Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Spider-Man 2 has best-in-class swinging, web wings and combat, but a weaker, rushed story and a PC port with stutter, crashes and broken cutscenes. Skip it if you want a polished port or a tight story.
Great for
Players who want to swing around New York and fight as Peter and Miles, and don't mind a weaker story
Main risk
The PC port stutters, crashes or breaks cutscenes, and the story disappoints after the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“You don't just play it for the story, you play it to be Spider-Man. The movement, the swinging, combat, and more, all do an amazing job at making me feel like Spider-Man.”
Steam review · 156.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Every fight feels fast, fluid, and just plain fun.”
Steam review · 27.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the city feels alive in a way that none of the previous games did”
Steam review · 50.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“switching between Peter and Miles keeps things fresh”
Steam review · 38.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“This also has got to be the best fast travel mechanic I've ever experienced in a game!”
Steam review · 28.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“I have a 9800X3D / RTX5080 / 32GB RAM and I was playing this game more than a year after launch on steam. There shouldn't be any problems.”
Steam review · 37.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Story fell apart for me in the last act. Writing has taken a nose dive since SM1”
Steam review · 47.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“How wonderful that Peter Parker has such a great friend as Miles, who is of course better than him at absolutely everything.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 23 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Cutscenes have headless models A-posing or turning into slideshows with it freezing every 2 seconds.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Combat is great at first but it gets boring after the 23156213th enemy that game throws at you.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“Do not buy this for Steam Deck very misleading by Valve, Insomniac and Nixxes marking this as "Verified."”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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Recommended
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+ Striking Soviet retro-futurist atmosphere
− Annoying protagonist and weak dialogue
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+ Excellent story and characters
− Still buggy and unpolished
analyzed 3 h ago
+ Pals as workers and base building
− Late-game grind
analyzed 3 h ago
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