Volgarr the Viking II (2024)

Developer: Digital Eclipse, Crazy Viking Studios
Publisher: Digital Eclipse
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating: 4.1 of 5, 98 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 3.3 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A punishing, precision-demanding 2D action-platformer where every move must be exact and death is swift and frequent.

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What players say

Players say it is more of the brutally hard original, but levels are longer and the fixed-trajectory jumping leads to cheap-feeling deaths. Some praise the tighter checkpoint system while others dislike how the continue system can send you back to the start of a level.

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