Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition

Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition is currently 80% off on Xbox — down to $19.99 from $99.99.

At 80% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition reaches on Xbox — near its typical floor.

That works out to $80 off the Xbox list price of $99.99.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 is the sprawling outlaw saga that put you in Arthur Morgan’s boots as the Van der Linde gang’s world starts falling apart around them. Set in 1899 as the American frontier closes in and civilization crowds out the last open country, it’s a story about loyalty curdling into doubt, and about a man deciding what kind of person he actually wants to be while the walls close in. This Ultimate Edition bundles the full story campaign with Red Dead Online and every bonus Rockstar has attached to the game since launch, so you’re not choosing between the single-player epic and the multiplayer frontier. You get both.

How it plays

The campaign follows Arthur and the gang as they rob, flee, and scrape their way across a hostile, beautifully rendered map, with the choices you make along the way shaping how Arthur’s story is remembered. It’s third-person action-adventure at heart: gunfights, horseback chases, and heists sit alongside quieter stretches of hunting, fishing, and just riding through the world. Red Dead Online, included here, drops you into that same setting as your own character instead of Arthur, where you can set up camp, ride with a posse or go it alone, chase bounties, run trade routes, and carve out a living through jobs like moonshining or animal study. This Ultimate Edition stacks on extra missions, a bonus horse breed, gameplay boosts and discounts, extra outfits, and additional weapons across both modes, so you start with more tools and shortcuts than the base release offered.

Who it’s for

This is for players who want a slow-burn, character-driven story and don’t mind a game that takes its time getting where it’s going. If you love westerns, morally complicated protagonists, or just wandering a detailed open world and stumbling into random encounters, this is your kind of game. It’s also a good pick if you want a persistent online frontier to sink time into alongside the story. It’s less of a fit if you want fast, arcadey action or a tightly paced campaign with no downtime; the pacing here is deliberate, sometimes even slow, and that’s by design rather than a flaw to fix.

Is it worth it?

For the kind of player described above, this is one of those games that earns the hours it asks for. You’re getting a complete story campaign plus an entire second game’s worth of online content, along with a pile of cosmetic and gameplay bonuses that would otherwise be scattered across separate purchases. Games like this, with a long single-player campaign and an ongoing online mode, tend to hold their value well over time since there’s no rush to finish before some seasonal reset. It’s exactly the type of release worth grabbing when it’s discounted rather than paying full price on day one, especially since the core experience hasn’t aged out of relevance.

Quick facts

Genre: Action and adventure. Developer and publisher: Rockstar Games. Platform: PC, via the Xbox store. Release date: October 27, 2018.