A Risk of Rain 2 characters tier list is a popular search. This page will not invent ranks; it only groups named survivors from the source file.
A Risk of Rain 2 characters tier list is common in the community. The source has no official power table. The Seekers diary even admits Chef once sat at the bottom, then rebuilt the kit — which is why ranks expire. This page will not print S through D.
Groups, not grades
- Named in official intro copy: Commando, Huntress, Engineer, Captain, MUL-T.
- Seekers rework trio: Seeker, False Son, Chef. The diary says Chef's changes were the most drastic, False Son took community feedback, and Seeker gained self-revive plus a more active Tranquility path. That was the 2.0 roadmap intent, not a 2026 win-rate.
- Alloyed Collective: Operator (drones), Drifter (junk / throws). No relative strength.
- Special form: Heresy / Kur-skan. Strong log story, no damage data.
- Unreleased: two unnamed Hallowed Concepts survivors. They cannot be ranked.
Why ranks lie here
Official systems are two-sided scaling, random stages, and endless item combos. Artifacts can turn on friendly fire or random survivors. Prismatic Trials are seeded races; four-player infinite loops are not. Locking a survivor in D-tier fights Gearbox spending a whole patch on Chef.
If this wiki ever ranks survivors, it needs a dated patch and a stated Artifact/player-count. Until then the conclusion is: no official ranking.