Is Riot Games a good company to work for?

Riot Games has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,463 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Riot Games to a friend and 54% 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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Riot Games?

75% 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 173 reviews)); "Great culture and resources." ((in 132 reviews)); "3) Cultural benefits are great" ((in 103 reviews)); "Pay and perks are great." ((in 53 reviews)); "Great teams and space to work in" ((in 44 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 56 reviews)); "avoid bad management and culture here" ((in 36 reviews)); "Layoffs are abrupt, poorly communicated, and morale" ((in 20 reviews)); "Employees may face long hours and high" ((in 19 reviews)); "Communication is poor and duplicate efforts with leaders that are at odds with each other can be found across the organization." ((in 18 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 are the top reviewed Riot Games locations?

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Riot Games reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,045 total reviews)

Dylan Jadeja

68% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Riot Games has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,045 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Apr 5, 2016

Great Experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing perks, great campus, comfortable atmosphere.

Cons

Managers should receive training if they are going to have direct reports.

1.0

Sep 10, 2025

Extremely Toxic work culture

Software development engineer in test (sdet)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Good Pay * Free food * Free to play games

Cons

* Senior management have no people skills or management skills, they are surviving there by doing a lot of internal politics. * Promotions based on relationships, politics not merit * HR management are useless, they are just puppets of senior management. * The company doesn't follow any ethics, its all show-base. * Layoffs are abrupt, poorly communicated, and morale-destroying Before joining this company, make sure you check about their work culture with a current/former employee and then join if you still like.

3.0

Nov 19, 2024

Lost its magic

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Brilliant coworkers Swanky campus Progressive environment Used to have amazing opportunity for projects and growth for game developers, not so much anymore

Cons

C-suite, VPs, and Execs ruining projects and misusing talent Weirdly jealous of Hollywood and wishes it were a film studio to brush shoulders with Netflix, Jeffrey Katzenberg, etc. Arcane/IP Strategy can be toxic to people who actually work on the games that keep the lights on Prioritize the creatives who work on your games, not the random tech and film hires from Netflix and AirBnB

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