One-off purchase
Red Dead Redemption 2 cost to play
What Red Dead Redemption 2 costs on Steam UK, including the Ultimate Edition, its PEGI 18 rating and Steam player numbers.
Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay, images and trailer
© Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer “RDR2 Launch Trailer (GB)” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £59.99: Cheapest standard price: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 50.5 h to beat: Main story: 50.5 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £1.19 an hour: £59.99 ÷ 50.5 hours (main story)
- 54k Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 26 October 2018
- Developer
- Rockstar Games
- Platforms
- PS4, PC, Xbox One
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Shooter, Action RPG
- Modes
- Single-player, Multiplayer, Co-op
On this page
Red Dead Redemption 2 player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 53,740
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 61,287
- 31,321 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +4%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 99,759
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Is Red Dead Redemption 2 dead?
No. Red Dead Redemption 2 peaked at 61,287 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 31,321 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 11% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Xbox One or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 31,321 | 61,287 | +3.9% |
| August 2026 | 26,893 | 59,007 | +12.9% |
| July 2026 | 32,709 | 52,264 | +14.1% |
| June 2026 | 24,852 | 45,788 | −7.4% |
| May 2026 | 26,643 | 49,465 | −17.7% |
| April 2026 | 30,362 | 60,125 | +1.3% |
| March 2026 | 27,974 | 59,364 | −13.4% |
| February 2026 | 35,146 | 68,516 | +2.4% |
| January 2026 | 39,652 | 66,902 | +10.0% |
| December 2025 | 36,566 | 60,836 | −6.3% |
| November 2025 | 35,402 | 64,918 | +3.2% |
| October 2025 | 32,642 | 62,901 | – |
What Red Dead Redemption 2 costs to play
| Item | Price | Per |
|---|---|---|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 (Steam UK, standard price) | £59.99 | game |
| Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition (Steam UK, standard price) | £99.99 | game |
Source for every row: store.steampowered.com · checked 21 Oct 2026
How long is Red Dead Redemption 2?
Red Dead Redemption 2 takes about 50.5 hours to finish the main story, and about 196 hours to complete everything.
- Main story50.5 h
- Main + extras84.5 h
- Completionist196 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£1.19
£59.99 on Steam UK ÷ 50.5 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Red Dead Redemption 2 is rated
GamesChart Score
90.8, #5 of 3,236 rated games
#2 of 2018 · #4 of the 2010s · #1 in Shooter · #4 on Xbox
Critics
Players
Built from 922,284 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt2015 · CD Projekt RED90.8 - #5
Red Dead Redemption 22018 · Rockstar Games90.8 - #6
Hades2020 · Supergiant Games90.4
Red Dead Redemption 2 questions
How much does Red Dead Redemption 2 cost in the UK?
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Steam UK, standard price): £59.99. Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition (Steam UK, standard price): £99.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Red Dead Redemption 2 free to play?
No. Red Dead Redemption 2 is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Red Dead Redemption 2?
Main story: about 50.5 hours. Main + extras: about 84.5 hours. Completionist: about 196 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £59.99, that's £1.19 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Red Dead Redemption 2?
Red Dead Redemption 2 is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play Red Dead Redemption 2?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 53,740, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 99,759.
What is Red Dead Redemption 2's all-time Steam peak?
99,759 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Red Dead Redemption 2 (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 53,740. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Red Dead Redemption 2 dead?
No. Red Dead Redemption 2 peaked at 61,287 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 31,321 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 11% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Xbox One or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Red Dead Redemption 2 player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS4, Xbox One, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Red Dead Redemption 2?
Red Dead Redemption 2 is developed by Rockstar Games.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is an action adventure game made by Rockstar Games and first released in 2018 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It came to PC on Steam on 5 December 2019. It is sold as a one-off purchase, and Steam lists single-player, multiplayer and co-op modes.
How it plays
Red Dead Redemption 2 is set in America in 1899, at the end of the wild west era, as lawmen hunt down the last outlaw gangs. The player is Arthur Morgan of the Van der Linde gang. After a robbery goes wrong in the town of Blackwater, the gang has to flee, and with federal agents and bounty hunters on their heels they rob, steal and fight their way across America's heartland. As the gang starts to split, Arthur has to choose between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.
The game also includes Red Dead Online, the multiplayer side set in the same world. Players ride alone or form a posse, set up a camp, take on lawmen, outlaw gangs and wild animals, and explore from snowy mountains in the north to swamps in the south, through outposts, farms and towns. Online roles such as Bounty Hunter, Trader, Collector, Moonshiner and Naturalist cover work like tracking down wanted criminals, running a moonshine business, digging up buried treasure and studying animals.
Steam lists single-player, online multiplayer and online co-op.
What it costs
At standard price the game costs £59.99 on Steam UK. The Ultimate Edition costs £99.99 on Steam, £40 more than the standard game. Both prices were discounted on the day we checked; we record the standard prices.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 53,740 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. Its all-time peak on Steam is 99,759. PlayStation and Xbox players aren't counted.
Age rating
Red Dead Redemption 2 is rated PEGI 18 on pegi.info (PC, 5 November 2019), with violence, bad language and in-game purchases among its content descriptors. Steam's store data also gives it ESRB M. It is not suitable for players under 18.
How we checked
Prices are from the Steam UK store data, read on 21 October 2026, at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The PEGI rating is from pegi.info search results collected for this page. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page and the PlayStation UK game page.
It ranks #5 in our best games of all time ranking.
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Guides and data
Sources
- Card art and page images – Red Dead Redemption 2 Steam store screenshots (Rockstar Games), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Red Dead Redemption 2, published by store.steampowered.com
- PEGI rating – Red Dead Redemption 2, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Red Dead Redemption 2, published by steamcharts.com
- PlayStation UK – Red Dead Redemption 2, published by playstation.com
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