HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged
Game
Game2024
Reus 2
Developer Abbey Games
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life! From the Steam store page
255 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
163 positive · 24 negative
95% range 82–91%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 163 | 24 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 27 | 2 | 30 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
1,503 of 1,582 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
87% recommend · 157 yes, 23 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 180 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (2,193 of 2,328 positive).
Players praise Reus 2 as a relaxing, complex puzzle game with satisfying synergies. [1][2][3] Some note it is not a city builder or god game, but a turn-based resource management puzzle. [1][4][5] A few reviewers dislike the tile-placement mechanics and find the game boring or misleading. [6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
Beautiful, deep puzzle game with unlocks and meta-progression. But if you are looking for a colony sim or city builder (like me), then this is not for you, the tags are misleading. The advertisement is misleading. "Fill the universe with life"? "Endless planets"? More like: Fill a planet with points. Put it on the shelf. Repeat.
- [1]
This is not a city builder or colony sim, rather a rogue-like resource management puzzle. And it's amazing. As much as I love the style and vibes, it's probably giving people the wrong impression of what sort of game this is. You have limited turns each era to place down "Biotica" on limited slots. Placing down Biotica gives you resources, which helps you reach your goal, while also acting as currency to purchase …
- [11]
Biggest thing about Reus1 was having to know from memory how combos worked, because you didn't have time to read for a high score. You wanted to act fact and reckless. Your only resource was time. Reus2 removed that and now you have all the time in the world to think, but your actions are limited. Its a huge improvement given the complexity of the game. It also now has a challange system. So instead of just aiming …
- [4]
Reus 2 is an optimisation game, rather than a 4X civilisation building game. As long as you know that going in then you can’t be too disappointed. You get a limited number of moves to place enough plants, animals and minerals to provide the necessary yields so that your cities can develop and fulfil the tasks they set you. Each time you run out of turns then you enter a new era that comes with its own objectives and …
- [2]
I love this game so much. I love making synergies with cute animals, plants, and rocks. I love watching the giants plod around the world. I love the little people chattering away.
Summarised from 34 of the 251 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
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Reus 2 talk about relaxing and satisfying gameplay with cute visuals; those who didn't talk about not a city builder or god game, misleading tags. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 255 · most liked firstI've been doing some more indie game PR! The ecology-building god game Reus 2 is getting a huge update tomorrow and its first DLC. Streamers, YouTubers, writers or anyone showcasing indie games, I've got Steam keys! Fill in the form and share it around. I only promote games I personally enjoy.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is not a city builder or colony sim, rather a rogue-like resource management puzzle. And it's amazing. As much as I love the style and vibes, it's probably giving people the wrong impression of what sort of game this is. You have limited turns each era to place down "Biotica" on limited slots. Placing down Biotica gives you resources, which helps you reach your goal, while also acting as currency to purchase powers to do more stuff. If you like resource management games which encourages…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful, deep puzzle game with unlocks and meta-progression. But if you are looking for a colony sim or city builder (like me), then this is not for you, the tags are misleading. The advertisement is misleading. "Fill the universe with life"? "Endless planets"? More like: Fill a planet with points. Put it on the shelf. Repeat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reus 2 announced letting you shape humanity again https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/reus-2-announced-letting-you-shape-humanity-again/ #IndieGame #Reus2 #SteamDeck #PCGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Reus 2 is a good'un. Came out last year and flew under a lot of radars, but it's Overwhelmingly Positive rated on Steam. It's very different from most god games. Almost like a turn-based worker placement board game, building up ecologies to human needs. store.steampowered.com/app/1875060/...
