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REMNANT II®
Developer Gunfire Games
Remnant 2 is a third-person shooter action role-playing video game developed by Gunfire Games and published by Gearbox Publishing. A sequel to Remnant: From the Ashes, the game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S on July 25, 2023. Remnant 2 received generally positive reviews from critics. The game sold over 1 million units during its first week after launch, and over 2 million units by… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
470 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Mastodon, Bluesky) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
312 positive · 132 negative
95% range 66–74%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 312 | 132 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
32,673 of 38,685 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
72% recommend · 200 yes, 79 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 279 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (57,049 of 69,385 positive).
Players praise the satisfying combat, deep build variety, and high replayability. [1][2][3] Some reviewers report game-breaking bugs and performance issues that ruin progress. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the weak story, repetitive enemies, and frustrating puzzles. [7][8][9]
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- [4]
This game can be challenging, but fun. However, we ran into a big game-breaking bug. My problem so far (6 hours in for them), is that you can lose most or all of your progress just because. We played for hours yesterday, came to a good stopping point, logged off, went to bed, hopped back on and one of our friends (the host) had their character and world reset. When looking for solutions, it became clear logging in …
- [1]
Honest review of Remnant II, from a casual female gamer. Remnant II feels like someone took a tough action RPG, mixed it with a third-person shooter, and then sprinkled in just enough chaos to keep things spicy, in a good way… until it isn’t. It’s genuinely one of the most “one more run” co-op games around, but it can also be the kind of game that turns relaxation into an unplanned agon. What’s great ✅ - Combat is …
- [2]
There are very few games that have left as strong of an impression on me as Remnant II. In essence, this is "Dark Souls with Guns", but it's just a rather lazy (albeit accurate) attempt to describe key combat gameplay. I'd say there are three things that make this game as loved as it is: exploration, builds and replayability. Exploration is the name of the game. This game has so many little secret rooms, puzzles and …
- [3]
Absolute gem of a game. What's great about it: - Souls-like with guns - The game really shines in co-op - Boss fights that give you different experince and can present a challenge - Quests and their rewards with 2-way choices - A lot of secrets to find - In comparison to the first Remnant, which is still worth playing, even though mechanics and engine of the game seems more-less the same, the developers really …
- [10]
I put a lot of time into Remnant 2, and it genuinely surprised me with how deep and replayable it turned out to be. The main and sub-class (archetype) system is the standout. Being able to mix and match archetypes completely changes how the game plays, and it never felt like there was just one “correct” setup. Swapping combinations opened up new strategies, new synergies, and made experimenting feel rewarding …
Summarised from 34 of the 309 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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Players who liked REMNANT II® talk about combat is satisfying and fair; those who didn't talk about game-breaking bugs can reset progress. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Remnant 2 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. 85% of critics recommend the game on OpenCritic. In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 31 out of 40. Rick Lane of PC Gamer praised the game's combat and implementation of procedural generation, but felt that the story was not cohesive enough to tie the rest of the game together. Sales of Remnant 2 outpaced its predecessor, managing to nearly double the concurrent player count of Remnant: From the Ashes on Steam at launch. Remnant 2 was the second-best-selling video game on Steam at launch. The sales of the game exceeded Gearbox's expectations,…
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Reactions
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game can be challenging, but fun. However, we ran into a big game-breaking bug. My problem so far (6 hours in for them), is that you can lose most or all of your progress just because. We played for hours yesterday, came to a good stopping point, logged off, went to bed, hopped back on and one of our friends (the host) had their character and world reset. When looking for solutions, it became clear logging in with all progress being lost is a major well-known issue that could happen…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honest review of Remnant II, from a casual female gamer. Remnant II feels like someone took a tough action RPG, mixed it with a third-person shooter, and then sprinkled in just enough chaos to keep things spicy, in a good way… until it isn’t. It’s genuinely one of the most “one more run” co-op games around, but it can also be the kind of game that turns relaxation into an unplanned agon. What’s great ✅ - Combat is satisfying (and surprisingly “fair”): Shooting, dodging, and timing matter.