Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Game
Game2018
Guacamelee! 2
Developer Drinkbox Studios
Guacamelee! 2 is a Metroidvania platform video game developed and published by DrinkBox Studios. A sequel to Guacamelee!, the game was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in August 2018 while the Nintendo Switch version was released on December 10. The Xbox One version was released on January 18, 2019. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
216 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
89
LovedLoved
150 positive · 19 negative
95% range 83–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 150 | 19 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 1 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,553 of 1,708 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 153 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 171 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,094 of 3,397 positive).
Players praise the combat, platforming, and humor, calling it a worthy sequel. [1][2][3] Some find the game too similar to the first, with recycled jokes and abilities. [4][5][6] Several reviewers criticize the difficulty, especially insta-kill spikes and frustrating platforming. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
The game, is good. it's very good. I love it. the artstyle is beautiful, the combat feels great, the platforming FELT great- yes, FELT. even if I liked it, i cannot in good will recommend this to any sane man. You will rage at this game to many times, so SO very many times, same thing for the first game both editions, you will like it, and then you will hate it's playstyle with a passion. if you took out all the …
- [1]
I can't say enough how enjoyable this game is. There are many memes and references. Fighting is fun, and platforming is challenging, but not so hard that it makes you stop. The story is simple yet solid.
- [12]
The best Metroidvania game I've ever played. It has variety, a challenging platformer, and comedy. What saddens me is that it's underrated and not popular among players.
- [3]
Guacamelee! 2 is a fun, stylish and polished metroidvania with plenty of heart, humor and skill based gameplay. It’s especially great if you enjoy precision platforming, memorable art direction and energetic combat
- [2]
Now played both back to back - to completion. 28 / 100 have done so. Pitiful.. This game is superb. You get lost in the combat, the writing, the platforming. Music is STELLAR! Deserves all the praise that heaped upon it. I hope they made ALL THE MONEYS.
Summarised from 34 of the 217 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Guacamelee! 2 talk about combat is smooth, fun, and offers variety; those who didn't talk about too similar to the first game with few new abilities. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
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Reactions
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neutral · AI labelView post →All on Bandcamp because that's where I get my official music : [Ridiculous Fishing](https://phlogiston.bandcamp.com/album/ridiculous-fishing): a weird fishing game that was available on iPhone for some time, then disappeared due to compatibility issues. [Guacamelee! 2](https://drinkbox.bandcamp.com/album/guacamelee-2-original-soundtrack): Kind of famous, but I like the soundtrack. [Eastward](https://joelcorelitz.bandcamp.com/album/eastward-original-soundtrack): a weird action…
neutral · AI labelView post →Guacamelee 1 & 2 Free on EGS. [Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/guacamelee-stce-7cdbc8) [Guacamelee! 2](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/guacamelee-2-ac4977) These are 2 games worth full price a piece, so, even if its EGS, this is a criminal deal. Top notch metroidvanias from gamer developers.
positive · AI labelView post →As someone who 100-percented the map on a single normal playthrough, I guess I have to mark this game as "recommended" but with some serious caveats. If you liked the first one, this is just more of the exact same. Like barely any new abilities, hardly any changes to the formula at all, recycled jokes where they ramped up the cheesiness but not necessarily the actual level of humor. I guess that can be good or bad depending on how you see it. This game is also NOT a Metroidvania in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Free Epic Game of the Week Link - Guacamelee! 2. [https://launcher.store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/guacamelee-2-ac4977](https://launcher.store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/guacamelee-2-ac4977) Edit: It's Guacamelee! 2, should have had that in the description!
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 5 year anniversary to Guacamelee! 2!! If you haven't played it yet, you can get it now on Steam at our steepest discount ever! And while you're there, you can listen in on some of us talking about the game! store.steampowered.com/app/534550/G...
neutral · AI labelView post →Guacamelee 2 (2018) Developer: Drinkbox Studios What I love about it: More of the first game, but even better. The quality of the level design, already good to begin with, has been tremendously elevated.
positive · AI labelView post →Finished [Guacamelee! 2](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/guacamelee-2-switch/)! Didn't enjoy this one as much as the predecessor, mainly due to final 1/3 or so the game. It felt like the developers decided the game needed to be harder but didn't really know what to do, so they just amped up one of the worst parts of the previous game - insta-kills by touching spikes or lava. Seriously, I think 90% of my deaths were due to this and it gets *really* frustrating, to the point that I…
negative · AI labelView post →I can't say enough how enjoyable this game is. There are many memes and references. Fighting is fun, and platforming is challenging, but not so hard that it makes you stop. The story is simple yet solid.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't forget to pick up the free games on Epic Games. This week they are Guacamelee! 2 and Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition.. [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/](url)
neutral · AI labelView post →Now played both back to back - to completion. 28 / 100 have done so. Pitiful.. This game is superb. You get lost in the combat, the writing, the platforming. Music is STELLAR! Deserves all the praise that heaped upon it. I hope they made ALL THE MONEYS.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Roll credits on Guacamelee 2. One of my favorites, it was a great replay with my 9yo. I prefer this over the original because it is mostly the same combat (with some extra chicken moves) but the platforming and environmental tricks are ramped up significantly. Great Metroidvania.
