Project Warlock
Project Warlock
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Project Warlock II
Developer Buckshot Software
Adrenaline-pumping gore retro funhouse that’s full of guns, magic, demons, vertical arenas, 3D visuals, 2D sprites, and heavy metal music. Inspired by FPS classics like Quake and Doom 64, Project Warlock II is the explosive boomer shooter sequel you were too shy to ask for. From the Steam store page
207 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
LovedLoved
157 positive · 35 negative
95% range 76–87%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 157 | 35 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 0 | 11 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
699 of 868 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
80% recommend · 152 yes, 37 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 189 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,113 of 1,372 positive).
Players praise the fast-paced, visceral combat and improved gameplay over the original. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note technical issues like bugs, performance problems, and unfinished content. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the level design and reliance on cheap ambushes. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [8]
Project Warlock 2 is not a worthy successor. The enemy design is great but the animations and movements as too fast and jerky, making it almost impossible to see any detail unless you take a screenshot. The map is a series of generic open areas where enemies spawn, making it feel like a series of arenas rather than cohesive levels. They are bland, and look randomly generated, even if they are not. The mini map is …
- [1]
Project Warlock 2 is what happens when Doom, Quake, and a heavy metal album have a child… then hand it way too much coffee. Every weapon feels like it’s angry at your enemies’ entire family tree, and the explosions are so over-the-top they’re probably visible from space. The only downside? Half the game is spent blasting demons, and the other half is asking, “Wait… where’s the exit?” Still, if you love fast-paced …
- [3]
Did you like the first one? No, well this improves on every aspect of the first one making for a much more enjoyable experience. If yes, then you will absolutely love it. It feels smoother, spells actually feel good to use, the game isn't overly easy and, I don't feel overpowered either. The game does a great job of always making me feel like every fight is a battle for survival while also letting me use my arsenal …
- [5]
Big bang for your buck This is the Dodge Charger of shooters you buy for its big block V8 engine, because you want raw horsepower that'll take you somewhere fast and loudly with style—reliability and quality of build be damned. What Project Warlock II (2025) lacks in polish and mechanical stability it makes up for in breakneck gameplay that I continually craved. I know I will take a buggy fun game over a glossy, …
- [2]
Project Warlock 2 is the original turned up to 11. This is exactly how you do a sequel. It trades the tight corridors for pure, high-octane Quake energy complete with bunny-hopping, blistering movement, and incredibly visceral combat. Absolutely loving it.
Summarised from 34 of the 205 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 Project Warlock II talk about satisfying gunplay and impactful weapons; those who didn't talk about bugs and performance issues, especially in later chapters. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 207 · most liked firstGame Night: Go to Hell and Shoot the New Devil in ‘Project Warlock II’ (Minus World Article) hard-drive.net/news-games/g...
neutral · AI labelView post →Me, playing Project Warlock II: damn this game sure has a lot of naked elf lady statues. not that I object but where's the elf boy dick Naked Elf Guy Statue: ;) Me: yaaaaaay
positive · AI labelView post →Project Warlock 2 is not a worthy successor. The enemy design is great but the animations and movements as too fast and jerky, making it almost impossible to see any detail unless you take a screenshot. The map is a series of generic open areas where enemies spawn, making it feel like a series of arenas rather than cohesive levels. They are bland, and look randomly generated, even if they are not. The mini map is useless. The result is a generic, uninteresting game play in a generic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished the game on the maximum difficulty (Ready to Die) and I was disappointed by how it turned out the further I progressed. The first chapter is mid-tier at best for a retro-style shooter, but some maps, music, monsters, and the quality of certain weapon sprites lift it up a bit. The maps are packed with secrets. From chapter two, the flaws begin. You switch to a new character, which is cool, with gameplay focused on hitscan and headshots… fine. But on “Ready to Die” difficulty,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even though I loved the first game in the series, I can’t recommend this one. After leaving early access, it still feels like an unfinished product. The first two chapters (Palmer and Urd) are great—even if a bit rough around the edges—but Kristen’s part feels rushed. Every time I do a full playthrough of Kristen’s story, the game either bugs out or the framerate tanks. After so many attempts, I just gave up. If it’s not done, then it’s not done. Right