it much, _much_ more difficult than the original -it was easy to lap the AIs on Redout difficulty there eventually, at the end of the game after getting better- here pilot was quite challenging, and even with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really want to understand the thought process behind the career mode. It takes forever, the third tier has something stupid like nearly 600 starts to grab, that's around 160-180 events. But the issue is, each event ranges from 3-8 minutes. God forbid you have to do a qualification match and have to do the same track twice. The game modes and variety are awful, if it's all gonna just be racing they should have seriously reworked the pacing, otherwise you're playing the same track like 8 damn…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've enjoyed this game immensely better than the original Redout which felt far too "floaty" for my liking. Redout II feels nicer to play in every respect and I love the new boost mechanics. This is hands down my favorite AG Wipeout-inspired racing game on Steam so far, (the runner up being BallisticNG which is also amazing), I've only gotten a few hours into the campaign and I love everything I've seen so far. Only complaint is that a few of the maps are very visually busy or have sun…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you miss WipeOut? I miss WipeOut. F-Zero was neat, but it just didn't have the unhinged track design and "crack your controller in half white knuckle" experience that WipeOut had. And then Sony decided to cram it up their tailpipe and shut down Studio Liverpool, who made probably the best entry of the series of all time. Y'know, because Sony can't help but dome themselves regularly while making doe-eyes at investors. Historically, anyway. This game, though? This has the soul of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing, underrated racing game. Hands down my favorite out of my 40+ racing games on steam. This game has something special most racers don't. You know the anti-grav racing series 'Wipeout', how the other stick does that extra "air-brake"? So instead of just turning, you can REALLY turn when you want. You know how that adds a whole other layer to a racer? This is like that, but way better. The left stick steers like any normal racing game. The right stick though, it strafes left and right.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have a high refresh rate (120+Hz) OLED monitor, this is the game to buy. Its a visual treat. Colors just pop on OLED like crazy. I wish this game also supported HDR, but even without it, its a great showpiece. Tracks look great and have lots of detail. Gameplay is great with awesome sense of speed and controls (gamepad is a must). This game runs on unreal engine which means it suffers from SEVERE stutters at the start of each race (stutters go away after 1 lap). Huge blemish on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hitting boost ontop of another boost while boosting is scratchin an itch stupid fun, i recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for a challenging but fun racing experience I 100% recommend this game to you. The learning curve is a bit harsh but it's also definitely worth it to get good at this game. Only downside is if you have ADHD like myself you'll start to see racing lines irl, ESPECIALLY if you have a car of your own.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For example, I wanted more Wipeout, I discovered Pacer and Redout 2. I wanted a motorcycle racing game, I discovered the Ride series. I found Elite Dangerous and Everspace looking to fill the Colony Wars shaped hole in my heart. There's so much to discover if you look for genre and gameplay!
