Is Riot Games a good company to work for?

Riot Games has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,459 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 (74) , 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 170 reviews)); "Great culture and resources." ((in 128 reviews)); "3) Cultural benefits are great" ((in 114 reviews)); "Pay and perks are great." ((in 50 reviews)); "round and great campus" ((in 39 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 50 reviews)); "avoid bad management and culture here" ((in 37 reviews)); "Employees may face long hours and high" ((in 20 reviews)); "Layoffs are abrupt, poorly communicated, and morale" ((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 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

(1,041 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 1,041 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

5.0

Aug 10, 2012

Engaging work for a company that cares about its employees

Game designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Riot cares about your happiness as an employee. -Riot cares about it's players -Flexible work hours -Free dinner! -Everyone is good at what they do here, excellence is expected -Good compensation -Makes a great game -Everyone LOVES games

Cons

-Riot fires people -Tad unorganized, have to self motivate and take initiative to get things done -Long hours are great if you love your job, not so great otherwise -Need to LOVE games to work here

4.0

Aug 8, 2012

An awesome place to work but no longer the start-up company it still tries to be.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A fun place to work where almost everyone cares about the job they are doing. Very gamer culture oriented and expectations are clearly laid out. When people struggle they are given help to perform better.

Cons

Compensation is very slow coming, and senior management has become out of touch with daily work. Workload and stress are in no way reflected in payscale or recognition at company events.

5.0

Jul 14, 2012

Couldn't think of a better work place

Artist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Young, modern, innovative, giving their employees all the freedom to grow, secure and always challenging, though I had a lot of offers from other companies in the past I've always turned them down. Riot Games is an amazing place to work for.

Cons

Harder to find an affordable house in Santa Monica (thus commuting every day). This is pretty much the only downside I can think of, as the rest is truly amazing.

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