
A masterclass in action design, Spelunky 2 delivers an unforgettable experience from start to finish.
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Verdict
93%
Steam
87
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (93% positive from 22K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (87/100 critic average)
Engaging multiplayer/co-op experience
No significant drawbacks reported
Spelunky 2 is a 2020 platform video game developed by Mossmouth and BlitWorks and published by Mossmouth. It is the sequel to Spelunky (2008) and was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in September 2020, for Nintendo Switch in August 2021, for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in January 2022, and for PlayStation 5 in March 2025. The game received critical acclaim upon release.

Runs well on modern hardware.
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game is extremely fun, only criticism is cosmic ocean, but that lowk a skill issue. my problem is that its hard for me to go 4 hours without needing to fap so its extremely difficult for me to sit down for a cosmic ocean run without a raging boner distracting me
If you enjoy the first Spelunky, this sequel is like a similar but longer and more difficult experience with much more to uncover and do in varying playthroughs. Some may certainly prefer the quicker, more streamlined experience of the original. For example and without spoiling anything except what you do in the first zone, in the original there is nothing extra to do in the mines except find a key and unlock a chest, but here in the sequel, in the first zone, extra activities include opening a chest with the golden key, returning two turkeys to a guy who asks you, fighting a kind of mini-boss (I call this an extra task because to not fight him is to evade him), and at least one more secret objective I won't spoil, there could be even more for all I know. The whole sequel seems like this. I've only beaten it once, and whenever I am in the later, less familiar zones, there seems to be all kind esoteric secrecy going on I can't understand and have to to try and rush through because it's also dangerous to hang around in. Some will be glad to read this, and some may be reading this and feeling off-put. Myself, I enjoy how much content there seems to be, but I don't have faith that I'll be able to understand how to experience it all without looking up how. Others may instead be drawn to wanting to figure it all out on their own. When it comes to the increased difficulty (at least in my opinion), only be comparison to the original, this comes broadly from missteps and a failure to go slow and carefully being much more punishing. Instead of praising or criticising the game, I've simply wrote up my impressions of it all as a new player (I've only beaten it once after all). I do think that if you enjoy the original game, you should definitely try this sequel.
Instead of buying this, spend an afternoon cutting yourself. It's free, and about as much fun as this game is while being less painful.
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