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming from FzeroGX, with no other racer truly filling that void? " Redout 2 "definitely surprised me in all the good ways. Controls definitely require getting used to. But if give it a good shot, acclimate to it? this Game becomes addictive pretty fast. I highly recommend this game to those who want a Fast Racer that rewards mastering its depth like FzeroGX does. Redout 2 is a lot more intentional with its design philosophy in that it doesn't hide anything. Nearly everything you need to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do yourself a favor and get the first game instead. Redout 1 is a better game in every single aspect, it feels faster, the tracks are well thought out, and the music is night and day better. Redout 2 adds a lot of unnecessary and confusing complexity with the parts and campaign system, sometimes simplicity is better. Its really a shame as this really mirrors the other indie masterpiece Synthetik. The first game is head and shoulders better with a vision, the sequel ends up being nothing like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"The Alien Resurrection of racing games" 13/09/25 Edit: After almost 100 hours, I finally "get" this game. Was it an enjoyable experience getting here? Absolutely freakin' not. Is Redout 2 well paced and without design flaws? Hell no. Do I enjoy racing my friends now that I understand literally every little thing about the game and every single one of its insane BS corkscrew spaghetti maps? Yeah, somehow I do. Do I recommend this game? I really don't know - do you like having your walnuts…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Criminally underrated, one of the best entries in the AG racing genre in my opinion. Controls are tight and responsive, visuals are great. There's quite a decent amount of tracks across all sorts of environments, all of which feel like absolute roller-coaster rides. Lots of vehicles, upgrades and cosmetics to unlock. Clearly made by a team passionate about the genre.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game for 9.2 hours and will probably never go back. It's way more complicated then it needs to be. There are all kinds of additional controls that add complexity to the gameplay while simultaneously detracting from the user experience. The vast majority of tracks are too long and meandering (like the original Nurburgring), which requires a lot of practice to be competitive against a strong opponent (AI or otherwise). Just skip this one and get the original Redout which has…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →potentially the single best racing game i've ever played i love when speed FEELS fast, something i've been yearning for from mainstream racing games like forza and need for speed, not only does the speed feel like what it is, it's effectively fighter jet level speed with antigravity. i cannot say this game's praises enough, buy it, buy the dlcs if you wish (the tracks are awesome), join the redout discord, and ball the ♥♥♥♥ out with the rest of us
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR A blazing fast and complex racer that manages to honor RO1 legacy while being distinct from it, plays wonderfully in hour-ish bursts if you can roll along with the oddities on its difficulty tuning. Full rundown The race faster than ever promise that the OG delivered is still very much in effect, the game delivers an adrenaline rush and demands you to keep locked in even when you happen to be safely ahead of the pack, which is usually the main weaknesses of racing games. With the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have mixed feelings about this game, due this game having made some steps forward, but also seeming to make some bad design choices. I am also a fan of the previous edition of this series. The game itself is decent enough. Like the previous version, this game is meant for the speed demons who like to control a vehicle at lightning fast speeds. Fans of the previous version will probably be dissapointed with this game in the redout series, as the racing in this game, is more like a complete…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In summary: Me like fasts, but not every fast. This specific fast me like a lot!!1! This is a special fast. You like fast? Good. You liking probably high chance. Can fast with friends on the same platform (fun and chill) Can also fast against the fastest (very hard) Usually meet weekly to engage in the fast. Come too? TLDR for the summary: Me thumbs up to the fast experience. Also devs are nice.
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neutral · AI labelView post →born too late to understand wipeout, born too soon to race real AG vehicles, born just in time to play redout 2
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't help but to think the dev is so scared of boring you it's: NOW LEFT!!! NOW RIGHT!!! NOW USE YOUR STRAFE!!! NOW DON'T!!! NOW...!!! It's got lost within itself, I'm sorry, where's the fun? There's no fun here. It's all technical stuff. Can I be bothered working it all out? Without fun? Not really. This is a learn the tracks. Perfect the tracks kinda game. My main question is... Why? What's the point? So you can proceed to the next track which is even more difficult so you can constantly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →on a steam deck the game runs and looks like a sh*t
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EXTREME RUBBERBANDING AVOID THIS SLOP AT ALL COSTS
