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Freedom Planet 2 cover art

Freedom Planet 2

GalaxyTrail · 2022-09-13

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 04, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Apr 04, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Apr 04, 2024 (Xbox One), Apr 04, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!

Freedom Planet 2 is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 1738 reviews).

10
playing now
96%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.86★
PlayStation Store rating (245 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Freedom Planet 2 is an indie platform video game developed and published by GalaxyTrail for Windows, and published by Xseed Games on home consoles. It is the sequel to Freedom Planet, originally developed as a Sonic the Hedgehog fangame. It was released for Windows on September 13, 2022, which was followed by ports on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on April 4, 2024. Like its predecessor, it is inspired by Sega Genesis games. It follows the three-person cast of the original game and new playable panda character Neera Li as they fight the robotic army of Merga, a water dragoness who seeks revenge for ancient atrocities.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 103 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (602 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,738 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 4 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58158120222026Week of 2022-09-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2202026-09-15 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2495Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 249 · peak 687Nov 2022 — avg 34 · peak 82Jan 2023 — avg 28 · peak 64Mar 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Jul 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$9.992022-09-132026-10-112022-09-13 — best price $22.492022-11-22 — best price $22.492022-12-22 — best price $22.492023-06-29 — best price $22.492023-11-21 — best price $22.492023-12-21 — best price $22.492024-03-14 — best price $22.492024-04-04 — best price $22.492024-06-06 — best price $22.492024-06-27 — best price $22.492024-08-21 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $12.492025-09-29 — best price $12.492025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-03-19 — best price $12.492026-06-25 — best price $12.492026-08-30 — best price $24.992026-09-13 — best price $24.992026-09-27 — best price $24.992026-10-11 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

87402026-06-01 — 69 pageviews2026-06-05 — 50 pageviews2026-06-09 — 51 pageviews2026-06-13 — 53 pageviews2026-06-17 — 40 pageviews2026-06-21 — 49 pageviews2026-06-25 — 65 pageviews2026-06-29 — 67 pageviews2026-07-03 — 69 pageviews2026-07-07 — 49 pageviews2026-07-11 — 70 pageviews2026-07-15 — 63 pageviews2026-07-19 — 59 pageviews2026-07-23 — 66 pageviews2026-07-27 — 52 pageviews2026-07-31 — 57 pageviews2026-08-04 — 58 pageviews2026-08-08 — 59 pageviews2026-08-12 — 50 pageviews2026-08-16 — 66 pageviews2026-08-20 — 73 pageviews2026-08-24 — 73 pageviews2026-08-28 — 53 pageviews2026-09-01 — 73 pageviews2026-09-05 — 61 pageviews2026-09-09 — 56 pageviews2026-09-13 — 63 pageviews2026-09-17 — 60 pageviews2026-09-21 — 45 pageviews2026-09-25 — 80 pageviews2026-09-29 — 48 pageviews2026-10-03 — 46 pageviews2026-10-07 — 87 pageviews2026-10-11 — 54 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
66%
earned "Dragon Boost Finish"
20%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0335%63
PS5 (PlayStation)1527%27
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)945%27
Switch (Nintendo)740%0
PS4 (PlayStation)3523%27

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

AnimeIndieRetro1990'sActionSci-fiColorfulAdventureOld SchoolPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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