One-off purchase
Red Dead Redemption cost to play
What Red Dead Redemption costs on Steam UK, its PEGI 18 rating and the game's Steam player numbers.
Red Dead Redemption gameplay, images and trailer
© Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption trailer “EU - PEGI - Out Now” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £39.99: Cheapest standard price: Red Dead Redemption (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 17.5 h to beat: Main story: 17.5 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £2.29 an hour: £39.99 ÷ 17.5 hours (main story)
- 1,425 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 18 May 2010
- Developer
- Rockstar Games, Double Eleven
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games
- Platforms
- PS3, PC, Xbox 360
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Shooter, Action RPG
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
Red Dead Redemption player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 1,425
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 1,617
- 799 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +3%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 4,452
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Is Red Dead Redemption dead?
No. Red Dead Redemption peaked at 1,617 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 799 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Xbox 360 or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 799 | 1,617 | +2.8% |
| August 2026 | 771 | 1,573 | −15.5% |
| July 2026 | 908 | 1,862 | +2.9% |
| June 2026 | 795 | 1,809 | +8.1% |
| May 2026 | 776 | 1,674 | +12.7% |
| April 2026 | 707 | 1,485 | −23.5% |
| March 2026 | 916 | 1,942 | −31.9% |
| February 2026 | 1,050 | 2,853 | −14.6% |
| January 2026 | 1,309 | 3,342 | +30.5% |
| December 2025 | 1,293 | 2,560 | −4.7% |
| November 2025 | 830 | 2,685 | +93.2% |
| October 2025 | 584 | 1,390 | – |
What Red Dead Redemption costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dead Redemption (Steam UK, standard price) | £39.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is Red Dead Redemption?
Red Dead Redemption takes about 17.5 hours to finish the main story, and about 46.5 hours to complete everything.
- Main story17.5 h
- Main + extras26 h
- Completionist46.5 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£2.29
£39.99 on Steam UK ÷ 17.5 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Red Dead Redemption is rated
GamesChart Score
88.8, #19 of 3,236 rated games
#1 of 2010 · #11 of the 2010s · #5 in Shooter · #10 on Xbox
Critics
Players
Built from 26,949 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #18
God of War Ragnarök2022 · Santa Monica Studio88.9 - #19
Red Dead Redemption2010 · Rockstar North88.8 - #20
Half-Life 22004 · Valve88.7
Red Dead Redemption questions
How much does Red Dead Redemption cost in the UK?
Red Dead Redemption (Steam UK, standard price): £39.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Red Dead Redemption free to play?
No. Red Dead Redemption is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Red Dead Redemption?
Main story: about 17.5 hours. Main + extras: about 26 hours. Completionist: about 46.5 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £39.99, that's £2.29 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Red Dead Redemption?
Red Dead Redemption is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play Red Dead Redemption?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 1,425, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 4,452.
What is Red Dead Redemption's all-time Steam peak?
4,452 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Red Dead Redemption (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 1,425. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Red Dead Redemption dead?
No. Red Dead Redemption peaked at 1,617 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 799 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Xbox 360 or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Red Dead Redemption player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS3, Xbox 360, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Red Dead Redemption?
Red Dead Redemption is developed by Rockstar Games, Double Eleven and published by Rockstar Games.
Red Dead Redemption is a Western action game from Rockstar Games. It first came out in 2010 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It came to PC on Steam on 29 October 2024, with Double Eleven credited alongside Rockstar Games, and it is sold there at a one-off price. It ranks #19 in our best games of all time ranking.
How it plays
Red Dead Redemption follows John Marston, a former outlaw who is forced to hunt down the last members of his old gang, the Van der Linde gang, when federal agents threaten his family. His story takes him across the American West and Mexico as he tries to bury his past. Rockstar describes it as the predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
The Steam version also includes Undead Nightmare, a horror story that turns the same world into a fight for survival against a zombie horde. Both come as complete single-player games, with the extra content from the Game of the Year Edition, and Rockstar notes that this version has no multiplayer.
On PC the game adds HDR lighting, native 4K at up to 144Hz on supported hardware, ultrawide (21:9) and super ultrawide (32:9) monitor support, adjustable draw distances and shadow quality settings.
What it costs
On Steam UK, Red Dead Redemption costs £39.99 at standard price. Steam lists no extra content for it. This page gives the Steam price only; the game was also rated for PS4 and Nintendo Switch in 2023, but we haven't listed those stores' prices.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 1,425 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. The all-time peak on Steam is 4,452. Steam doesn't count console players.
Age rating
Red Dead Redemption is rated PEGI 18. pegi.info shows the 2023 PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch release rated on 17 August 2023, with violence and bad language among its content descriptors. Steam UK also lists PEGI 18.
How we checked
The price is the Steam UK listing, read on 21 October 2026. The player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day, and the rating is from pegi.info and Steam. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page and the PlayStation UK game page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption Steam store page. © Rockstar Games. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Rockstar Games.
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Red Dead Redemption Steam store screenshots (Rockstar Games), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Red Dead Redemption, published by store.steampowered.com
- PEGI rating – Red Dead Redemption, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Red Dead Redemption, published by steamcharts.com
- PlayStation UK – Red Dead Redemption, published by playstation.com
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