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is worse than the first game I wrote a two paragraph review and steam lost it, I shan't attempt rewriting it aerial stuff is somehow worse to the point that the devs seemingly acknowledged it by adding a rewind button. a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rewind button. in a racing game. ridiculous. unlocking ♥♥♥♥ for your car is worse. you wanna play this local multiplayer game with your friend? get ready to spend hours in single player unlocking gear so that you and your pal can actually drive different cars.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I honestly want to like this game. The music is great, the styling is great, but whoever designed the jumps and the idea of pitch/yaw/roll midair in an already complicated racer, please take off your art school beret, burn it, and learn to make mechanics that aren't absolute hell for people who don't want to memorize the map.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished Redout 2 on the Epic Games Store. Then I bought it again on Steam, on sale, with all the DLC. I'm back in it with only 6 hours, so that is why. This is a finished-game review. I never owned the DLC on Epic, and I wanted another run with the additional content. Most racing games are low on my list. When Need for Speed was the big racing game, I never enjoyed it much. Wipeout was different. It was fast, demanded precision and felt like something else entirely. Redout 2 is the first…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENES AND FORCED TUTORIALS IN PLENTY, where they litterally stop your vehicle to tell you how to "strife" I got no patience for bullcrap like that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Redout 2 added some QoL features that I wish the original had. Specifically, a sound effect for when your self-repair is active so you don't have to take your eyes off the road and focus on the jittering health bar to see if you are indeed healing. I also really like how the ships handle compared to the first game; strafing and steering feel actually balanced so that you can use both to take corners more efficiently, compared to the first game where strafing feels really undertuned while…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't played any AG racing games since the F-Zero on the gamecube so I consider myself a beginner despite playing many other racing games since then. This game is so much fun. The career is a really nice way of progressing your skills by gently making you work towards harder tracks and tougher challenges. It's quite long (I only just got to Class S after 28 hours) but I don't mind it one bit. It keeps things fresh while giving you the opportunity to really learn the tracks and getting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love letter to Wipeout and F-Zero X is pretty apt - as it has most of the surface-level trappings (thumping EDM mixes, 'Designers Republic'-like futurism), and you can tell there absolutely is a lot of gameplay heart to it, but some other pieces are that should ostensibly run deeper are also just surface-level recreations limited by budget and studio effort. - The Amazing - Peak AF moments: A perfect run on the Mars Orbiter track on a high refresh screen is one of the most elevated gaming…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember Quantum Redshift on the original Xbox, and Wipeout was awful on PS1 back in the day. Well Redout 2 blows both games out of the competition. Its very fast and the gameplay is solid. Sure its fantasy racing, no other racing title allows you to feel like your on a rollercoaster ride like this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In short, a substantial downgrade from the first game. Pros: - I appreciate the game being sufficiently different from the first to justify a separate release instead of a DLC. - The late-game AI becomes quite challenging. - The upgrade system is gear-score inspired (think Forza) which adds nuances to builds. Cons: - The campaign blatantly wastes your time. The same tracks are repeated multiple times in the same ship-class and same event-type. - Ships have a lot more grip, which makes for a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 9 hours I'm just starting to get the full scope of the controls. This game makes full use of your controller and can be hard to master. Once you get that down, it's incredibly fun to play. Ship designs are cool and customizable, and levels feel like a roller coaster ride. The sense of speed is awesome. I haven't heard any music tracks that really stuck with me but the music does set the mood nicely. The graphics are pretty damn nice looking too. Besides the learning curve the game is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nintendo won't make a new F-Zero game, so 34BigThings had to instead. It's not quite as good as F-Zero was, but it's the closest thing we've got. 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been on Monster Hunter Sunbreak for a couple weeks now. It's absolutely become my favorite modern monhun game, and it's significantly improved my mental state. Also playing Redout 2 and Blue Revolver, an old bullet hell shmup that just got a massive game revision. Other than that, I was playing NFSU2 because of the 20th anniversary and the release of a great soft-remaster mod