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought an Ultimate Edition and missing all the bonus content that comes with it. These devs were made aware that this is happening on multiple platforms before the game was even released and they've done nothing about it. Performance is awfull. Constant frame drops and stutters. Enemy sound cues are terrible, there is constant audio clutter, they use the same sound cues for enemy spawns, deaths and attacks(that is if they are even present). A lot of bosses have terrible modifiers that do not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would recommend the whole game except for the cube mission. Whoever designed that, I wish steps on a pile of legos everyday.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play this game with Trainer or cheat mods. The game is fun, but not worth the enormous amount of time it asks you to spend collecting gears and power ups. Remember, you already paid money to play this game. Don't pay more than what it's worth with your time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Asylum Floor Key 3 softlock, 11 hours in, cannot continue have to restart the game. A key item is known to not spawn, google it. No way around it, confirmed online. Years after release. absolutely unacceptable and looking forward to never supporting a release from this company. For shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a souls like, its great. As a game with plot, characters, world building, this doesn't scratch the itch. None of the characters are likable or memorable, the enemies repeat way too often. Its bad enough to where some areas just have two or three enemies to fight. It doesn't help that the enemies have the most one-dimensional movesets I've ever seen in any souls like game. Some of the puzzles were cool, reminds me of obscure NES puzzles where you'd just trial and error your way through it,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I proudly watched my Wife become great at this game, her first souls-like. We beat it together, through thick and thin.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the game you imagine you could play, when you lay in bed late at night wishing you could just find the awesomest game to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are very few games that have left as strong of an impression on me as Remnant II. In essence, this is "Dark Souls with Guns", but it's just a rather lazy (albeit accurate) attempt to describe key combat gameplay. I'd say there are three things that make this game as loved as it is: exploration, builds and replayability. Exploration is the name of the game. This game has so many little secret rooms, puzzles and hidden mechanics for you to figure out, you can scour each inch of a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, compared to the first game the devs elevated the gunplay and melee, as well as build options, buuuuuut... the player experience is a major downgrade, in my opinion. If you check my profile you can find my review of Swamps of Corsus DLC for the first game. I had a major complaint about a very silly and anti-player design choice - the absence of pause in mode with timer. Unfortunately, this very silly design philosophy has came back in the sequel, with the vengeance. Aside from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing 3rd person shooter, played it all on co-op, and completed it on Apocalypse, has friendly fire and a lot of replayability. Achievements are not hard to unlock and game is a lot of fun. Requires dlcs. Recommended 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fixes a lot of issues from Remnant 1 but also breaks some of the appeal of Remnant 1 as well. It's doing a lot more with its story which is helped by a cast of exceptional voice actors. Enemies are more dynamic during combat than they were in the first game but there is still a lot of repetition among enemy types, Bosses are more interesting and (mostly but not all of them) are less prone to spamming you with minions. Weapons feel more balanced, broadly, with more of them being viable. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The combat and gameplay was super fun and entertaining to get into, but if you get even a little invested in the story line you’ll be incredibly disappointed, this game deserves a way better ending than the low effort one that it got
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remnant 2 is the kind of game that makes you lose track of time. It’s tough, unpredictable, and sometimes frustrating, but every bit of struggle pays off once you get into the rhythm. On PC the gunplay feels tight and satisfying. Every shot has weight and every dodge matters. I played mostly Hunter with a touch of Gunslinger and that setup felt perfect to me. The balance between precision and speed kept every fight exciting. The Merciless became my absolute favorite weapon. The way it looks,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute gem of a game. What's great about it: - Souls-like with guns - The game really shines in co-op - Boss fights that give you different experince and can present a challenge - Quests and their rewards with 2-way choices - A lot of secrets to find - In comparison to the first Remnant, which is still worth playing, even though mechanics and engine of the game seems more-less the same, the developers really managed to create something that I would rather call Remnant ^2. Everything's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is good, I love The game. Ill try my best not to spoil anything for potential new players here. I can only really describe it as a Division 2 souls-like experience which doesn't quite do the game the justice it deserves. The game is designed to be played through many times with progressing carrying through progressively making your character stronger on each playthrough (your first playthrough will take the longest due to learning the game and establishing a character build. (each…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished my second run, and i must admit. to whoever came to the idea, to create such a dumb end boss, should get kicked 3 times into his balls.