Remnant 2 is a success, beating every little thing besides CS:GO on Steam’s weekly high sellers listing
On: July 28, 2023
2019’s Remnant: From the Ashes wasn’t unappreciated—the co-op looter shooter has accrued nearly 40,000 optimistic Steam evaluations—nevertheless it by no means fairly felt like a real hit, both. Its just-released sequel, nonetheless, in all probability qualifies: Remnant 2 has jumped into the quantity two high vendor spot on Steam (primarily based on income), just below CS:GO, and quantity 18 on Steam’s listing of most-played video games by every day gamers.
Remnant 2 hasn’t but had time to construct up the identical quantity of Steam person evaluations as its predecessor, however our evaluate is optimistic, and its present peak concurrent participant depend of 83,792 is effectively above the primary game’s peak of 48,194. In the intervening time, it is among the many high 10 most performed Steam video games by present participant depend.
Remnant: From the Ashes was one of many extra enjoyable co-op experiences I’ve had, and the sequel is usually extra of the identical: a third-person shooter set in alien dimensions, with an emphasis on weapon upgrading, ammo conservation, huge, bizarre bosses, randomization, and surprises. Besides, as I’ve gathered from our evaluate and others, every little thing is only a bit higher in Remnant 2.
I’ve solely performed the intro to date myself. It is a good, temporary setup: Earth is all tousled and also you’re simply tryin’ to get by, however then an outdated man tells you to not mess with a stone that teleports you to different dimensions, so in fact you mess with it, and uh oh, now you are in Myst-but-with-scary-monsters.
Two different gamers can be part of you in co-op as soon as you have accomplished that intro. I’ve heard that the primary Remnant was much less profitable as a solo game, so for those who’re involved in Remnant 2, I would recommend checking with the Discord crew to see if anybody’s down to affix in. I am undecided how a lot additional I need to go with out assembling a posse.
It could be serving to Remnant 2 that reside service fatigue appears to be at an all-time excessive. It would not have been shocking for developer Gunfire Video games to go that course after the pretty profitable first game, however as an alternative it is produced one other old school co-op shooter with a starting and finish. There’s DLC deliberate and Remnant 2 is designed to be replayed—procedural technology makes every run totally different, and you will not see every little thing in a single go—however there is no infinite endgame grind or in-game cosmetics store. You may get some fancy armor within the particular editions, however that is all, and it is also good to see a $50 customary version, particularly when some publishers default to $70 as of late.
Our Remnant 2 evaluate has extra about what makes it cool. I’ve solely simply began myself, however I can already say that the jank-levels appear to be diminished from the primary game, and making huge harm numbers come out of monster blisters through vital rifle shots is as satisfying as ever.
