The Surge 2

Buy75%

Mostly Positive · 10k player reviews · High confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Deck13 · Souls-like · Sep 23, 2019

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
57
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio2 of 13
Subtitles13 of 13

Should I buy The Surge 2?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 151 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 132 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 99 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Graphics: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 10k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise8% are divided59% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
151 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soulslike combat still stands out for the possibility to individually aim at enemies body parts and cut them to obtain new gear.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
132 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
All in all, I'm leaving a positive review cause despite all its problems the gameplay was still enjoyable, but I wouldn't say it's one of the greatest soulslike games I ever played.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
77 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The Surge 2 is a really worthy sequel of the first chapter, improving on all fronts and delivering a satisfying, challenging souls-like experience sure to please fans of the genre, I recommend playing the first game before this one to have a better understanding.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
First of all, character development is more refined and the entire philosophy behind how implants function is better thought out.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat151 reviews
Gameplay132 reviews
Difficulty77 reviews
Characters14 reviews
Divided opinion
Audio
55% still recommend
Players complain
Story
79% still recommend
Graphics
61% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend
Performance
48% still recommend
Bugs
64% still recommend
Interface
100% still recommend
Optimization
29% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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