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play with friends, and you can easily sink hundreds—if not a thousand—hours into this game. There’s never a dull moment or a mission that feels tedious. The grind for unique weapons and mutators might drive you crazy with all the rerolls, but it’s completely worth it when you step into a boss arena and feel yourself getting stronger with every fight. A fantastic game—I couldn’t praise it enough to do it justice.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I put a lot of time into Remnant 2, and it genuinely surprised me with how deep and replayable it turned out to be. The main and sub-class (archetype) system is the standout. Being able to mix and match archetypes completely changes how the game plays, and it never felt like there was just one “correct” setup. Swapping combinations opened up new strategies, new synergies, and made experimenting feel rewarding instead of risky. I was especially impressed that summoning was introduced.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ported my save from xbox game pass to steam, Now I am happy again. Great game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remnant II fails for me as a "Soulslike with guns." My biggest issue is the enemy design and overall combat flow. Most standard enemies are so weak and appear in such small numbers that they rarely pose a meaningful threat. Instead, the game's difficulty is concentrated almost entirely in its elite enemies, which frequently rush into melee range and relentlessly pressure the player with attacks designed around dodge timing. Many of these elite enemies also feel excessively tanky unless your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remnant II is a game I don't think is bad but can't recommend just for how deeply frustrating of an experience it is. I've had fun playing it, at times, but there isn't a single thing in this game that doesn't come with a massive caveat that just makes it feel bad. I was very middle of the road with the original release of Remnant and after picking up this sequel on a steep discount, I can say I wasn't overly impressed here either. First off, the most important thing in this kind of game; the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The procedural generation and lack of guidance leads to a lot of back tracking. This would be fine if there was actual enemy variety and a good movement system. This game has neither. The movement is inconsistent, with my character getting caught on geometry while exploring, unreliable ledge grabbing, and not enough consistency in terms of what ledges can be grabbed/what walls can be climbed over. Although there are a myriad of classes, most players will be pigeon holed into using to Tank…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gun Souls with ARPG buildcrafting and MMO-esque raid bosses.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I spent about 20 hours developing my melee-tank build and my buddy going full summoner. Both builds are useless for the end boss and we had to re-spec our classes. Absolute garbage of a boss design, favoring range builds and not respecting the player's time! Not to mention how many other bosses in the world are also designed to not allow melee-centered builds like the one I was making. There were events that we found, that were rare to occur but because the game doesn't explain ♥♥♥♥ we…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games I've ever played. The sheer amount of build possibilities, Secret Items to find and replayability are just incredible. People crying in the comments are obviously mad because bad, but they do not represent this gem of a game at all. You have a total of 800+ Items to find, choose between Softcore or Hardcore, play Solo or Grouped, see every ending in each Biome, and most importantly: the story makes ABSOLUTE sense in terms of generating new seeds for your current run. 12/10…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a nice surprise. Enjoyable and without season passes. 12 bucks for a load of content. Let´s go REMNANT III!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly I play Remnant 1 before so I think Remnant 2 just same thing, but nah this game way crazier. Still Souls game but with guns, still dying alot, but somehow fun. World look more better and more random. One time creepy forest, next time sci-fi city with weird monster. Enemy more variety, not boring like before. Boss fight is crazy, some boss feel like cheat, I die like 30 times but when win feel good. Gun feel smoother than Remnant 1, dodge also better. Build matter more now, you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Many call this game the Dark Souls with guns but I never played any Souls game and can't judge. I actually like chill games because my hardcore gamer days are over. Played the first one with friends on Playstation and I have no freaking idea why I even started playing this solo. My first playthrough was painful. Died over and over again but I kept going and still don't know why. Strangely enough, it haven't felt unfair to me. It is really challenging and confusing at first but it becomes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such an underrated game. Absolutely a blast to play. While the main story is very mehh, the "side stories" in the game are incredible writing and world building. There's always new stuff to find, and I feel like every time I do a new run I see something I've never seen before. At launch I got some stutters, but it runs amazingly these days.