Spelunky 2

you are a masochist if you play this game. This game is the worst game to ever exist and I hope god himself erases this game off the planet of the earth. Anyways yeah its pretty fun i guess

Fun roguelike platformer, endlessly Replayable (7.5/10)

i played a lot of this game, and it's really quite hard. i would recommend it to people who like hard games.
comic ocean 99 here i come

I watched an interview with the developer Derek Yu, where he talked about creating Princess Airyn because his young daughter loves princesses and gets upset when video games (such as Legend of Zelda) don't allow her play as the princess. He recognized how female representation was important and wanted to make his daughter feel welcome and respected in her dad's game.

DON'T BE FOOLED. You think this adorable story is going to change my opinion on you, DEREK? You are EVIL and you created something OBSCENE. YOU ENJOY THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS AND YOU WILL NOT SEE THE GATES OF HEAVEN.

I recommend this game because, even after countless hours of playing, you can still discover new things. I love that it features a vast number of bosses, yet only a small fraction of them are mandatory to defeat. At first glance, it may seem like a fairly simple game, but as you become more familiar with it, you’ll realize that it’s actually a very challenging rogue-like.
In my opinion, the multiplayer mode is much better when played online (since in local co-op, you can’t always see yourself if the host moves away from you). However, the downside is that you can't unlock new characters this way. The graphics perfectly suit this style of game, and even a low-end PC can run it smoothly.
It is absolutely worth its price. Enjoy playing Spelunky 2!

Brutally difficult, rewarding, chaotic, simultaneously the most and least fun you'll have compacted into a ball of fabulous frustration. But after countless hours of trial and error it will click and you'll be spelunking with the best of them. See you in the caves.

One run you pray for Derek to give good seed other runs you wish Derek would step on legos when he wakes up
10/10 would play again

Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

Hundreds of hours in. Yes, this is a good game.
Gonna be hard at first, but that's the lure as you get better and better.

Nearly perfect. As a roguelike, it's of course important that each run ends on death. But the difficulty of the game therefore means most people that put even a dozen or more hours in will not experience three quarters of the content. Pursuing goals besides beating the game and embracing the shortcut system goes a long way towards preventing burnout for myself.

I feel like many people nowadays do not give this game the attention it deserves. This is one of if not my all time video games and i think it is an absolute timeless masterpiece. Yes it is hard but that is what makes it so fun and rewarding once you get the hang of things. This game came out in 2020 and is still such a masterpiece just like how the original one was as well. I will recommend Spleunky from the mountain tops anyone and everyone.

I know I've barely scratched the surface (no pun intended) with this game, but I've been spoiled already and can't wait to experience more. So far, every death has either been hilariously brutal or pathetic while still teaching a valuable lesson and I love it.

>Removed Paco Espelanko from the first game for fear of falling into "racial stereotypes".
>Instead, they added an extraterrestrial life form from outer space.

Is Derek Yu playing 4D-Chess with us?

This game is the perfect example of easy to learn, difficult to master.

It expands on it's "HD," predecessor with different levels chains to take, and an absurdly difficult alt. ending, for those brave, or foolish enough to endure the task

Insanely fun to move around and think on your feet in, the art style and movement abilities remind me of Super Mario World's best qualities, believe it or not. The game is chaotic, but thoughtfully designed to accommodate multiplayer. I can't believe I haven't tried this sooner. While I haven't progressed far and can't comment on its replayability or luck factors, it's worth a try if you want an adventure game that's stacked against you in fun ways.

Spelunky 2 is an emotional rollercoaster. Coming from Spelunky HD, I thought I was prepared for anything this game could throw at me. I was wrong.

It’s definitely an upgrade in every way—more content, tighter mechanics, and a whole new level of chaos. The physics feel refined, the world is deeper and more interconnected, and the procedural generation is both brilliant and brutal. Spelunky 2 doesn’t just test your platforming skills; it tests your patience, resilience, and mental fortitude. It feels like Derek Yu took the philosophy of Spelunky HD and amplified everything, making victories even more rewarding and defeats even more crushing.