positive · AI labelView post →I wasn't 100% sure what I was getting when purchasing this, so to be clear - this is very much a "Puzzle Game" with a civilization & ecosystem theme. It works really well. Tons of different strategies, and depending on your approach early in a playthru it will have impact on the narrative & goals later on. Amassing more & more species of plants & animals, and varieties or minerals, is fun from a collecting standpoint but each one also opens multiple gameplay & scoring combinations. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I must be missing something given the reviews because I do not enjoy this game. It looks like a god game - it even says "shape worlds with your godly titans" but what that actually means is you click "create biome" on the relevant titan to get some of that type of land. Same with placement of the animals/resources for the given biome. The titans are otherwise meaningless. It is really just a tile placement game where you min-max the placement of things to get multipliers in the score, to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reus 2 is the sequel nobody asked for but everybody needed. It takes the charming god simulator formula—giants shaping civilizations, people rebelling, you smiting them—and gives it a fresh coat of paint. Better graphics, smoother mechanics, same divine heartbreak. Positives: + Gorgeous new visuals make your giants feel truly majestic. + The core loop of nurturing civilizations is still oddly satisfying. + Replayability remains endless—every Era is a new chance to raise (or ruin) humanity. +…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →God game Reus 2 adds full Steam Deck / SteamOS support in the latest update #Reus2 #SteamDeck #SteamOS
neutral · AI labelView post →I love this game so much. I love making synergies with cute animals, plants, and rocks. I love watching the giants plod around the world. I love the little people chattering away.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I regret buying this game, even though I got it on sale. This plays like a board game and is most definitely NOT a god game. It was fun at first, and seemed like progressing would open up more options and different ways to play, but alas, what you see in the first 2 hours is the whole game. You just plop cards into slots to maximize specific elements. All you get with progression is potentially more cards to draw from at random, but that doesn't impact the strategy or play style. Utterly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In a update on the company page the devs stated how they do and don't use GenAI. And while It's certainly not as much as other companies its still more than I am comfortable with and cannot in good conscience recommend this game anymore. This may change in the future if the devs change their mind and stop using GenAI for their games. Edit: Since disabling comment hides the comment I put, here is the link to the devs statement on their AI usage so you can all decide for yourselves if its past…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Big stream in 10 min! :D Dev's gave me a key for Reus 2, the god game so I'll be giving that a try today along with more games if there's time later ♥ Shares help a lot as this is a fancy pants ~sponsored~ stream, come hang out and check out this lovely indie game! www.twitch.tv/iggymaid
neutral · AI labelView post →An increase in complexity from the original Reus game, with a bit of a learning curve. You can tackle it with zero knowledge, and enjoy the learning experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reus 2 just got a big content patch, bringing a slew of improvements to the game and official gamepad and #SteamDeck support: steamdeckhq.com/reus-2-gets-...
neutral · AI labelView post →God game Reus 2 adds full Steam Deck / SteamOS support in the latest update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/god-game-reus-2-adds-full-steam-deck-steamos-support-in-the-latest-update/ #Reus2 #SteamDeck #SteamOS
neutral · AI labelView post →Huge improvement for the first Reus game. This game is super relaxing, almost like ASMR ^_^
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first I found the new system to be too different from the original game, but after getting used to it I have come to find it being a lot more forgiving and relaxed. Though I loved Reus 1, I rarely played a full era, in Reus 2 it feels more doable and rewarding to complete an era and also much more engaging with the option to pick your goals. Every game is different as you unlock new things and change what giants and ambassadors you bring with you. It really feel like a lot of love went…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty puzzle game, once you play about 4 planets you've played the game and it gets pretty repetitive. I'm left scratching my head. The game somehow has been tagged with "colony sim" and "city builder" but I found little of that. I found no benefit to any of the diplomacy and battles seemed to have no effect. I played the demo and bought the game because I thought it would go deeper, but it didn't. If you want a zen game that puts pretty things on your screen and you don't mind spending dozens…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Biggest thing about Reus1 was having to know from memory how combos worked, because you didn't have time to read for a high score. You wanted to act fact and reckless. Your only resource was time. Reus2 removed that and now you have all the time in the world to think, but your actions are limited. Its a huge improvement given the complexity of the game. It also now has a challange system. So instead of just aiming for a high score, you can work towards compleateing objectives, which…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved the first one and this is the kind of sequel I enjoy. Takes mechanics, design and themes from the original and puts a new spin on it. Makes me play the original again, but in a good way. More hectic time based experience in the first one and a slower more puzzle-like with this one. If you either liked Reus or other games by the same developer you will most likely enjoy this one too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If I'd have known this game would have the DLC dumpster that it has, I'd have never bought it in the first place.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cute and relaxing strategy game with good visuals and music. When the synergies between different flora and fauna hits, you instantly feel rewarded. A great sequel to Reus. Recommended alot!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I Love the game! It feels to me like a great board game. If Reus 2 was a board game, it would be extremely well executed. It's definitely for you if you like discovering interactions and love to optimize your strategy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Becoming the Ultimate God of the Everglades with Reus 2's new DLC! + Monster Train 2 later! Live at: www.twitch.tv/yeoden #vtuber #reus2 #monstertrain2 #calamitycrew
