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Hylics 2 cover art

Hylics 2

Mason Lindroth · 2020-06-22

Steam

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 22, 2020 (Mac), Jun 22, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.

7
playing now
97%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
8h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Hylics 2 is a 2020 role-playing video game developed by Mason Lindroth. It is the sequel to the 2015 game Hylics. Set in a surreal and intentionally absurd collection of islands, the protagonist Wayne must stop the resurrection of the tyrant king Gibby by his minions. Battles take place in a turn-based role-playing game format, similarly to its predecessor, but gameplay in the overworld is expanded upon, prominently featuring 3D platforming elements, with extra inclusions of 2D platforming and first-person dungeon crawling sections. The game was acclaimed for its unique claymation visuals and psychedelic funk score composed by Lindroth and Chuck Salamone.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 311 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~39/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 6,192 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 71k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,559 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29529520202026Week of 2020-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-08-11 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492020-06-222026-07-092020-06-22 — best price $13.492020-10-29 — best price $13.492020-11-25 — best price $13.492020-12-22 — best price $12.742021-02-11 — best price $13.492021-06-24 — best price $11.242021-10-28 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-06-23 — best price $9.892022-11-22 — best price $11.242022-12-22 — best price $9.892023-03-16 — best price $9.892023-06-29 — best price $9.892023-11-21 — best price $9.892023-12-21 — best price $9.892024-03-15 — best price $9.892024-04-05 — best price $14.992024-07-14 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-11 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGJRPGIndieSurrealStylizedAdventurePlatformerPsychedelicSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

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

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