Game profile
Monument Valley 2
A visual puzzle journey through impossible architecture, where a mother and child find paths through shifting structures. Calm color palettes and a warm tone drive the short narrative.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Puzzle / Adventure, set in an abstract, non-literal space. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It is built around short sessions, which makes it easy to pick up for half an hour.
Difficulty stays forgiving, so progress rarely depends on your reflexes. The story matters and gives the mechanics a frame, without taking over. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It is available broadly, on 5 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Impossible architecture
- Warm hearted story
- Calm visuals
This fits you if
- you enjoy being made to think
- you want to wind down rather than be tested
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you usually have thirty to sixty minutes and want that to be enough
- you want zero frustration and no difficulty wall
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
Look elsewhere if
- you need real difficulty to stay interested
- you want something that lasts, this is over after 3 hours
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
How long is Monument Valley 2?
About 3 hours in total. That is roughly 2 evening(s), so you can realistically finish it this week.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 88 out of 100, which puts it above 78 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 258 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Puzzle averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 5 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 101 collected ratings.
Released in 2017, so it has 9 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2017
- Genres
- Puzzle, Adventure
- Playtime
- approx. 3 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Relaxed, forgiving
- Story weight
- Present and relevant
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Abstract, Fantasy
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- Mobile, Xbox, PlayStation, PC, Switch
- Critic rating
- 88 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Valley 2 | 2017 | approx. 3 hrs. | 88 | Budget |
| Monument Valley III | 2025 | approx. 6 hrs. | 67 | Budget |
| Monument Valley | 2014 | approx. 3 hrs. | 90 | Budget |
| Lost in Play | 2022 | approx. 4 hrs. | 87 | Budget |
If you liked this, try these
- 67/100 Monument Valley III Shared: Puzzle, Adventure, Abstract, longer
- 90/100 Monument Valley Shared: Puzzle, Adventure, Abstract, rated higher
- 87/100 Lost in Play Shared: Puzzle, Adventure, Fantasy
- 81/100 Gris Shared: Puzzle, Adventure, Abstract
- n/a Tukoni: Forest Keepers Shared: Puzzle, Adventure, Fantasy
- n/a Strange Antiquities Shared: Puzzle, Adventure, Fantasy, longer