neutral · AI labelView post →The idea seemed promising, but it didn't click for me. The game is about finding near-perfect tile placement to trigger bonuses. And that's it. There's nothing more to it. It all just felt confusing and fiddly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reus 2 is an optimisation game, rather than a 4X civilisation building game. As long as you know that going in then you can’t be too disappointed. You get a limited number of moves to place enough plants, animals and minerals to provide the necessary yields so that your cities can develop and fulfil the tasks they set you. Each time you run out of turns then you enter a new era that comes with its own objectives and resource priorities to guide your development in that period. It’s cute to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is simply a masterpiece and I hope it gets it's recognition and developed into a bigger project. It's really original. A god-city builder-roguelike that plays like a puzzle. It's so relaxing playing it. When you level up,a run can last even two hours if you want to three start it,also the Era system is so cool. I hope the developer put more effort in the future for create more interactions between gods and the people which is only my downside for this game. It's like there is a small…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great sequel to Reus! Love the updates and new features. Definitely worth your time and money. Plus, there is tons of re-playability with all the different combinations you can try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun and relaxing game. Lots of combos to try out. Would recommend to people who like puzzle games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most relaxing games I've played. Especially since they made timed actions an option in the game, you can literally just sit and ponder what you think is the best solution at that time. Or turn on the timed options where tribes attack each other and your giant if you want more action. Either way a great game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Our very first Firesquid Publisher Sale is live! 🎉 💰 Discounts on all Firesquid games 🚀 1.0 release of Xenopurge! 🎮 New Game Announcements for 2026: - Ex Sanguis - @preludethegame.bsky.social - DLC for Reus 2: Grasslands Check out the sale page on Steam: store.steampowered.com/sale/firesqu...
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to praise this game for a good balance. Whenever you are going for the win in a final era, you feel like you will go bananas now and start seeing huge numbers. Instead, you realize all these little thing you did actually mattered and you end up only 10 points above what you needed to achieve to win. Game is tight. Absolute cinema.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neat puzzle game but not really a colony sim or city builder as advertised. On its own merits, I think it's a cool idea and I like the visuals, but it lacks the depth and longevity for real replay value. I've finished a dozen+ planets now and unlocked all the main milestones and I just feel like there should be more. DLC looks overpriced for what it seems to add.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A splendid example of a sequel simply doubling down on everything good in the original. Fresh flavor, classic satisfaction, wonderful game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I kind of expected this to be more about building up a planet, but it's actually just placing random things into tiles. It seems to have extra unnecessary complexity, for example the giant creatures that move around? I guess they look cool but I don't see them really adding much to the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found the gameplay enjoyable, even though I don’t usually like puzzle-style games. It does lean into that structure more than I typically prefer, but there’s still a lot of value in how it plays overall. The progression felt somewhat limited in terms of how much things actually change. The different giants don’t feel dramatically distinct in practice, even if they’re themed differently like swamp or mountain. I was hoping for more variety in mechanics, like completely different environments…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While it's not a citybuilder or godgame perse, it is a fantastic puzzle game where you try to figure out how best to slot in all the randomly given puzzle-pieces into one very satisfying puzzle when all of it clicks into place.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wholeheartedly recommend Reus 2 to anyone who enjoys complex puzzles, resource management, relaxing, and cutesy stuff. One of my favorite things about this game is how much care and thought has been put into each "Biotica", which are the many plants, animals and minerals you can place around the planet. They're not just meaningless puzzle pieces to generate resources, they're things that when I sit and think about them could really contribute the resource they provide or the synergy they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reus 2 - Lovely little puzzle/god game where you help out the humans of your planet by placing animals, plants, and rocks to take advantage of synergies, finding the best places to get silly yields out of your top biotica! store.steampowered.com/app/1875060/...
