8-Bit Adventures 2

8-Bit Adventures 2

Steam Deck Verified

Critical Games · JRPG · Jan 31, 2023

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $9.99.

95%
Very Positive
309 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 170 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 275 sampled reviews

Based on 309 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 275 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
88% of themes are praise12% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Gameplay: It's your standard JRPG combat with a few bells and whistles which include party member swapping, a meter that fills up which then can be used for powerful attacks, combo abilities that are available only when certain characters are fielded and a turn speed system most easily compared to FFX.
170 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
Gameplay: It's your standard JRPG combat with a few bells and whistles which include party member swapping, a meter that fills up which then can be used for powerful attacks, combo abilities that are available only when certain characters are fielded and a turn speed system most easily compared to FFX.
58 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics: If you can read this review, the steam page shows quite a few screenshots and those can give you a better feel for the graphical design of game than I can do with words here.
43 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay: It's your standard JRPG combat with a few bells and whistles which include party member swapping, a meter that fills up which then can be used for powerful attacks, combo abilities that are available only when certain characters are fielded and a turn speed system most easily compared to FFX.
36 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Music: As someone who most definitely isn't into the Chiptune style, the soundtrack completely took me by surprise.
32 of 275 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
It is not really hard by any means, but there is quite the difficulty-spike near the end (and I cannot speak for the post-game content, which was added by the free DLC).
15 of 275 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters170 reviews
Combat58 reviews
Graphics43 reviews
Gameplay36 reviews
Audio32 reviews
Difficulty15 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface6 reviews
100%
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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.