Is now a good time to buy PixelJunk™ Monsters 2?

Prices have been lower, at $14.99. The lowest Crit has tracked is $1.49.

What do players like and complain about in PixelJunk™ Monsters 2?

Players most praise Co-op. The most common complaint is Multiplayer.

Should I buy PixelJunk™ Monsters 2?

Buy it if you like

Co-op: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Graphics: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise

Think twice if you dislike

Multiplayer: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Controls: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Interface: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 289 player reviews · updated 15 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 209 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know

27% of themes are praise46% are divided27% are complaints

What players praise3

What divides players5

What to know3

Co-op

Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.

38 of 209 sampled reviews raised it

Contrary to quite a few negative reviews (mainly bemoaning poor multiplayer / co-op support) I found this game to be pretty good.

Gameplay

Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.

35 of 209 sampled reviews raised it

Developed by Q-Games Ltd. and published by Spike Chunsoft, it builds upon the foundations of the original PixelJunk Monsters while shifting the presentation into full 3D, introducing both a stronger sense of immersion and a few new complications.

Graphics

Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.

34 of 209 sampled reviews raised it

Older PC's will struggle with the frame rate but the graphics are very good, controls are great, and it just plays really well.

Theme by theme

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

Players love

Co-op38 reviews

Gameplay35 reviews

Graphics34 reviews

Divided opinion

Difficulty

71% still recommend

Servers and matchmaking

25% still recommend

Story

100% still recommend

Bugs

33% still recommend

Crashes

33% still recommend

Players complain

Multiplayer

63% still recommend

Controls

64% still recommend

Interface

50% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

Co-op
Multi-player
Online Co-op
Online PvP
PvP
Shared/Split Screen
Shared/Split Screen Co-op
Shared/Split Screen PvP

Controller

Full controller support

Store features

Family Sharing
Remote Play Together

Platforms

Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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