- Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Join Captain Leeway and his ragtag crew as they uncover the enigmatic menace threatening the Great Sea. Equip and upgrade your crew for turn-based gunfights packed with ricochet action and engage in real-time naval combat. Get ready to aim, plot, and plunder in this uproarious Steambot adventure!
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, warm and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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GameSpotSteve WattsAug 20249/10SteamWorld Heist 2 takes a cult hit and expands it massively, without sacrificing its charm or making its systems overwhelming.
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God is a GeekChris WhiteAug 20249/10SteamWorld Heist 2 gives you plenty of customisation for your party, filled with thrilling combat, excellent presentation, and much more.
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TheSixthAxisStefan LAug 20249/10Supremely satisfying side-scrolling strategy resurfaces in SteamWorld Heist 2 for a sea-faring sequel that refines and expands on the original.
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EurogamerKatharine CastleAug 20243/5The core of SteamWorld Heist still burns brightly in this turn-based tactics sequel, but its bid to go bigger and better is a risk that hasn't quite paid off.
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Metro GameCentralAug 20246/10Not the return to form that the SteamWorld franchise needed but still a fun and unusual strategy game, even if a lot of the newer features work against it.
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Snippets via OpenCritic, where 88% of critics recommend it.
About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Thunderful
- Publisher
- Thunderful Publishing
- Released
- August 8, 2024
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric, Side view
IGDB rating 8.1/10 from 13 ratings.
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