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SteamWorld Heist II
Join Captain Leeway and his ragtag crew as they uncover the enigmatic menace threatening the Great Sea. Equip and upgrade your crew for turn-based gunfights packed with ricochet action and engage in real-time naval combat. Get ready to aim, plot, and plunder in this uproarious Steambot adventure!
Details
- Released
- August 7, 2024
- Developer
- Thunderful
- Genres
- Action · Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy · Adventure · Indie
- Publisher
- Thunderful Publishing
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SteamWorld Heist II Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
SteamWorld Heist II is made with plenty of heart and effort to create an amazing adventure that never feels bad. Don’t be afraid to stop by and make your own legend. It’s worth it.
SteamWorld Heist was one of those games that caught people by surprise—turn-based tactics mixed with side-scrolling gunplay shouldn’t have worked as well as
SteamWorld's most ambitious entry yet is packed with satisfying strategy, but it's a little too expansive for its own good.
Sequels building off popular debuts always have their work cut out for them, and SteamWorld Heist II is no exception. The original release is one of my favorite
There's always something enjoyable about a wonderful swashbuckling adventure. Can Thunderful Games' SteamWorld Heist II stand up to the deepest ocean depths or does it crash against the reef?
There are few companies that are known to deliver a good game. But one of them is certainly the Swedish studio Image & Form, which has been treating us to productions from its original world of humor and steam for years. SteamWorld Heist 2 confirms this rule.
When the issues of a game are rolled and stomped by its greatness, then it’s something to invest on if you have some spare.
SteamWorld Heist 2 is an interesting return to a style Thunderful hasn’t re-explored in years, and it’s a decently polished one at that. The multi-job character progress and new upgrades to sea travel make for an improved approach to new and varied challenges throughout the game. The upgrades aren’t watertight against the issues that poked holes in the first game such as inconvenient travel and grinding. That said, if you’re looking for a solid tactical strategy game, SteamWorld Heist 2 is a charming voyage that should provide plenty of good times to fans of the SteamWorld universe.
SteamWorld Heist 2 invites us back into a steampunk universe of mechanised mayhem, now set against the backdrop of the swashbuckling Great Sea. As Captain Quincy Leeway, players must navigate treacherous waters, strategise ricochet shots, and manage a diverse crew of Steambots in a quest to uncover the mystery behind a deadly water crisis. After releasing a city-building spinoff with SteamWorld Build last year, Heist 2 proves Thunderful Games can still strike gold with this series.
SteamWorld Heist II is a grander sequel that retains the core gameplay elements while trying to offer innovations.
Despite SteamWorld Heist II's shortcomings, it's a fun and polished game. It does, however, suffer from repetition and lack of depth, so it feels like you've seen all it has to offer after a few hours.
The core of SteamWorld Heist still burns brightly in this turn-based tactics sequel, but its bid to go bigger and better is a risk that hasn't quite paid off.