positive · AI labelView post →The game, is good. it's very good. I love it. the artstyle is beautiful, the combat feels great, the platforming FELT great- yes, FELT. even if I liked it, i cannot in good will recommend this to any sane man. You will rage at this game to many times, so SO very many times, same thing for the first game both editions, you will like it, and then you will hate it's playstyle with a passion. if you took out all the needlessly complicated platforming, the the combinations of button combination and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guacamelee! 2 is free on Epic. The first one is too: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/guacamelee-stce-7cdbc8 They're both great games.
neutral · AI labelView post →The best Metroidvania game I've ever played. It has variety, a challenging platformer, and comedy. What saddens me is that it's underrated and not popular among players.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished the [Super Robot Wars Y Demo](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-robot-wars-y-switch/)! I've written a post in another thread about it, so I'll just link it [here](https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/comment/18709709). --- Finished [ATRI: My Dear Moments](https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000044130)! Another great story. I loved how this game kept a positive tone despite its melancholic, "quasi post-apocalyptic" setting. This VN is at its strongest…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the second time I play through the game, had to buy it again just because the game is that good. As a metroidvania, as a beat 'em up, and as a platformer this game does everything right, Also as a mexican myself, I can pretty much say that everything about this game, despite being overly stereotypical, does a lot of mexican references right, to the point that makes me proud being a mexican and enjoying through the many references and jokes this game constantly pulls. My only gripe is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →sometimes i want to break the steam deck in half, but its a good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was late to the party playing the first Guacamelee! And then played Guacamelee! 2 The art style and colours, just so vibrant and the music, so good. Love these games.
positive · AI labelView post →The game offers a lot in both its combat (lots of attacks to use, with enemy weaknesses tied to specific abilities) and its platforming (multiple mechanics all offering a combination of different challenges). I completed the game solo, so there were some moments in the combat encounters where I was challenged to think about my approach as opposed to button mashing. What was unexpectedly challenging for me were the platforming puzzles - given the vast amount of abilities offered to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Compared to the first: - More difficult (not exceedingly so) - Less of a compelling narrative - Still just as fun I'd absolutely recommend if you liked the first. Played through on an Odin 2 Mini (using GameNative)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished three games: * [ATRI: My Dear Moments](https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000044130) * [We Love Katamari Reroll+Royal Reverie](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/we-love-katamari-reroll-plus-royal-reverie-switch/) * [Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/guacamelee-super-turbo-championship-edition-switch/) Will be posting more details on [email protected]'s next "What are you playing this weekend?" thread…
neutral · AI labelView post →Great game. Very fun combat and puzzles. F**k jade temple egg challange tho.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very epic game, took me a year to get all achievements but it was awesome. very cool very rewarding, would recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the first guac when it first arrived on steam but didn't actually get around to finishing it until 2025 and then found this on sale for under $10. Whilst it's very similar, the writing is pretty good. Please, save the Mexiverse.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played Guacamelee 2 and I loved that game. If you're talking about art of vengeance when it to Shinobi I have it on the bucket list
positive · AI labelView post →In order to get the good ending, you have to play very hard platforming levels and in those levels they pair the inconsistent mechanic with the requirement of a precise timing and positioning, the result is very very bad experience. The game doesn't have a good quick travel system, you can only teleport from one main area to other main area other than that you have to walk, it is tedious.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can never go wrong with a sequel to add more or improve upon, and for the most part, Guacamelee 2 delivers on everything that made the original a fantastic game! It comes with a handful of new additions like a skill tree for different upgrades, 4 player co-op action, and a few revamped combat options that will provide a good challenge, as this sequel will heavily test you more so than the first! The game is already more difficult by default, but the post game will really make you sweat if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You'll be happy to know that I sent this to a friend as a joke and she used to decide what game to play next Guacamelee 2, represented by Morton, won
neutral · AI labelView post →A very innovative platformer/metroidvania, story is fun, loveable characters and the writing is genuinely funny at times! Love it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guach II is quite possibly the fastest arena shooter I have ever played. The gunplay is snappy and satisfying, and the bots are incredibly believable to a point I thought I was fighting against real players. The only problem I had with it is that it isn't actually an arena shooter. You play as a fat little boy in his stupid house. I don't want to pretend to love this woman or these kids this fat man likely been layin pipe to make. What the hell Drinkbox. Also, they changed the melody of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay is decent and humor is similar. If you enjoyed the first game, you would enjoy this. It has completely lost the weight behind the story that the original had, but that might just be nostalgia speaking.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guacamelee 2 or any Dark Souls game seem like solid picks. For something different, Satisfactory could be fun as a co-op logistics challenge. I also really like playing mystery games as co-op like Case of the Golden Idol.
