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Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now
Developer Stainless Games Ltd
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now is a vehicular combat video game, the sequel to Carmageddon, and released in 1998 for Microsoft Windows. The game was developed by Stainless Games and published by Sales Curve Interactive in Europe and Interplay Entertainment in North America. Ports for Mac OS, PlayStation and Nintendo 64 (the latter as Carmageddon 64) were released in 1999. A 2D version for the Game Boy Color was… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
203 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 25, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
151 positive · 31 negative
95% range 77–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 151 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Lemmy * | 5 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
417 of 485 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 153 yes, 33 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 186 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (860 of 981 positive).
Players praise the game for its nostalgic value and chaotic vehicular mayhem. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note technical issues like missing music and audio bugs. [4][5][6] The game is considered a classic but shows its age in graphics and controls. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [8]
Bought game for nostalgia use to play a lot many years ago, but sadly the game was batter in my memory then actually is
- [1]
I never got to where I was going but I sure did leave a huge trail of bodies, wrecks, and debris on the road to destruction.
- [4]
A blast from the past! Two main issues with the game though. 1. Where's the Iron Maiden soundtracks?! 2. Audio cuts out randomly, requiring a restart of the game.
- [12]
C2 is best C. The perfect modding sandbox, for 28 years the Carmageddon community have been pushing this game to it's limits and I love it. I've spent more than half of my life modding this game and I still love pushing the engine to it's limits. C2 is best C and C2 will always be best C
- [11]
One of the best 90's classics, works great on modern hardware with pre-installed wrapper so there's no need to install that yourself. The damage model and physics are still pretty impressive, can't really think of many games where you can mangle cars this much. Only thing that's sort of a hassle is keybinds, if you don't have a full keyboard with numpad, rebinding is a hassle with hardcoded keys like S for sound …
Summarised from 34 of the 208 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now sits at 83% positive across 182 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The PC version received "favorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator GameRankings, while the console versions received much lower scores. Official UK PlayStation Magazine was scathing of the gameplay of the PlayStation version, saying that "no amount of pureed pedestrian can cover its faults." The Nintendo 64 port was ill-received, being N64 Magazine's lowest rated game at 8% from 1999 till 2004. Hyper, on the other hand, gave the same port 85%, calling it "a success, and probably more suited to the Nintendo 64 than it ever was on the PC, as this is big arcade-style silly action." Carmageddon 64 was nominated for the "Worst Game" award at GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2000…
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Reactions
60 of 203 · most liked firstJuly 26 2000, Carmageddon 64 debuted on the N64 in the Americas! Carmageddon 64 was the last port released of Carmageddon 2 (originally on PC) and is one of the few games that gives Superman 64 a run for its "worst game" money in the eye of critics.....IGN gave it a 1.3 and N64 Mag awarded it 8%!
neutral · AI labelView post →I never got to where I was going but I sure did leave a huge trail of bodies, wrecks, and debris on the road to destruction.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's actually funny, I could never play Fallout & Fallout 2 as an evil character because it made me feel bad. At the same time, I'd fire up Carmageddon & Carmageddon 2 and just mow down everything that walked or drove with utter glee. I'm sure there's a psychological explanation for this dichotomy, but I sure don't know what it is, and I'm in no mood to make guesses.
positive · AI labelView post →Car armageddon is back with some new stuff! Game tries to improve on the original but some things have been changed not necessarily for better. Pedestrian models are now 3D instead of 2D sprites. Gore level is increased, you can also turn it off if you like. Music sometimes doesn't appear, seems buggy to me. Sounds for the most part are taken from the previous game. Vehicles now have Roblox like drivers inside - nothing too fancy. Generally speaking similar mayhem and human obliteration as in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ah yes, running people over as a 5 years old, i miss my childhood
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I still play a lot of need for speed underground on my ps2. I’ll also always love Carmageddon 2. So much fun and a soundtrack full of Iron Maiden!
