Punishing but rewarding challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“It's a hard game. But so so good and rewarding. It can be frustrating at times, but in a good way.”
Steam review · 1004.5 h played ↗
Spelunky 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Mossmouth, BlitWorks2020Platformer · 2D Platformer · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A brutally hard, endlessly replayable roguelike platformer with deep secrets and great co-op. Skip it if you hate cheap-feeling deaths, stunlocks and replaying early levels.
Great for
Challenge-seeking roguelike fans who enjoy learning from constant deaths, especially with friends in co-op
Main risk
Deaths feel cheap and unfair, and you replay the hard early levels endlessly
What players love
Huge replayability and secrets
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“best roguelike ever u can play for 200+ hours and not see everything in the game.”
Steam review · 71.2 h played ↗
Fantastic co-op and multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The best roguelike, creating hundreds of incredibly cool situations in co-op.”
Steam review · translated · 151.7 h played ↗
Funny, memorable deaths
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The funniest roguelike ever made, where you, the player, are the joke.”
Steam review · 75.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unfair, cheap deaths and stunlock
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It feels incredibly unfair, like when an enemy knocks you down, and because there are no invincibility frames they continue to hit you as you're down and all you can do is watch and wait for your health to hit zero.”
Steam review · 70.5 h played ↗
Worse than the original Spelunky
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Flowing water adds nothing to the game, flowing lava makes it worse, adding recoil the shotgun makes it worse”
Steam review · 42.4 h played ↗
Brutal difficulty with no easy mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Could be great, but the difficulty settings are stupid. Simple changes, like multiple difficulty modes, more health, retry/continues would make it a more fun experience.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
Clunky controls and short whip
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“There are also no dedicated pickup/drop/throw/climb buttons which causes tons of stupid problems like needing to hold down to pick up items”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗
Online co-op broken or desyncing
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Online Co-op does not work, it gets stuck on "the walls are shifting" screen before booting me back to the main menu.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Too random and repetitive early levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“you end up playing the same 3 minutes over and over and over again until you get lucky enough to move to the next stage.”
Steam review · 43.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support600 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorQuad Core 2.6 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 750
Storage600 MB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorQuad Core 2.6 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 750
Storage600 MB available space
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