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      Riot Games

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      Riot Games reviews

      3.9

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (1,045 total reviews)
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      Dylan Jadeja

      68% approve of CEO

      54% 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 1,045 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).

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      1K reviews
      2.0
      Jun 12, 2025

      It's a cult

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People are genuinely passionate and care about the products.

      Cons

      You have to drink the kool-aid and it's much more political than you'd expect. One Riot is an alleged value but teams operate in silos and are under-staffed and risk averse so they can't or won't team up to get things done. Leadership is becoming more out of touch with products. They keep hiring leaders who are from industries that don't understand games.

      3.0
      Apr 22, 2025

      Everything is fine

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation and work perks The actual product (the games) are great and I feel proud to be working for the company that makes League of Legends.

      Cons

      Crazy-making levels of bureaucracy, even in roles where you're not impacting anything player-facing. You can't do or try anything without leadership buy-in, no matter what discipline. If you and leadership are sympatico, great! If not, good luck. You need to either be a tech genius, have god-tier charisma, or have no mind of your own (or pretend that you don't) to do well here. From another review here: "A job where you’re never at peace not because you’re challenging yourself, but because the higher ups are forever trying to out-do each other" ^^^ This! A million times, this!

      2.0
      Nov 29, 2024

      Once a decent studio, losing all its integrity now

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Great pay, above average in the industry - Good campus facilities - Plenty of amazing people to meet and learn from - Endless opportunities for fun experiences outside of work

      Cons

      - Management is very hierarchal despite their company values saying otherwise - More cliques and rude coworker behavior than expected - Too many managers who have no business managing people/don’t even want to manage - No job security, especially over the past year - R&D teams treated like separate studios from the core company, which means less resources and support - The company is pushing for genAI use in new splash artwork and other aspects of art for LoL and future projects. Look at their job board - Less resources given to new projects going forward - Most art is becoming outsourced to third parties - Losing its overall magic that attracted the best talent in the industry, hemorrhaging their best artists

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