Is Riot Games a good company to work for?

Riot Games has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,460 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at Riot Games to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Riot Games have been left by employees working as Game Designer , Intern and Software Engineer .

Does Riot Games pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Riot Games employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Riot Games. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Riot Games?

74% of Riot Games employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Riot Games 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Riot Games?

Software Engineer (75) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Intern (21) , Producer (18) , Product Manager (18) , Manager (16) , Game Designer (14) , Concept Artist (12) , Artist (10) , Associate Producer (10) , Development Manager (9) , Project Manager (9) , 3D Artist (8) , Brand Manager (8) , Engineering Manager (8)

What are the pros of working at Riot Games according to real employee reviews?

"Great people (so passionate and engaged with what they do)" ((in 176 reviews)); "Great culture and resources." ((in 126 reviews)); "3) Cultural benefits are great" ((in 110 reviews)); "(+) Good pay." ((in 45 reviews)); "Great teams and space to work in" ((in 43 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Riot Games according to real employee reviews?

"riotous to ask for more money and senior leadership often stonewalls monetary requests." ((in 58 reviews)); "Managers at Riot are usually good at their craft and bad at managing people" ((in 48 reviews)); "avoid bad management and culture here" ((in 36 reviews)); "Layoff just happened and lost many veterans." ((in 21 reviews)); "Employees may face long hours and high" ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about Riot Games layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Riot Games layoffs and their outlook for job security at Riot Games in 2026.

What Riot Games locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Saint Louis , Santa Monica , New York , Los Angeles

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Riot Games reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,042 total reviews)

Dylan Jadeja

66% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Riot Games has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,042 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Riot Games employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Apr 24, 2012

Lots of good, lots of bad

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-People at the company really love the game -Game is good, sells itself despite mistakes made -Most people generally want to work hard, few exceptions -The touted cultural values are very strong

Cons

-Increasingly reliant on hiring from the outside rather than internal promotion -Career advancement for long time employees increasingly rare -Compensation is abysmal, the expectation is the work environment outweighs the 30% pay cut, Santa Monica is not cheap -Extreme hours, 24/7 crunch, not compensated for it (salaried) -Company did not scale well at all in acquiring staff, grew way too fast, allocation of new hires is schizophrenic

5.0

Apr 23, 2012

Best Place to Work, Ever.

Game designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Incredibly intelligent people. Fun atmosphere. Passion for League of Legends. Young workforce, both in real age and attitude. Gamer focused. I feel very empowered to do great work and make a big impact. Work I do gets out to millions of players very quickly and is hugely rewarding.

Cons

Santa Monica can be expensive, but the weather is awesome. A rapidly expanding workforce means that we have to work hard to keep the company culture intact.

5.0

Apr 23, 2012

Best company to work at - no going back to "the norm"

Design

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Amazing Talent * Innovative view on how to serve players * Great pay * Interesting problems to solve * Direct relationship to players * Passion throughout the entire company

Cons

* "Building the plane while it's in the air" - hard to fix problems due to update rate and live service sensitivity * A lot of ?'s that get brute forced with talent * Poor tools culture

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