There are moments of sheer euphoria—discovering hidden routes, barely escaping an Olmec crush, or clutching a run with just one heart left. But then there are moments where you’ll want to throw your controller across the room as a mole ruins your flow, or an unexpected lava drop sends you back to the beginning. The game demands perfection, and sometimes, it feels outright unfair.

Yet, despite all the pain, I keep coming back. Why? Because Spelunky 2 has that magic—a blend of discovery, challenge, and sheer unpredictability that makes every run feel unique. No matter how many times it beats me down, I know that the next run might just be the one. And that’s what keeps me hooked.

Love it. Hate it. Can’t stop playing it.

I have mixed emotions about this game. I have been playing for about an hour and a half, and there are flaws that in my opinion make the gameplay not as fun, for example the whip hitbox. The hitbox of the whip is too short. If for example you are fighting an enemy and you use your whip the enemy still manages to hit you when you kill it. It adds this feeling of what is the point in combat if you are going to get hit? Also there are some unfair parts, for example the enemies will throw you into more enemies. I got once comboed so hard with the enemies that my 4 health dropped down to 1. Pots would be fine in my opinion if they would not have enemies inside them. 90% of the time you stand right near a pot and when you smash it and enemy comes out, and you are guaranteed to get hit. Aside from all of that i think spelunky is a good game with a simple concept. It is athmospheric, intresting, and fun aside from all the unfairness that may occur.

It's almost the same as the first and i hate them both equally, cause instead of exploring caves i get a timer-based randomized puzzle-platformer, a labyrinth runner essentially. Get rid of the pesky death ghost and i might love it, but i guess the low on content factor would have been too obvious in that case.

A punishingly steep learning curve for what poses as a very simple game. The art, music, and level design are simply top notch.

Have you ever wanted a safe and easy way to mimic the stress and anguish of the SAT's? now you can with this wonderful game. I don't think I've ever crashed out harder, but I still love the game to death. 10/10, only recommended if you're autistic af.

This game is great, I played it for quite some time and I can tell you that this game never gets old. You can play it for countless hours as long as you can control your anger once your 2 hour long run just ended because of a really minor mistake. It is difficult especially when you just start playing the game, it brings more elements than the previous one and it's not easy to get used to it but once you get used to Spelunky 2 you're gonna have a blast and realize how far you've gone in skill. It took me tens of hours to just reach the second area and after just 200 I managed to beat it fully so anyone can do it. Probably the game I would choose to play if i were able to only play one game for the rest of my life, 10/10.

like spelunky 1 but multiplayer is great

It's quite brutal, expect to spend many hours on just completing it once, but I love it regardless.

I've slowly lost my sanity trying to complete the achievements.

I have close to 200 hours on console, i don't think i'll be playing much on steam, but i definitely recommend for anyone who wants a challenging and fun roguelike experience. With mods the experience is probably even more fun.

I really like sploinky, it does just about everything right that i like about rougelites. This one's actually harder than the first game, and there is a lot of stuff that will feel like BS until you learn it well, along with a handful of actually very annoying ways to die. You'll be surprised how many different ways you can die from messing up for just a second, but to the point that it loops around to being funny. And once you learn the game, it is generally pretty fair and becomes a lot of fun.

My favorite additions over slinky HD are the mounts, which can be abandoned over a pit of spikes to fall, get impaled, and die just like yoshi, and how the first area has a lot more going on to make the beginnings of runs more interesting. The whole game honestly has a ton more content in each area, which means many more ways to die and keep things fresh.

Overall i recommend playing skrunkly 2, it will fill you with joy and warmth and happiness and malice towards lizards

You never know true pain until you get stuck restarting your run after dying on stage 1 - 1

For reference, I've got a good additional 500 hours on PS4. This is probably my favorite roguelike.

The word "suffering" fails to describe what this game will put you through.

