Game profile
Rogue Legacy 2
A rogue lite platformer where every death passes the legacy on to a new descendant with random traits and quirks. Permanent upgrades and a growing skill tree ensure every run gets a little further.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Roguelike / Platformer, set in a fantasy world. 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.
It is genuinely demanding, and repeated failure is part of how it is designed. Story exists mostly as background texture rather than a reason to keep going. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Random descendants with quirks
- Permanent progression
- Challenging platform action
This fits you if
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- levelling, looting and optimising a build is your kind of loop
- you usually have thirty to sixty minutes and want that to be enough
- you want real resistance and are fine with dying a lot
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you want something light that leaves you in a good mood
Look elsewhere if
- you want to relax and not be punished for mistakes
- repetition wears you down instead of drawing you in
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want something with real weight to it
How long is Rogue Legacy 2?
About 25 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 4 weeks, or 13 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 91 out of 100, which puts it above 91 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 106 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Roguelike averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 8 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 60 collected ratings.
Released in 2022 and 4 years old. Recent enough to look and run modern, old enough to be patched and often discounted.
The facts
- Release year
- 2022
- Genres
- Roguelike, Platformer, Metroidvania
- Playtime
- approx. 25 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Demanding, punishing
- Story weight
- Background flavour
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Fantasy
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Critic rating
- 91 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogue Legacy 2 | 2022 | approx. 25 hrs. | 91 | Mid price |
| Spelunky 2 | 2020 | approx. 35 hrs. | 87 | Mid price |
| Spelunky | 2012 | approx. 25 hrs. | 91 | Budget |
| The Rogue Prince of Persia | 2025 | approx. 15 hrs. | 80 | Mid price |
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- 81/100 Skul: The Hero Slayer Shared: Roguelike, Platformer, Fantasy, shorter
- 78/100 Have a Nice Death Shared: Roguelike, Platformer, Fantasy, shorter
- 86/100 Rogue Legacy Shared: Roguelike, Platformer, Fantasy