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Spelunky 2 cover art

Spelunky 2

Mossmouth · 2020-09-29

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 13, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 13, 2022 (Xbox One), Sep 15, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 06, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

331
playing now
93%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
80h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 180h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

331 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Spelunky 2 is a 2020 platform video game developed by Mossmouth and BlitWorks and published by Mossmouth. It is the sequel to Spelunky (2008) and was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in September 2020, for Nintendo Switch in August 2021, for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in January 2022, and for PlayStation 5 in March 2025. The game received critical acclaim upon release.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 331 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 897 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~112/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,972 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 438k–986k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,907 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 11 observed days · $13.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.8k2.8k20202026Week of 2020-09-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,662 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,821 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,094 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5042042026-08-06 21:00 — 432 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 289 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 302 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 388 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 320 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 299 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 474 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 336 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 326 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 470 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 278 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 290 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 448 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 287 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 289 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 345 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 312 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 306 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 504 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 323 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 260 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 394 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 431 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 251 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 393 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 410 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 210 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 382 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 331 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.992020-09-292026-08-292020-09-29 — best price $17.992020-11-25 — best price $17.992020-12-09 — best price $17.992020-12-22 — best price $17.992021-02-11 — best price $15.992021-06-24 — best price $13.992021-09-29 — best price $12.992021-10-19 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $13.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-10-20 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-05-13 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-08-20 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-17 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-25 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

149242026-05-31 — 62 pageviews2026-06-03 — 38 pageviews2026-06-06 — 62 pageviews2026-06-09 — 43 pageviews2026-06-12 — 46 pageviews2026-06-15 — 45 pageviews2026-06-18 — 42 pageviews2026-06-21 — 43 pageviews2026-06-24 — 40 pageviews2026-06-27 — 53 pageviews2026-06-30 — 44 pageviews2026-07-03 — 41 pageviews2026-07-06 — 60 pageviews2026-07-09 — 50 pageviews2026-07-12 — 47 pageviews2026-07-15 — 52 pageviews2026-07-18 — 47 pageviews2026-07-21 — 42 pageviews2026-07-24 — 116 pageviews2026-07-27 — 123 pageviews2026-07-30 — 70 pageviews2026-08-02 — 61 pageviews2026-08-05 — 70 pageviews2026-08-08 — 62 pageviews2026-08-11 — 38 pageviews2026-08-14 — 43 pageviews2026-08-17 — 59 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-23 — 38 pageviews2026-08-26 — 64 pageviews2026-08-28 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7502026-08-30 01:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 75 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
79%
earned "You Got This"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)16,3301%32
Steam (Steam)15,9124%32
PS4 (PlayStation)6,0005%32
PS5 (PlayStation)8208%32
Switch (Nintendo)2980%0

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

Player tags

2DPvPCo-opIndieActionDifficultPlatformerLocal Co-OpPerma DeathOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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