now, it still feels like early…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is competent enough. Shooting is good, level design is ok to good mostly. The upgrade systems are pretty extraneous and really really could use refund buttons. Graphics are pretty decent but my god someone is a fan of statues with their tits out and every lady monster having a giant can and also their boobs out. Nothing horrible about that but it feels a little juvenile. Lot's of people seem to be having softlock issues but I didn't encounter any myself. I unfortunately can not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The lack of a mission restart button once forced me to start a brand new save when I was about halfway through act 1 due to a softlock after I saved / a save point and I just quit. Now, after getting back into the game over a year later, I managed to get to act 2 before I got softlocked right after a save point again. I spent over an hour running around the level to make sure I wasn't glossing over something but no. I'm not starting a third fresh playthrough because the devs didn't add a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game, but just like the first one let down by terrible performance. On most levels can't even get 60fps on lowest settings at 720p with a 4060. EDIT: did improve the performance but it's still way worse than it should be
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really fun game with lots and lots of problems. Its great if you don't mind dealing with a few things. -Why is there leveling up? It seems to do nothing. -Why does my weapon reload when it runs dry of ammo? -Why is there no option to auto switch weapons when you run out of ammo? -Why does one of the maps starting spawn point drop you right in the crosshairs of a Knight where you can just get killed right away if your AFK? -I have found multiple areas in maps where you can get stuck…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Project Warlock 2 is what happens when Doom, Quake, and a heavy metal album have a child… then hand it way too much coffee. Every weapon feels like it’s angry at your enemies’ entire family tree, and the explosions are so over-the-top they’re probably visible from space. The only downside? Half the game is spent blasting demons, and the other half is asking, “Wait… where’s the exit?” Still, if you love fast-paced boomer shooters with buckets of gore and enough firepower to violate several…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good fun game act 3 unfinished and rushed but act 1 and 2 are great this game has a lot of demon women which means boobies hell yeah baby!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its not BAD game but its far from a good one. Every change from PW1 is basically a straight downgrade: - The biggest issue is the level design or lack thereof. A lot of the maps feel randomly generated rather than made with any sense of direction or purpose. Theres a few standouts (the train, the old west town) but most level design is 80% bland sprawling 'rocky area' or 'blocky urban something' made of featureless corridors and empty space. Each chapter has a theme of sorts but in the first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad Performance... ...but all the female Enemies are nakey! 10/10: i think Kirsten is nakey too!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Project Warlock 2 is the original turned up to 11. This is exactly how you do a sequel. It trades the tight corridors for pure, high-octane Quake energy complete with bunny-hopping, blistering movement, and incredibly visceral combat. Absolutely loving it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Before the updates it was a fairly middling, if nice-looking shooter. Now, after the update, myself and several other users are stuck on a loading screen that won't move past 0%. Can't exactly recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot in good conscience recommend this game in its current state. It is bugged to oblivion, completely broken, barely functional, insert equivalent turn of phrase here, and to top it all off can completely freeze your entire PC when you're trying to exit, forcing you to HARD RESTART your whole machine. EDIT: And you can still go through walls and floors despite their supposed fix! The first game wasn't exactly an example of coding wizardry, but at least there the bugs didn't get in the way…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved Project Warlock 1 and was really enjoying this game, but 6 levels in the problems began. Quick high points: very fast and satisfying gunplay, big hordes of enemies, interesting weapon upgrades and spells. While I had really disliked the level flow in the early stages of Early Access, they greatly improved the levels since then. The bad: 1) Loading only works some of the time now -- the game often refuses to load a save and gets stuck at 0%. Steam's file integrity check is finding no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played through most of the original Project Warlock on GOG, and thought it was a fun but flawed throwback to games like Wolfenstein 3D. Now, I haven't finished PW2 completely yet, but I have finished the first episode, and it didn't exactly inspire a lot of confidence from me. I really don't like leaving a negative review for this, especially since it's clear that a lot of time and passion has gone into this project, but it has some glaring