Easy to pick up, relaxing comfort game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Great comfort game. If you need to kill some time, don't want to think too hard, and like Diablo clones, Torchlight 2 is perfect.”
Steam review · 278.7 h played ↗
Torchlight II
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Runic Games2012Action RPG · Hack and Slash · RPG
The verdict
A charming, snappy Diablo-style loot grinder that holds up well solo and with mods. Skip it if you want online co-op, controller support or deep builds.
Great for
Solo or LAN players who want a relaxed, colorful loot-grinding ARPG with mods
Main risk
Online multiplayer is broken or requires a third-party TapTap account
What changed in the last 30 days
61 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews overwhelmingly cite a new mandatory TapTap account for multiplayer, with privacy worries and logins that reportedly fail. Single player and LAN seem unaffected. Fairly confident this drives the drop.
61 recent reviews
What players love
Charming colorful art style that has aged well
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The cartoon aesthetic also makes the visuals utterly timeless.”
Steam review · 184.9 h played ↗
Satisfying, fast combat and loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Great, snappy combat and a bright, readable art style that I'll take over grim-and-brown any day”
Steam review · 35.7 h played ↗
Great modding scene and Workshop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“This game with mods is actually really really fun, even today.”
Steam review · 75.3 h played ↗
Useful pet that sells loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Plus pets that can sell your loot is one of the best features ever”
Steam review · 75.1 h played ↗
Runs on almost any hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“It will also run on a potato which adds to the approachability.”
Steam review · 40.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Online multiplayer broken (firewall, duplicate login)
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This game needs a disclaimer on the store page letting players know that multiplayer doesn't work without some pretty heavy effort.”
Steam review · 81.7 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow and boring gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“loot doesn't matter, build doesn't matter, story doesn't matter, just go from A to B killing everything, spamming attacks and whatever”
Steam review · 53.9 h played ↗
Forced third-party TapTap account for online
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“They switched this to taptap(a chinese mobile game service provider) for online services and doing what they tell you to doesn't work.”
Steam review · 242.1 h played ↗
No controller support, poor Steam Deck/Linux
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“I like Torchlight 2 but, the game does not support controllers.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Unbalanced difficulty and clunky move/attack
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Hit boxes are too big for movement and attack to be the same button.”
Steam review · 29.7 h played ↗
Dated compared to modern ARPGs
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“The game is not bad. It is painfully outdated though.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable1.7 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7
Processorx86-compatible 1.4GHz or faster processor
Memory1GB System RAM
GraphicsDirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory.
Storage1.7GB free space (subject to change)
OSWindows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7
Processorx86-compatible 1.4GHz or faster processor
Memory1GB System RAM
GraphicsDirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory.
Storage1.7GB free space (subject to change)
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