
The game was praised as "reinventing perfection", for having added new content that felt organic and added to the original Spelunky HD formula. It received an average score of 91 on Metacritic, and positive reviews from sites like Polygon, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, and Eurogamer. Spelunky 2 was met with critical acclaim by multiple critics.
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While online multiplayer released at launch for the PS4 edition, it did not release on PC until December 14th, 2020 in order to prevent heavy latency issues initially experienced by PS4 players. Spelunky 2 also planned to add online multiplayer in order to help players connect more easily together with the game. The Entrance Cave was also turned into a sizeable camp where the player can interact with different objects and other playable characters, each with their own special dialogue. To achieve this, the game's story and lore was heavily expanded upon and the world was made much larger, with splitting paths, more secret areas, and numerous NPCs, each with their own quests or services. The team also wanted to create a much more "alive" feeling world compared to the original game.

Due to its massive scope, Mossmouth (Derek Yu's game development studio) co-developed the game with BlitWorks, a company known for working on ports of games like Spelunky HD, Super Meat Boy, Don't Starve, Sonic CD, and Jet Set Radio. Spelunky 2 was designed to be a true continuation of Spelunky HD, adding more to what was already established in the first game.


Though initially scheduled for 2019, Spelunky 2 released on PlayStation 4 on September 15, 2020, and released on Steam for PC on September 29, 2020.
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The first full gameplay trailer was finally released on August 29, 2018. In Spelunky 2, players once again journey deep underground and explore amazing places filled with traps, treasure, and secrets - but this time as Ana Spelunky, the child of the main character of Spelunky HD, deep within the Moon.ĭevelopment for the sequel started around 2016, although it was first announced at Paris Games Week in October 2017. Spelunky 2 is the sequel to Spelunky, a unique platformer game directed by developer Derek Yu.