issues that prevent me from recommending it, at…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →for some reason it feels like an overall step down from PW 1 okay after playing for up to 2.6 hours heres my thoughts playing palmer the level design is worse. PW 1 had a nice layout that felt similar to doom, but 2 makes the maps so big with so much junk in them that you lose your sense of direction fairly easily. plus the maps themselves are wayyy too big like 3-4x bigger than what PW1 had and if you die, good luck remembering it all the enemy movement sucks. they look silly as they move…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →++All that really matters: it's fun to play. Smooth movement and weapons feel impactful +Generous autosaves, minimizes frustration +Obligatory level on a moving train +Boomer shooters live and die by the strength of their shotgun. This game has 3+ shotguns that are all satisfying to use -E1M8 is the first time I've ever rebooted a game due to the music being so bad that I honestly thought the game was bugging out -Placement of secrets is pretty lazy after the first couple levels -Not a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No idea why the recent reviews for the game are mixed. From what I've read from a few negative reviews it seems like skill issue? This game is great, if you enjoyed the first one you'll like this one too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i really wanted to like this game - but project warlock 1 was better, a lot more straightforward, throwback to wolfenstein 3d style game but this one..the map design, the overall gameplay just feels way too off. As I reached E1M5 i just couldn't play the game anymore....and decided to uninstall the game. Mind you i rarely ever do this but its just too much (of a bad game). Do NOT ever waste your money on this game. This is one of the rare times that I gave a negative review on any game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Get the first game instead. The second game seems a downgrade in most respects: -weapons are significantly less interesting and now require reloading -level design is worse (not that the first game was amazing) and the levels go on forever -due to the prior point you'll be stuck aimlessly wandering a level, every enemy dead, locked doors with no keys, until you randomly find the one tucked away corridor that's super easy to overlook that is THE CRITICAL PATH. Aesthetics wise, a full 3d…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking for a new retro game to dive into? Project Warlock II brings heavy metal, pixel-art gore, and spell-slinging madness - now 20% off on Epic! #indiegame #retrogaming
neutral · AI labelView post →I almost thought Urd was Ophelia -from Blood- but she's missing the signature hair spike. Anyway, Project Warlock II has delighted me for a whole chapter. You should get it, and when you beat chapter 1, remember to go back and play chapter 2... I almost didn't realize it was there
positive · AI labelView post →Warhammer 40K Boltgun levels of generic. Stay with the first one if you want to play Warlock.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some of the weapon sprites are gorgeous, but the level textures are AWFUL. Some of the enemy sprites are just bottom of the barrel with a cowboy devil, xenomorph ripoffs, etc. In fact the whole game felt like it was an endless parade of content from other video games instead of its own original characters. Act 3 in an unbalanced mess with some good ideas. Weapons are generally awful with few exceptions (magnum!!!), and upgrades actually seem to make most WORSE (oh god the dynamite upgrades!!!).…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Get Coven! Amazing game, along with Project Warlock II 😁
neutral · AI labelView post →Every Friday, I discuss at least one indie game in my regular column at @hard-drive.net. This week, I've been playing version 1.0 of PROJECT WARLOCK II, which just left Steam Early Access. #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →Stream plans: I'm hoping to be off on Saturday so that I can finish Project Warlock II. Sunday tho? That's the fun one. A game called Guns and Nuns: Storming Hell just got released and y'know what? It looks like cathartic, arcade fun sooooooo, that's the play~
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you like the first one? No, well this improves on every aspect of the first one making for a much more enjoyable experience. If yes, then you will absolutely love it. It feels smoother, spells actually feel good to use, the game isn't overly easy and, I don't feel overpowered either. The game does a great job of always making me feel like every fight is a battle for survival while also letting me use my arsenal to utterly destroy my enemies. I highly recommend this game if you like classic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved it. It made me feel like a kid on a Christmas day. I felt like playing old school shooter games for the first time again. I loved it and it definitely rejuvenated my passion for gaming.