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has flaws. It's levels are procedurally generated. We're playing coop and getting "dead end fatigue" for when we clear yet another illogical maze of a map and can't find our way back to the souls-like grace/bonfire equivalent that would allow us to fast travel. We got lost to a point that we had to use the "liquid escape" item - essentially kill ourselves to get back to the checkpoint. Sure, there is a map, except it doesn't show which door the random level generation decided to leave…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fantastic co-op game. A lot of fun, with randomized environments, and challenging game play. The depth of item hunting in order to round out a build is impressive. It's easy to get lost in finding a part in this game, and fun to find all the builds to tailor the game to your playstyle. If anybody gets this game and wants help--message me, I'll hop on in a heartbeat.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i agree with a fair bit of the mixed reception, but ultimately it IS a step up from the first game. and i loved that game. boss weapons get insanely creative and interesting. archetype system is fun and leaves plenty of room for theorycrafting. how deep, can't say im qualified, but there's a lot of ways to limit test. game is great with friends, but suffers from weird issues that crop every so often. for instance, there's collision issues when it comes to the moving around semi-close to each…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hear me out, I finally got into this game after 8 hours(!) with the help of my friends. I really didn't like it that much at first. The artstyle looked pretty generic to me and the gameplay was okay at best. At first, I was also very dissapointed by procedural generation, it was all the jazz surrounding this game. So what exactly is procedurally generated? Nothing. Just the order in which they give you dungeons. Weapons, armor, enemies, quests, 90% of the layout is the same. Two worlds never…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. played the whole main story in co-op. enjoyed it but too much yapping.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very pleasant co-op game. Improved a lot of things from the first one. Challenging enough and it has many secrets to explore. Good soundtrack and game mechanics. Fine stories and characters. No microtransaction bs. The only downside is that the RNG aspect of the campaign, maps, and bosses can sometimes be frustrating. Replayability can be achieved in better ways. But overall it is a rare gem to come by.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, it is a Soulslike but with guns. If you care about the lore you should play through the first game before starting this one since you get spoilers very early otherwise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is on sale...do yourself a favor and buy it. This is one of my favorite games of all time for a reason. Crisp mechanics. Lots of builds. Amazing gunplay. The sound fx and graphics are icing on the cake. Truly a gem. All the guns feel very different and powerful. Melee is done so well. A 3rd person shooter with souls like bosses...absurd amounts of real secrets with tons of replayability. I bought remnant one on a hunch...it was between that and boarderlands 3 at the time. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game as a Christmas gift from a friend of mine back in 2023, and despite some nitpicks or frustrations, Remnant 2 has become one of my favorite games in recent years. I'll admit, this review has been a long time coming. Now, I'm not too familiar with Souls-likes as this and the previous game are my main introduction, but it's a seamless blend of TPS, Action RPG, Rougelite and of course, Souls-like. The main source of replayability comes from re-rolling either the campaign or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've tried my absolute best to like this game but I just don't. This game does meta game progression / secrets / gunplay / classes and weapon variety very well, but it does so much more wrong. The character feels insanely stiff, making combat very clunky. Getting hit once is almost a death sentence because it's nearly impossible to get away from enemies and you'll get stunlocked if enemies surround you. This sucks even harder on boss fights that summon adds. The level designs are extremely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game. It's easier than Souls, but it's amazing, the artistic direction is SICK. Really a good surprise, underrated game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m an older adult gamer and have really been enjoying Remnant 2 overall – the atmosphere, guns, and builds are great. However, the Proving Grounds area is basically a brick wall for me. The combination of super-tight platforming, small pedestals, and rapid-fire traps feels tuned for perfect reflexes. For players with slower reaction times, this isn’t “hard but fair”; it’s just not realistically playable. I’d love to see some accessibility options here – things like slower trap timing,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really liked Remnant 2 overall. I played through the game on Veteran difficulty and honestly, the gameplay is probably the strongest part of it. The gunplay feels even smoother than Remnant 1, the weapons have more impact, and the movement and combat just feel really good. Shooting, dodging, switching weapons and messing around with different builds is genuinely fun. But man, the optimization is rough. Some areas run perfectly fine and then you enter certain DLC maps and