BRUTAL JOHN 2

BRUTAL JOHN 2

Steam Deck Verified

OldSchool Laws Team · Boomer Shooter · Jul 22, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.09.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
558 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 254 sampled reviews

Based on 558 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 254 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise37% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The Gameplay is Really good with the Inspiration, Level Design has great variety with the locations and set pieces like going from a train to deserts even jumping on Cars on a highway and going to space and wreaking havoc, the Movement is really solid and the controls take some getting used to, The Weapons are the shining point with how varied they are from Dual pistols, Double barrel shotgun, Unique Heavy duty Assault riflies, Rocket launcher and Dual Greanade launchers, A Railgun, and the Alt fire modes really gets you out jams and consistently fun to use,
34 of 254 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
The Flaw is the Optimization in unreal engine affecting the stable FPS, I can’t use the Dpad when I’m in the Menu and it feels awkward to use the joystick, and the Game is rarely ever challenging even I’m playing on Hard Mode and I don’t feel like I am struggling to control the mobs
26 of 254 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
It helps the voice acting hilarious as it is cheesy, making the tone of the game perfect.
23 of 254 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Movement is great(especially when the developer removes the needless walk or hold shift to run, seriously the run mobility is perfect that walking is not needed, good ♥♥♥♥), Visuals are good and the story while nonsensical is charming in a broken english 80's russian straight to vhs Rambo rip-off, love it.
15 of 254 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The Flaw is the Optimization in unreal engine affecting the stable FPS, I can’t use the Dpad when I’m in the Menu and it feels awkward to use the joystick, and the Game is rarely ever challenging even I’m playing on Hard Mode and I don’t feel like I am struggling to control the mobs
6 of 254 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay34 reviews
Performance26 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters39 reviews
92%
Combat39 reviews
92%
Difficulty18 reviews
94%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.09 (−30%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

3 points recordedtoday · $9.09

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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