10/10

Love Spelunky, never beat it, but don't care, it's just tons of fun. My 6 year old daughter begs me to play this with her every day, her and I have a total blast either fumbling around the main game or going nuts in the arena. 10/10 game not for kids, i think there is something wrong with her.

Game is super fun especially with multiplayer.

Simply one of my favorite games of all time. Procedurally generated platformming with high level of difficulty...but the secrets, the lore, the replayablility. If you're coming in fresh, do yourself a favor and try to find all the secrets and exits yourself without looking it up. Even once you know it all, you can play this forever before you master it enough to defeat the final final exit. The only negative is the fact there is unlikely to ever be a third.

When the developers made a better Spelunky game improving and implementing a story to the game bringing new exiting stories/quest lines, you don't want to miss a shot at playing the greatest game ever designed!

this game is like pushing out a kidney stone and popping a hemorrhoid simultaneously everytime i get on. the most unforgiving game ive ever played.

Very unforgiving and difficult but very fun big fan. Wish it would get more updates or for Spelunky 3 to come out

This game makes dying fun, not the sense you're enjoying the process, but in the aftermath you realise just how funny your death was

really addicting game, get's to you after a whine but if you love a to test your self, then you;ll love this game

This game is very brutal to unskilled play. Many of your deaths will be instant kills, others will feature enemies comboing you to death(if you have a bad temper I wouldn't recommend). If you can get past the difficulty curve you will be rewarded with secret areas, high scores, and mostly fair level generation. As a modern rougelike plateformer it could use a higher variety of items and areas. Players will find that the start of runs can vary very little from one another compared to other modern rougelikes. There is only one world a normal run can start in and most common weapons aren't worth your time. Overall the game is great if you can do well, but very punishing if you can't.

Easily my favorite platformer of all time. Derek Yu is a GOD for this one. Yes, it is a difficult game. I tried getting into it 2-3x and only put in 16 hrs total across a couple years, but one day, I sat down and was HOOKED. Give it some time. Like a book you try reading a few times and later realizing that it's a bit dense at first, but because it's so fucking RICH with goodness.

Amazing game. Novel levels. Challenging difficulty. 10/10

This game is like putting your balls in a meat grinder but it's fun.

Spelunky turns the normal genres of a Roguelike and Platformer on its head through it's difficulty and brilliance. It improved on everything from the last game, and offers such an extreme amount of content, you won't get through it in 85 hours.

Spelunky 2 will make you loathe existence and question why play videogames in the first place. The level of suffering you will be inviting into your life when purchasing this game cannot be overstated. Agony has a name and it is Derek Yu.
10/10 an absolutely excellent platforming roguelite, beat Cosmic Ocean or no balls.

It took many attempts, countless deaths, and completely changed how I think about horned lizards but I final beat this master piece of a game. I cannot stress how amazing this game is but be warned it is hard. great to play with friends (especially if you want to laugh at them dying). 10/10

You will be smacked, burned, impaled, shot, exploded, pulverized, disintegrated and impaled again before you even manage to reach the second area. Anyway, good luck!

i just finished spelunky 2 for the first time (easy ending) and i just have to say this game is insane, its the best platformer i have ever played. i very strongly recommend this game

The beauty of Spelunky 2 lies in figuring out its many secrets.

10/10

Big Fan of First Spelunky. When this came out in 2020. I didnt play and like it much. I wasn't in the mood and didnt had the concentration and will at the time back to learn it. Now im blasting trough it and im amazed how awesome this game is. Seriously there is so much content in this that you will only see after enduring the first cave mine several times. Only then you will encounter all its secrets and content. It could be propably easily be in my top5 of most addicting games of all time.

Theres no such thing as a perfect game but some games feel goddamn fucking perfect and spelunky 2 is that through and through, somehow made an even more perfect sequel to a perfect game

A lot of fun, and the multiplayer adds a lot of replayability (and makes getting the harder endings a bit more possible). Awesome game.