the performance just…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing this with a friend who has never played a Soulslike, and we're both having fun with it. The coop is seemless and we've had no connection or ping issues, despite being on two sides of the world. It's challenging but fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remnant 1 and 2 are unfortunately both underrated games. Both games are easily soloable and ofc coop is even more fun. +Combat: Movement seems "slow" at first but you get used to it. Gunplay is great. You can have different builds with different skills etc. +Exploration: This is where the game shines the most imo. There are lots of hidden items and secret places/bosses. Every item seems precious because it adds to your build variety. There are major biomes of which the "seed" gets…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. I would call it Soul-lite rather than Souls-like, as there's no potential for permanent progression loss from dying. The bosses are challenging but not unfair. This game is intended to be played over and over again, as there are the 3 main worlds and each of those have 3 maps and dozen dungeons each with their own loot, story and events. I would recommend going through the main story as well as the DLC adventure mode stories blind if you're at all interested in it. After that you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ONLY IF ITS ON SALE: This game has been forgettable. I've been playing for a few weeks and I keep forgetting I even have it on my PC. The story isn't enough to keep me coming back. (Vague spoiler incoming??) There is a character early game that goes missing which did have me hooked initially but once I found what happened to them, I lost interest in the rest of the story. At the moment you find out what happened, you also receive the overarching mission for the rest of the game. This is the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything I missed and wanted out of destiny 2, in a Pay to play game... thank you lord why didn't I play this sooner
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →no one will see this so i will do 10 push ups or each like
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game crashes constantly, mostly at the end of cutscenes or the beginning of loading screens. The crashes produce absolutely no error logs, or dmp files, absolutely nothing for the user to be able to resolve the issue themselves. Changing graphics settings seemed to have no impact, updating drivers had no impact. On the Steam discussion section for this game the developers point the finger at Intel, but my Intel processor doesn't have this issue with any other game, so I am hard pressed to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if anyone likes a souls game with hours of puzzles and secrets to explore with challenging bosses and a unique world to discover, check out remnant 1 and 2 (and chrono for the whole collection). 100s of hours or more if you wish to explore without the wiki and discover everything. even more fun with friends. hope they make another. one of my fav series to play
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have waited AWHILE for this review. I love R1, recently started a new playthrough with some mods, remembering why I love the series, come back to R2. I struggle to pinpoint exactly what it is, but this game makes me so mad. It SHOULD be amazing. It, in theory, adds lots of new content, and yet, when I sit down to try this game again it feels like I'm met with endless little annoying bugs, performance issues and game play that feels like it went through so much QA on being balanced it's bland…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The progression may be a bit confusing at first, but it's nothing that a quick search can't fix. Other than that, the game is a masterpiece.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remnant II is one of those games that just keeps getting better the more you play it. I originally enjoyed it for the combat and co-op for over 200 hours on my PS5, but coming back to it and actually digging into everything has made me appreciate just how much is hidden in this game. There are entire archetypes, weapons, armor sets, bosses, puzzles, alternate rewards, and areas that you can completely miss. Even after you think you've cleared a world, there's a good chance you've barely seen…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My favorite game of all time. This series is what got me into souls likes and I will be ever grateful for it. The combat is amazing, the level of freedom and diversity you have in making your builds is off the charts, the drip is awesome, the monster design is gnarly, the sound design is great, the fact that no matter how much I play this game I never get the same experience twice. It's awesome. I am this game's biggest fan and biggest stan. Back before this game came out and we only had the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favorite games ever. The added "Boss Rush" mode is a full roguelite game in and of itself, and the 3 DLCs all have awesome content and some of my favorite archetypes. Can't recommend enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game can recommend, needs a wiki open on your second monitor tho if you wanna collect a bunch of stuff scattered throughout regular runs even.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Uber repetitive. Game goes out of it's way to waste your time. Constantly redoing maps to collect items. Scales enemies to you so not much point in upgrading items. Why does a game with level scaling have an upgrade system to waste my time collecting currency to upgrade?
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