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Guacamelee! 2 cover art

Guacamelee! 2

Drinkbox Studios · 2018-08-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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!

5
playing now
91%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (92 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 18h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 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 20% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 84k–202k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,370 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 81 of 136 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

1732026-08-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.562018-08-212026-08-302018-08-21 — 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 $17.702026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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.

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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