positive · AI labelView post →Tomorrow at 6.30PM CEST: We return to the lovely god puzzle game Reus 2 as @firesquid.games equipped me with the latest DLC so we gonna check that out! Plus new leaders too! Afterwards if we have time we may do some more Monster Train 2 to try and beat the game! Very close! Hope to see ya!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello everyone, happy Thursday, how are we? Today, courtesy of @firesquid.games, we will be playing Reus 2 new content DLC + Cataclysm update, if you want to learn more about the game pop on by and let's have a good time together. twitch.tv/monadart #twitchstreamer #streamer #indiegamer #gamerwomen
neutral · AI labelView post →I got the point of this game, it is a great puzzle game but I wanted something like a City builder (as the # of the game said) and with more focus in managment. This game is more about puzzle and putting dots to get more score, good game, but not for me :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very satisfying puzzle game with lots of different routes to win. Lots of challenges and achievements that are difficult and fun to achieve but it also has lots of other ways to randomize your gameplay for almost infinite replayability. If you want even more gameplay there are multiple DLCs which can add hours and hours of gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun, sort of a puzzle-like game, trying to maximize your bonuses through the animals, plants, and minerals you place on tiles for your people. Lovely relaxing game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like Reus 2. You play as 3 immortal giants, who place 'biotica' (plants, animals, and minerals) for humans to exploit on a planet to grow their cities. The biotica have synergies. Put a carnivorous ocelot next to a gerbil and you'll get a bonus for thinking your ecosystem through. Lapiz lazuli like to be surrounded by other gems; clownfish like to be next to anenomes. As you progress through the game, your planet becomes more biodiverse - a score the game tracks, which allows you to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tl;dr: negative review for antisemitic content. I really loved this game. One of the very few where I've managed to get all the achievements, and then kept playing because it was so satisfying to build a cute little world. When the Ice Age expansion came out, I bought it immediately; the same for the Everglades. That's where I hit something that just... killed my love for the game. Each play-through is divided into ages, and at the start of each age you select your objectives. The later…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Same idea as Reus but they've dramatically improved the gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a great game, especially for the price you can snag it for on sale. I highly recommend it – it's an engaging gameplay experience about synergizing hundreds of different types of resources. The game is much deeper than it might seem at first glance. It requires replays, but they're always new and interesting, and the gameplay expands as you play. Other pluses include cool graphics and detail, cool music, and good optimization. The downsides include a fairly high entry barrier (it takes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is gorgeous, and very cute, but unfortunately its not my kind of game. I see this basically the same as something like Hearts of Iron - its just tons of menus with loads of different resources to consider. Really complicated and the tutorial is thrown together very quickly with just a few text boxes. A poor UX. As a result, its not for me...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you liked the first Reus, you'll like Reus 2 too. Reus 2 builds upon the concepts that made Reus so charming and meaningfully expands on them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great; 8/10. Reus 2 is a puzzle-strategy game that aims to create a chill and casual atmosphere rather than focusing on raw mathematical difficulty - but players who enjoy such challenges can still turn up the heat and find what they're looking for. The game is simple on the surface (which makes it very learnable); each round, you pick three gods and create a functioning and healthy ecosystem on a planet, making you think of what kind of biome and ecology would suit each growing human tribe…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got to checkout Reus 2, which is a lovely god game where you create new worlds #indiegames youtu.be/Vr8XJNUs11A
positive · AI labelView post →What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE! Reus 2 update + DLC Live at: www.twitch.tv/yeoden #vtuber #reus2 #vsky #calamitycrew
neutral · AI labelView post →Really wanted to like this game, bc of its art style, but I didnt click for me. This UI is pretty bad, the tutorial is boring and controlls with gamepad are terrible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Note: played vanilla, without DLCs] - edited as I completely forgot a thing from the previous game, oops. Having played the first Reus, I can happily say this is a definite upgrade on the previous instalment! A lot of what I didn't like about the previous game has been ironed out (biomes can now be created wherever you wish, unlocks are thankfully no longer gated behind certain requirements, and the UI is far more helpful when putting bioticums down), and it's been expanded with more biomes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you haven't played it, gravity circuit is really good :> it's a lot like the megaman x zero games Barony is a really good dungeon crawling game if you wanted something to play with friends :> Reus 2 is a fun god game tac breach wizards is a squad based strategy game like Into the Breach
positive · AI labelView post →I thought this was going to be a different game than what I got, which was some tile building nonsense.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A moderately interesting game with good balance, but all its features are unlocked within the first five hours, after which the gameplay becomes boring and repetitive. The graphics feel outdated, the music is off-putting, and the interface is inconvenient.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a rare sequel that is actually great! It is slightly different from the first but all the magic is there and more. They added a few new mechanics, new combos, and of course many new things you can create on planets. There are more giants with their own perks than in the first Reus. An excellent upgrade from the first from top to bottom. The Devs did a great job. They sticked to their recipe and did not go trend-hopping or monkey-see-money-do. Thumbs up!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
Posts are quoted from public profiles with links to the original. Want yours removed? Contact us.