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 178 reviews)); "Great culture and resources." ((in 130 reviews)); "3) Cultural benefits are great" ((in 109 reviews)); "(+) Good pay." ((in 52 reviews)); "Great teams and space to work in" ((in 40 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 57 reviews)); "avoid bad management and culture here" ((in 36 reviews)); "Recent layoffs were disappointing." ((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?

São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro , Itaperuna , Rio Branco , São José dos Campos , Guarulhos , Catanduva , Manaus , Coronel João Sá

Riot Games reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,044 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 1,044 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 Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0

Mar 7, 2019

One of the best places in the Industry to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing Benefits. Passionate People. Diverse Teams. Progressive Culture. Good work/life balance. Actually cares about its employees deeply. Great pay.

Cons

Different teams can give very different experiences. Not given a ton of direction, need to be very self-guided. Has grown very fast recently, and sometimes left some teams and structures disorganized.

3.0

May 4, 2016

LOL != Fun times

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, usually good work/life balance. Great new campus in Santa Monica. Free lunches from a very good cafeteria. Get paid to play the game.

Cons

Management seems down on relational database technology in general, attitude is to move everything to NoSQL technology. General lack of understanding of how database systems work (e.g. statefull vs non-statefull nature of db's.) makes it difficult to implement and provide on going support or improvements to data engineering. Beyond that there is a premadonna wall amongst many of the engineers that impedes progressive creative engineering solutions.

5.0

Apr 5, 2016

Great Experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing perks, great campus, comfortable atmosphere.

Cons

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

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