positive · AI labelView post →A blast from the past! Two main issues with the game though. 1. Where's the Iron Maiden soundtracks?! 2. Audio cuts out randomly, requiring a restart of the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game should be remastered and be equal the current graphics like gta V ans similars!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As easy as stomping on kittens. My favourite difficulty!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought game for nostalgia use to play a lot many years ago, but sadly the game was batter in my memory then actually is
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a pretty casual gamer, so I've pretty much only played the "hits" a few years after they've been out. These are the ones I remember feeling the most groundbreaking and spending the most time with over the years. * Doom 2 * GTA San Andreas * Yakuza 0 * Last of Us * Zelda: Link to the Past * Duke Nukem 3D * Carmageddon 2 * Eternal Darkness * Red Dead 2 * Metal Gear I got a good laugh out of the other post that is all the Yakuza games, because that's how I spent a ton of my Covid work…
neutral · AI labelView post →mom hated how much i loved this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was one of the first games my dad got me to play when I was a child. My mom thought I would grow up to be a murderer but my dad sat back and laughed. This game can be tough but man is it sure kick ass!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Carmageddon II Carpocalypse Now came out almost 1,5 year after the first Carmageddon. The demo they released had me hooked again, but there would be changes for the better and - I’m sad to say - for worse in the final game. First let’s start with the bad stuff, although I shouldn’t call it that because nothing in this game is terrible or bad, just different. Gone is the darker atmosphere of the first one; it’s a lot more colorful and cartoony now and while the first one would still look pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+20 SOCIAL CREDIT ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢁⠈⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⡀⠭⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠄⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣷⣶⣶⡆⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣼⣿⣿⠿⠶⠙⣿⡟⠡⣴⣿⣽⣿⣧⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣟⣭⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣴⣶⣿⣿⢄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣩⣿⣿⣿⡏⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⡋⠘⠷⣦⣀⣠⡶⠁⠈⠁⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣍⠃⣴⣶⡔⠒⠄⣠⢀⠄⠄⠄⡨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡘⠿⣷⣿⠿⠟⠃⠄⠄⣠⡇⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⢁⣷⣠⠄⠄⠄⠄⣀⣠⣾⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠉⠙⠻ ⡿⠟⠋⠁⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⡯⢓⣴⣾⣿⣿⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⡟⣷⠄⠹⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ +1 WAIFU ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠉⠄⠁⠄⠄⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠐⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⢀⡀⠠⠃⡐⡀⠠⣶⠄⠄⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣶⠄⠰⣤⣕⣿⣾⡇⠄⢛⠃⠄⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →C2 is best C. The perfect modding sandbox, for 28 years the Carmageddon community have been pushing this game to it's limits and I love it. I've spent more than half of my life modding this game and I still love pushing the engine to it's limits. C2 is best C and C2 will always be best C
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Posted some of my favourite video game soundtracks yesterday but I keep remembering more. Like Carmageddon 2. Splattering pedestrians with Iron Maiden in the background is a cherished memory, and kickstarted a lifelong love of one of those things
positive · AI labelView post →Well packaged, comes with nGlide.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Post a random game in your collection, here on Saturday Part of the fun of collecting computer games is that you find strange compilation boxes. Case in point, here's "Vicious", which contains Resident Evil 2, Carmageddon 2 and Unreal. What any of them have to do with one another is anyone's guess
neutral · AI labelView post →10/10 Best way to childhood <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heya folks, here's a new retro intro, this time featuring Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now. This game, alongside the first game, was among the first racing games that I'd played on PC back in the 90s. Fun times. #carmageddon2 #videogames #retrogaming #racinggames #intro
positive · AI labelView post →#GameRankings #Top400Countdown 217. Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now 218. Home Alone (pc) 219. Ultimate Spider-Man 220. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Ah, there it is. Warrior Within. You know, I like to pick on this game a whole lot and that’s not entirely unfair. (1/8)