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →let me cut to the chase: you enjoyed the first game this will likely be no different. it has extremely satisfying gameplay, lots of variety for weapons (+ their upgrades) and the warlocks themselves are really cool. i like their concepts and especially the third one, the demoness. so i would end it here and recommend you to get it, but i will list some caveats i would like to be fixed that you should watch out for. please note i played on the Steam Deck. - all of the story based text feels very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Big bang for your buck This is the Dodge Charger of shooters you buy for its big block V8 engine, because you want raw horsepower that'll take you somewhere fast and loudly with style—reliability and quality of build be damned. What Project Warlock II (2025) lacks in polish and mechanical stability it makes up for in breakneck gameplay that I continually craved. I know I will take a buggy fun game over a glossy, boring game any day of the week. As pretty as DOOM: The Dark Ages is, I've…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved this game to DEATH. 100% and even did some bug hunting during my secret hunts. The Devs were great to talk to and I cannot WAIT to see more done with the disciples. Can't recommend it enough. Urd needs more fanart, though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great art style. Great music. Interesting story. Cool selection of weapons and abilities with character stat points that give you the option to change up their functions.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Project Warlock 2 isn't as good like the 1st game, it is a big downgrade and not so fun to go through the large long levels. The game feels like an early-access, it was rushed during development. It has several big issues like: -Bad level design especially in Chapter 1 with very confusing long large open levels and underground sections. A lot of rooms, walls, halls just don't make sense and the lack of realism makes it confusing what they are supposed to be. -Some levels aren't properly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For now i don't fully like or dislike this game, plenty of things aren't polished out, glitches and other problems plague the game, I would expect them from the first game because i saw them there too but here it feels like they rushed the game out and now they announce a steam deck port too. The artstyle seems weaker than the original, the secrets less fun, the magic spells are laughable because outside of the akimbo one the other two are weak and risky to use, at least on the hardest…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Project Warlock 1 was such a fun game. The art style, enemies, weapons, levels, and level up system were all so unique and fun. With Project Warlock 2 you get all of that scaled to an 11! The music is very atmospheric and each level sucks you in and you feel like you are really there. If you like Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom (aka Doom 3), and Doom 4 then you'll love Project Warlock 2. This game kicks so much ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ass!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---see where this game landed on my FPS ranking List beneath this review!--- Me and a friend of mine both left the original Project Warlock a negative rec. We disliked its save system: You had to restart a level whenever you died and had a limited number of lives. The alternative was to play it on very easy difficulty (which didn't interest me either). Project Warlock 2 does away with the save system of the first game and now you can save at any time in any level. I played it through…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm enjoying this game and even a badly made boomer shooter is still pretty good but it pales in comparison to contemporary competition. * weird options, why are corpses and blood off by default? * clunky coding, why does the game minimize and freeze for a second when loading? * the auto saves are lazily placed, i don't use them and prefer to manual save but so will you after you try them * the map is poorly coded and doesn't even work right half the time. why can't i pan with my mouse…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Project Warlock 1, while it had some flaws and design choices I didn't fully agree with, is a game I still think back to from time to time. When I heard there was a sequel, I had high hopes that they would take their experience from the first game to elevate it to the status of the best kitchen sink fantasy shooter out there. Sadly, it seems no lessons were learned. Project Warlock 2 is worse than the previous in almost every way. It's not just that I don't agree with their design decisions,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For this year's Christmas game haul, it's Quake II, Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition, MetaPhysical, Dread Templar, Cultic, Project Warlock II, Turbo Overkill, and threw in the Selaco demo, too, while I was at it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rating: ★★★★ - Great Time Played: 16 hours Difficulty: Come Get Some (Hard) Gameplay: - The three-episode structure delivers genuine variety. Palmer's dual-gun aggression, Urd's headshot-focused precision, and Kirsten's overkill kit each demand different approaches, making it feel like three campaigns rather than one bloated one. - Gunplay is chunky and satisfying, further elevated by locational damage and weapon upgrade branches that meaningfully change how each weapon handles. -…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was expecting from this sequel of Warlock, level design was really lacking and the last chapter was too short. There's a few navmesh issues where enemies clip into walls/buildings and performance issues while spamming magic spells Despite its quirks, the game is fun and has an enjoyable gunplay