neutral · AI labelView post →I decided to revisit Redout 2 after playing it on the switch on release and sadly it has the same problems I remember. I feel bad giving it a thumbs down but it leaves a lot to be desired. the controls feel good and there is overall polish, but the tracks are so ridiculously monotonous in both its visuals and actual design. The entire game feels like its being suffocated by its own art style, you can hardly tell whats going on or what you're looking at through the amount of visual noise…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty good, the mechanics feel solid... but it's not really a game for more casual fans of F-Zero and Wipeout. The cluttered, garish, indistinct visual overload has one track blending into the other and make the learning curve too steep for an occasional casual who wants to get to the challenge more quickly. I never had a sense of what track or world I was on, it's an intense visual soup and barrier to entry. Also the aesthetic upgrades were pointless and the livery changes/design of your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honors wipe out but also does not adapt to the nostalgia or modern gaming. its more like a souls like for racers. i find i cant just pick it up and play for fun whenever i want like i could wipeout.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't we all have some speed racing game in the past that we still talk about? A game which gave us 'feels' we cannot quite reproduce despite tech being so much better today? My path was Wipeout XL or Wipeout 2097 as it was known. And F-Zero GX on Gamecube. What was yours? These games are long gone and i cant get them so i have been searching ever since for something that would be like these games. Candidates have come and gone but for now at least the search is over. This game (after a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best racing games out there for me. You hit insanely high speeds while still keeping full control of your hovership. Learning to pilot it properly is incredibly satisfying. Very few games make you feel this level of control, and that control is essential when you’re flying at 2000 km/h+. The resource system is simple but really interesting. You’ve got your heat bar, hyperboost, and health. Regular boost is available anytime, hyperboost has a cooldown, and both fill the heat bar.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →unreal engine is a fucking plague on linux mint. Any game that lives out of it is just a stuttering frustrating mess. I just wanted to play Redout 2 and have fun but christ, i'm so tired of flinging myself into a wall because the game hitched for .1 seconds
negative · AI labelView post →buy if you like to go fast some people are saying this is one of the harder ag racers to get into for new players but honestly this is the first ag racer ive ever played and im flying through tracks without issue. its very challenging and complex with an absurd skill ceiling, but the controls are really responsive and the ui is very easy to read, so once you get a feel for combining turning and strafing the tracks start to feel pretty intuitive. optimal boost usage perpetually leaving you one…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of the best Wipout like arcade racer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good sequel to AG racing(Wipeout), haven't played much but it feels way more polished than redout 1, def worth the price tag. Controls are smooth as butter.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →People getting the more obvious things soooo If cars going fast is a thing you might like. Tokyo Extreme Racer 2025 is a thing. Dirt Rally 2.0 or WRC 10 if you'd want to try sims. Redout 2 for very fast Anti-grav. Sly Cooper series, PS2 emulation. First game is more arcadey than the free-roam 2 + 3.
neutral · AI labelView post →I haven't spent a ton of time with the game, but that is mainly because the game isn't fun. There is no learning curve, just a learning cliff. And after I turned it off the last time I had a deep thought in "why don't I like this?" - I love F-Zero. I loved F-Zero GX. This is faster, has more options, seems to have all sorts of tracks, what is wrong? And I finally figured it out... almost every track feels like "Rainbow road" - Is there a wall here? nope, start over. And progression feels like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Game is many things and stirs many feelings with in me not just as a fan of the original Redout, but also a lover of racing games and AG Racers as a whole. As a sequel it does a terrible job at being a continuation of the gameplay and design philosophies. This game does not play anything like how Redout 1 does and does not even attempt to invoke the same sorta enjoyment that Redout 1 does. It's it's own completely separate take on the AG Racer, that just so happens to have the same Teams…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Redout 1 is better in every way. Such a shame that they've butchered all the aspects that made the first great. The car controls bad, unlock system is bad, the vehicles feel way slower than in 1, silly cutscenes in a fzero like game SMH, tutorials... like 90% of us hasn't played the first game, and the graphics/art style look sloppy and nothing like the tone of the first game. My first impression is really poor of this game and I'll just replay 1 instead. Skip if you - like me - enjoyed the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Picked up Redout 2 on the steam summer sale and I think it might be the coolest racing game ever. I think it’s supposed to be mimicking the movie Redline especially considering the name. Kinda reminds me of hydro thunder too
positive · AI labelView post →i like the first game much more. this one is blured with strange color pallet, less sense of speed and physical movement
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The world needs more anti gravity racing games and this one is alright at that. The bread and butter of this game is stacking speed boosts to achieve incredible speeds.While it's incredibly fun and rewarding to temporarily sacrifice 95% of your hitpoints to achieve supersonic speed, doing that constantly, hearing the beeping danger sound of your health being low and then hearing it regenerate warps the game too much for my taste. The most important thing of any racing game, that is how it…
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