neutral · AI labelView post →Carmageddon 2 and TDR 2000 (I'll review this one later when I get the game on Steam) are literally identical to the first Carmageddon, only adding new graphics technology to the gameplay. The first change was to focus solely on Max. DieAnna was removed because the actress at the time was a child and couldn't involve a child in a project like that, blah blah blah. That live-action camera in the corner was abandoned. The entire on-screen interface has been greatly improved, with tons of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#JuneTunes Song Festival. 30 great songs I know from videogames. Day 16. My introduction to Iron Maiden and one of the first instances I came across Heavy Metal. Thank you, videogames! Iron Maiden – Be Quick or be Dead from Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now. #MusicSky #GameSky #HeavyMetal
neutral · AI labelView post →game as awesome as i remember but SCREW STEAM for deleting the soundtrack! total fail there
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredibly fun vehicular action classic. The destruction models are amazing, you can heavily WASTE the cars. The soundtrack is cool and the graphics are colorful and detailed. A pure BLAST from the 90s.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stainless has given us a gem of fun, in the purest spirit of Punk nihilism. Despite some passably drivable vehicles, absent music or disturbing sounds, my creative pleasure in repainting the generous levels in monochrome carmine with Mad Maxian trailers was intense! Oh joy, the included video editor allowed you to export your most beautiful massacres into fountains of youth of scarlet pixels. Better than a medicine, a BLOODY outlet...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A slightly improved version of vehicular homicide where you are masquerading as a race driver while nurturing your dream of turning everything and everyone into a red mist splattering on your windscreen.. It's mindless, brutal and by today's standard pretty tame. Back in the days this was one of the main perps surrounding the “vidya games bad” rant that turned some of the otherwise quite levelheaded adults mad with antagonizing fervor. Those days are long since passed and what's left is a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game is amazing the port to steam is not if you have multiple monitors or windows positioned where you like them: running this game will destroy all of that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good stuff. Childhood memories. Tashita forever!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best 90's classics, works great on modern hardware with pre-installed wrapper so there's no need to install that yourself. The damage model and physics are still pretty impressive, can't really think of many games where you can mangle cars this much. Only thing that's sort of a hassle is keybinds, if you don't have a full keyboard with numpad, rebinding is a hassle with hardcoded keys like S for sound on/off. CarmaKeyBinder sorts that problem if anyone else is having issues.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can run over people and animals in a combine harvester. 10/10. But seriously, this is a very good time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →* TIE Fighter * GoldenEye 64 * Diablo II * NetHack * Doom/Doom II * Descent/Descent II * Galactic Battlegrounds * Super Mario World * Dark Age of Camelot * World of Warcraft * PlanetSide * Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (yes, it's my favorite game in the series, fight me) * Wing Commander: Privateer * Torchlight II * Hammerfight * Carmageddon 2 * Freelancer * DoomRL * N/N++ * FreeSpace * Katawa Shoujo * Unreal Tournament * Minecraft * Cave Story * FTL * Dark…
neutral · AI labelView post →Childhood game ! One of the best games of the 90's !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just as awesome as I remember it. Works on Windows 11 at high resolution but in 4:3 or stretched 16:9 (run nglide_config.exe) and looks decent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic. Still pleasant to play. Works on windows 11 Wish they would make another new game like this or of these series
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This port received minimal attention. It runs on DOSBOX and glide wrapper without any enhancements. Hence, you cannot assign WASD key bindings without a third-party tool, and the music does not play. The performance is surprisingly poor; my laptop struggles to maintain 60 fps. Despite all this, it is still fun to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nostaglia didn't get me this far in this car mayhem simulator; the controls are fine, the music bad and the game play pretty repetitive. The Grand Theft Auto games are a better outlet for your vehicular murder urges.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was the game to play when it first came out. Many good memories. Its still fun but it shows its age obviously. We need a remake pls!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now, developed by Stainless Games Ltd and published by THQ Nordic, is one of those rare games that doesn’t just bend the rules of its genre—it gleefully smashes through them. While it technically falls under the umbrella of racing games, that label barely captures what it actually offers. At its core, it is a sandbox of vehicular chaos where speed, destruction, and dark humor collide, giving players the freedom to approach each event in ways that would feel…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Man I could play Carmageddon 2 for hours. I miss that.