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It capitalizes on what made the first one great and made it better!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Huge disappointment. Game starts great. Fun level designs, great gun play etc. I was having fun. Then EP2 started and went completely opposite. Bad and very short level designs, meh gun play. Even with shorter levels it was dragging and i was forcing myself to finish them instead of having fun. So in other words, game feels like they lost the plot half way trough development In a time of great boomer shooters, this one ain't it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love me some good ol fashioned boom shootin. Especially one with awesome gameplay, level design, art direction, and an unforgettable setting that also runs on the steam deck perfectly fine so I can take it on the road with me when i go on business travel. 10/10 will crush red elves again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fkn badass balls to the wall like games should be. Probably my favorite modern boomer shooter I've ever played. Besides some technical issues outside of gameplay, I don't really have any complaints. It improves on the first in every way. I also don't think I've ever played a smoother running game, at least I cant think of a recent game that runs so smoothly with no hitches, stutters, or any of that crap. The level design is really good, sometimes not so good, but mostly pretty damn…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good Game Great Story Maxing achievements is pure grind
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun shooting. Play play play. Chapter 1- good Chapter 2- gooder Chapter 3- best I'm not the biggest fan of just swapping out weapons instead of reloading. And some of the boss fights are annoying overcrowded messes, but its a great fun game!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy Project Warlock 1 you should have fun with this game. The first one is still my favorite, but this one has some good overhauls added to it. You get 3 characters each with a different world and weapons. After beating the game you can replay any world with any character. The upgrades are nice even though some paths are just clearly better than others. Like I said the first one is still my favorite, but this is a good one too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They tried hard to make the sequel different. As a fan of the original game, however, I kind of wish they hadn't. The design and gameplay are now vastly different. The levels are very vertical with bridges, tunnels, multiple floors, jump pads and ladders in the arenas. You know, like in Quake. But I never liked Quake that much. I always preferred Doom to Quake. It's still fun to kill enemies. But it's a shame the game relies too much on cheap ambushes, with enemies constantly appearing out of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Haven't finished, but blows the first out of the water. In other words, very good. New chars are distinct, enjoyable, have neat backstory, and convey lot without any dialogue. Well, Palmer had that one line. Palmer is fun, Urd is cool, and can't wait to play Kirsten. Also, art direction good: easy on the eyes, colorful without being obnoxious, well drawn sprites and textures. Edit: I seem to be falling thru the floor at the last Kirsten mission. I'll see if I can complete it. Overall solid…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great fun, a bit of a grind to get all achievments, but fun nonetheless.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some of the most satisfying guns to shoot and awesome levels. Best boomer shooter since DUSK
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The original Project Warlock was a fantastic game, and this sequel is a good follow up. It's more of what really worked about the original, with some new ideas, and some things that aren't as impressive. The core gameplay, like in the original, is great. It's amazing how crisp, fluid and precise the shooting is. The lineup of weapons and upgrades and special abilities is great. The levels are generally longer and more complex than in the original but it doesn't feel like TOO big of a change.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First project warlock I died more to falling through the map and having to restart the level than I did to enemies. This one I got to the third mission. The devs added a jump button, so I jumped over a fence to an area that was blocked off by a red door. By accidentally sequence breaking the game I soft-locked the level. Coming to terms with this I tried to restart the level only to discover that there is no option to restart. You can only load the last save, which was after the sequence…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super snappy gameplay, very cool graphic style, a bit different to most boomer shooters with the light RPG touch and Wizard-Setting. Great for 20 minute sessions here and there.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first one was much better. This one has good gunplay but everything else is a downgrade, from art style to level design. Not a bad game but not worth overall.
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