neutral · AI labelView post →Recently I've decided to chip away at my Steam backlog, having my games decided by a randomizer on my phone. Games cleared from this: Brutal Legend, Astalon: Tears of the Earth, Broken Age, Control, and Guacamelee 2. Current game: Devil May Cry.
neutral · AI labelView post →Guacamelee! 2 is a fun, stylish and polished metroidvania with plenty of heart, humor and skill based gameplay. It’s especially great if you enjoy precision platforming, memorable art direction and energetic combat
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That’s a good question. This is in. Hollow Knight Silksong Ori and the Will of the Wisps Islets Guacamelee 2 Haiku the Robot It’s hard because some games are a series so instead of being boring and doing both Ori and both HK and then one other game I just picked which of the series was my favorite
neutral · AI labelView post →On a technical level, Guacamelee 2 is a clear improvement over the first game. Combat is smoother, enemy variety is better, boss fights are more interesting, and the soundtrack is excellent. Unfortunately, as an overall experience, I found it deeply flawed—and far less enjoyable than its predecessor. The biggest issue is the game’s relentless obsession with dialogue and “jokes.” The story is painfully dumb, and if a game forces me to read its writing constantly, I’m going to judge it. Many of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You would think that, seven years after the original game, the developers would create a version that actually has functioning controller inputs in a PRECISION PLATFORMER GAME. The sheer amount of dropped inputs during a challenging platform sequence, or a chaotic brawl--heck, even when STANDING ON THE GROUND--is staggering. If the controls do not function perfectly when the game demands precision, it is the game that has failed. Far too often I have died due to the game deciding that, yes, I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don’t recommend!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far so good! A direct improvement on the previous entries in the series. They also fixed the problems with the "Assign Controllers" system, which I appreciate.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DAL’S 2024 TOP 50 Day 13! Number 37: Guacamelee! 2 I love this indie series. Guacamelee is a fun luchador / Mexican culture inspired Metroidvania series. Satisfying wrestling combat, so much fun to explore, and great art design. I hope we get a third game someday!!
positive · AI labelView post →10/10 combat 😍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great art and humor, but platformers are so boring and yesterday.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished the first SteamWorld Heist again after finishing the sequel and... I think I'm going through the same thing as the one I had with Guacamelee 2: the more I put it against the first entry, the more I realize that I love the first game more
neutral · AI labelView post →Guacamelee! 2 is the game this time. I picked it up
neutral · AI labelView post →great game, very hard platforming
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the original. I was really digging this one too. Then I encountered an enemy room that I just can't finish. I've tried everything and I can't get it after two hours of struggling. I get that people like challenging but this is just frustrating and obnoxious, I can't move and I can't dodge and one enemy teleports away when you get close. It sucked the fun out of it completely. I'm giving up on it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a total cracker.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun and challenging dungeon crawler with cool art and music
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As always with Drinkbox Studios: art and music 9/10 ... ... gameplay 2/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although not much has changed since the 1st game, it was great fun and with great platforming sections, especially towards the end of the game. Highly recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very funny game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really cool mash'up of the brawler and metroidvania genres. I really appreciate the different Facets of Mexican/Latin American culture that's on display here. Even after all this time, there really isn't a game quite like Guacamelee 1 and 2.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun, but more of the same and has less exploration than the original. The first 15 minutes is very exposition heavy instead of letting you get to the gameplay. Platforming puzzles are a little better i guess. If you haven't played the 1st, go play that instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fantastic sequel and another must-play for Metroidvania fans. The combat feels even better here — flashy, satisfying, and really fun. The world is well-designed, the art style is even more beautiful than in the first game, and the humor and atmosphere are excellent. Once again, there are plenty of secrets and easter eggs. A very polished game that takes around 30 hours to fully complete. Highly recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Funny, challenging and really fun. That's all I have to say. Starts a little slow but then picks up very quickly so please be patient with it. This is a 10/10 game man. I have enjoyed playing it on my PC and my Legion Go S.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →that reminded me of Guacamelee 2 and all the chicken illuminati challenges. i liked the game, but i like the good ending and doing all of those just once was enough. it's been fun. i won't come back.
neutral · AI labelView post →38. Guacamelee 2 (2018) I think this game, while more in-depth than the first combat-wise, is also held back by the insane difficulty curve at times to the point it affected my overall enjoyment of the game.
negative · AI labelView post →First one was pretty good but this one is basically just an (easy) arena rush mode the whole way through and when you're not doing that it's stupid unfunny dialogue every 10 seconds.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game-a Obscure-a opens to reveal its first entry: Guacamelee 2 www.twitch.tv/eggdropthecl...
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