positive · AI labelView post →Playing this at the age of 8 on a friend of my dad was such a blast. Driving around in NFS2 was getting boring and i couldn't get out of the garage on Driver. So letting people and animals bounce around or zap them was such a joy. Messed up childhood with soldier of fortune and postal 2 after this :-p
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic that I spent too many hours in as a kid. So much fun! I always enjoyed the look of the first game a bit more, this one was fully 3D but its ugly as sin. But overall both games are quite similar. This version is very basic, you wont have the original Iron Maiden soundtrack. But, well... it works, I remember setting up the original Carma on Steam was a pain in the ass.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic running smoothly on windows 10 and several pedestrians
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't be a ♥♥♥♥♥ and play it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Contrary to what my steam timer says, I've in reality played this game for closer to 5,000 hours. Snagged the demo back before the game was released in 1998, and when the full thing came out, I started playing, and just never stopped. I honestly don''t know what it is about this game that is so magical. Lightning in a bottle is completely apt. I guess I should try to form some semblance of a coherent review instead of just rambling whimsically about how timelessly amazing the game is...…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bit increase in graphic - a lot loss in style.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OK I will try to run over all 500 pedestrians on the map <-- clueless
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great way to kill time, initially the game is somewhat boring but as you progress and unlock more vehicles and upgrades you get a rewarding experience out of it plus there are powerups you can obtain while playing too which further make your experience a fun one. Either race to the finish line, kill pedestrians or wreck other cars you have the freedom to enjoy the game any way you wish to do so. Is it worth it? On sale yes otherwise not really 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Carmageddon is a instant classic. There are some slight aging issues, with drivers and some hiccups with music and overall jank controls, but if your willing to look past that, there is an insanely satisfying game here. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THE MOST AMAZING CAR BASHING GAME EVER . ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS GAME SINCE THE LAUNCH.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love this game, used to play this when i was a kids. brings back so many memories.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although it might be considered politically incorrect, it's extremely f***ing fun. Powerups are fun, cars' and pedestrians' AI is fun. Some missions are quite hard tho (in cold blood).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was made of iron but without Iron Maiden it is just a shadow of something great. When the original music is back I change my thumb up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →C2 is probably the best 90s car game out there. Still is IMO today. For it's time, it was so advanced.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good old game. I enjoyed playing it again after so many years. Works well with Proton. Except Alt+Tab which makes game loosing input and it needs to be closed. Also Closing game from menu was not working well, but Alt+F4 was faster than navigating through menu.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved Carmageddon 1, and I love the 3Dness of this game and it's usually pretty fun. Theres just one BIG problem, the missions, oh god. This game still features the signiture demolition durby, murder races and that's where the game shines. But someone thought it was a good idea to add missions every like 3 level's, and it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. First off, I havn't even finshed the game, im only on the second mission and im saying this, the first mission is fine, but this second mission iv'e been stuck…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its worse than I remember. 10 out of 10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TIL there's a new Carmageddon. For anyone who didn't grow up in the 90s: Carmageddon was a PC game where you could win races by completing checkpoints (the traditional way), by wrecking all the other cars (the fun way), or by killing all 400+ pedestrians (the psychotic way). The game was heavily criticised when it was new, and console gamers got the kid-friendly version, Twisted Metal. Which was fun too, more of like a demolition derby where the only point was to wreck all the other cars, and…
neutral · AI labelView post →If this turns out to be any good, it might be the first Rogue-whatever I'll play. Racing games is the only genre where I wouldn't mind these kinds of mechanics. Carmageddon 2 with Iron Maiden's Be Quick or be Dead was freaking glorious.
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