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I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar cover art

I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar

Schell Games · 2021-08-24

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 24, 2021 (PlayStation VR), Aug 24, 2021 (Oculus Quest), Aug 24, 2021 (Oculus Rift), Aug 24, 2021 (SteamVR), Aug 24, 2021 (Meta Quest 2)

Become an elite super spy ready for espionage, explosives, and gadgets galore. This popular escape-the-room VR franchise is back with more ingenious puzzles, cunning villains, and dangerous locales.

2
playing now
96%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy And The Liar is a virtual reality action puzzle video game developed and published by Schell Games. The game is a sequel to the original I Expect You to Die (2016), and follows the same protagonist, an agent that must use items within a limited environment to solve puzzles to progress through the game. The plot revolves around the player going through various hurdles as to stop Zoraxis, a megacorporation, from taking over the world. The game was released in 2021 to generally positive reviews from critics. The theme song is performed by Michael Geier aka Puddles Pity Party.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 11,314 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,305 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 28 of 54 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$12.492021-08-242026-08-212021-08-24 — best price $24.992022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-10-30 — best price $16.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-18 — best price $16.992024-02-19 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-04-25 — best price $15.992024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $15.992024-07-25 — best price $24.992024-09-07 — best price $24.992024-11-04 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-15 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-05-09 — best price $14.992025-06-20 — best price $12.492025-07-17 — best price $24.992025-08-22 — best price $24.992025-09-18 — best price $12.492025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-02 — best price $24.992025-11-21 — best price $12.492025-12-16 — best price $24.992026-01-19 — best price $12.492026-02-02 — best price $24.992026-03-17 — best price $24.992026-04-16 — best price $12.492026-05-18 — best price $12.492026-06-13 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-13 — best price $12.492026-08-21 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5142026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 22 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 25 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 18 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 26 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 20 pageviews2026-08-04 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 23 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 14 pageviews2026-08-16 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
81.6%
earned " The World is a Stage"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

VRRetroComedyPuzzleMysteryCold WarStylizedAdventureSoundtrackEscape Room

Census log

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

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