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Guacamelee! 2

Drinkbox Studios · 2018-08-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 18, 2019 (Xbox One), Aug 21, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Dec 10, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 21, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Uppercut your way to victory across stunning new hand-crafted levels. Featuring a dense and colorful world, new luchador moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens!

Guacamelee! 2 is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 3383 reviews).

11
playing now
91%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (92 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (312 downloads)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (2,479 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 18h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Guacamelee! 2 is a Metroidvania platform video game developed and published by DrinkBox Studios. A sequel to Guacamelee!, the game was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in August 2018 while the Nintendo Switch version was released on December 10. The Xbox One version was released on January 18, 2019. The game received generally positive reviews upon release.

Trailer

Guacamelee! 2 trailer thumbnail

Guacamelee! 2 – Announce Trailer | PS4

≈167,295 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 124 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 85k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,383 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.56 at Playsum (2025-09-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 107 of 164 observed days · $2.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20420420182026Week of 2018-08-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2322026-09-15 02:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3918Aug 2018Aug 2026Aug 2018 — avg 391 · peak 739Nov 2018 — avg 21 · peak 54Feb 2019 — avg 18 · peak 58May 2019 — avg 35 · peak 138Aug 2019 — avg 30 · peak 97Nov 2019 — avg 69 · peak 225Feb 2020 — avg 29 · peak 69May 2020 — avg 49 · peak 123Aug 2020 — avg 28 · peak 61Nov 2020 — avg 22 · peak 53Feb 2021 — avg 19 · peak 53May 2021 — avg 20 · peak 51Aug 2021 — avg 21 · peak 53Nov 2021 — avg 32 · peak 139Feb 2022 — avg 23 · peak 59May 2022 — avg 15 · peak 38Aug 2022 — avg 12 · peak 35Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 33Feb 2023 — avg 18 · peak 56May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 37Nov 2023 — avg 11 · peak 35Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 38May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 11 · peak 28Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.562018-08-212026-10-142018-08-21 — best price $17.992019-01-18 — best price $19.992019-06-18 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $5.992020-01-24 — best price $4.992020-05-21 — best price $19.992020-08-28 — best price $4.992020-11-28 — best price $5.992021-03-01 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-22 — best price $4.992022-02-25 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $5.992022-10-27 — best price $4.992023-01-20 — best price $4.992023-06-11 — best price $4.992023-08-25 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $4.992024-04-25 — best price $19.992024-07-18 — best price $19.992024-10-21 — best price $19.992025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-03-24 — best price $4.992025-06-12 — best price $19.992025-09-04 — best price $4.992025-10-09 — best price $4.992025-11-30 — best price $19.992026-01-16 — best price $4.492026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-04-09 — best price $4.992026-05-09 — best price $17.702026-06-18 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $17.702026-08-31 — best price $4.992026-09-15 — best price $4.992026-09-30 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

47182026-06-02 — 32 pageviews2026-06-06 — 35 pageviews2026-06-10 — 32 pageviews2026-06-14 — 26 pageviews2026-06-18 — 28 pageviews2026-06-22 — 28 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 30 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 29 pageviews2026-07-12 — 26 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-20 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 40 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-05 — 23 pageviews2026-08-09 — 22 pageviews2026-08-13 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 23 pageviews2026-08-21 — 28 pageviews2026-08-25 — 32 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 39 pageviews2026-09-06 — 27 pageviews2026-09-10 — 36 pageviews2026-09-14 — 27 pageviews2026-09-18 — 28 pageviews2026-09-22 — 47 pageviews2026-09-26 — 30 pageviews2026-09-30 — 30 pageviews2026-10-04 — 33 pageviews2026-10-08 — 28 pageviews2026-10-12 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
76%
earned "I Remember That Being Harder"
24.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on Phone3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-08-21, latest 2018-12-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)14,2493%48
PS4 (PlayStation)11,40217%49
Steam (Steam)6,8128%49
Switch (Nintendo)1800%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyActionCartoonyColorfulAdventureDifficultPlatformerBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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