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Spelunky 2
Spelunky returns in this greatly-expanded sequel to the original roguelike platformer!
Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family. Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new.
Explore the game alone, play locally with up to four players, or, for the first time, join up with friends online to unravel its mysteries together (or battle it out in competitive Arena modes).
A Bigger and More Dynamic World, with So Much to See and Do
Spelunky 2's world is even denser than the one in the original game, offering many more areas, characters, traps, and items, as well as new ways to interact with them (and for them to interact with each other).
The world has expanded in other ways, too, with branching paths and multi-layered levels adding a third dimension to the classic 2d platforming.
Animals can also be tamed and ridden. And dynamic liquid physics create new challenges and make the world feel extra reactive and alive.
Steam User 67
Step 1: Die to utter nonsense in 7-3
Step 2: get up from your computer and run outside, scaring the birds out of your front yard to reestablish a sense of dominance
Step 3: Go back inside, and sit down
Step 4: Die in 1-2 to utter nonsense
Steam User 128
the game makes me wanna kill myself but in a good way
Steam User 93
It's hard to recommend Spelunky 2. Not because it is a bad game, but because it can be frustrating. As with most roguelikes, dying means going back to the beginning. In Spelunky however, nothing carries over to future runs. All you get to bring in to your next run is your own experience and knowledge; And when half the things in the game kill you instantly or stunlock you to death, having a great run end in a quick death can be damaging to one's will.
Thankfully, your own experiences count a great deal towards your progress. Most hazards and enemies in Spelunky 2 have a very simple and predictable behaviour. But keeping track of everything on the screen is still a challenge. Enemies and traps will also work together (or against each other) and still bring your demise somehow. Either by bumping your helplessly stunned body into other enemies and traps, or enemies having their own flaming corpse launched towards you and your flammable jetpack. It's actually quite funny sometimes. A good deal of entertainment can be had recording your own amazingly nonsensical deaths.
Spelunky 2 improves upon Spelunky HD's gameplay by adding split paths, which allow for more variety and decision-making in your runs while staying true to the feeling and style of previous entries. It also adds a back layer to each level, allowing for more secrets to be kept. After successfully completing your first run, you can try to discover these secrets and find hidden bosses and areas and even different endings!
Anyway, you might enjoy the game if you're a masochist or something.
Steam User 107
I hate this game.
Sometimes.
The rest of the time, it is very, very good. However, it is no Spelunky HD. The first game was pretty close to perfection. Everything just interlocked and purred along like a watchmaker's masterwork. It was hard, but you always felt like death was your fault. You always felt like you were getting just a tiny bit better each time. Eventually you'd beat the game, there would be much joy, and then you'd keep playing, and play some more, because there were layers you'd yet to discover.
Spelunky 2 almost feels like Spelunky HD but from an alternate universe, a universe where they didn't quite manage to reach the same level of perfection as the first game. It looks largely the same (although the cleaner graphics are certainly a step up), it sounds the same, most importantly it feels the same (although if you're starting out, do yourself a massive favour and turn off "always run" until you develop the sixth sense necessary to advance). You make your way through directed but randomly generated levels, collecting gold and gems, equipping yourself with various tools and weapons, and slowly chipping the paintwork away to reveal the hidden secrets underneath. It's still got what Spelunky HD had in spades, which is why I've put many hours into this so far (and no doubt many more). But it also has a cruel streak that Spelunky HD did not have, a sense of "you have got to be kidding me" unfairness that felt missing from the first game. There are just a few too many instant deaths, too many ways the game is trying to say "we know your kind, and you will suffer", and I just feel that it's lost that ineffable perfection that the first one had. I don't think I ever rage quit Spelunky HD (much), but this game makes me want to ALT-F4 nearly every day!
But it's still brilliant, still ridiculously addictive, still clever and inventive, and still worth your time and money. It was inevitable really that it wouldn't be able to improve upon the perfect game, but it had a damn good try and for that I will continue to punish myself until I beat it.
Steam User 91
i almost didn't die to a mole today
Steam User 54
Finally.
360 HOURS it took me to finish this
I have seen everything, gotten every achievement
yet no fufillment comes. Only pain remains
My skin is so thick from the failures and constant misery that nothing in life can ever hurt me again...
Great game!
In all seriousness it took me 100 hours to beat the first boss, merely 4 floors deep, and a 100 more to finaly get my first complete W. By then my winrate was already well below 0.1%. What kind of game does that?! Try it if you're up for the challenge, know that not many will ever get to see the true ending,
and above all, don't let the cutesy characters distract you from the fact that this game is obnoxiously, rage-inducing, unforgivingly hard.
Good luck spelunking!
Steam User 110
Game good. Music good. Developer good.