Everhood 2 is a 2025 video game developed by Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca as a sequel to the 2021 game Everhood. First announced in 2023,[4] it was released on Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on March 4, 2025.[3] Though it is not a direct sequel to Everhood,[5] taking place in the same universe but telling a new story,[6] its gameplay mechanics are largely similar, and several characters from the first game make an appearance.
Plot
Setting
The setting ("universe") of Everhood 2 is stated to be the same as that of the original Everhood.[6]
Story
Everhood 2 opens with the player being asked several questions, ranging from technical ("Are you streaming this game right now?") to personal ("Do you play Fortnite?").[3] This determines the color of the non-gendered player character, which appears in a crudely drawn house on a vast white plain. They chase a stopwatch that bounces across the plain into a hole. Jumping down the hole, the player engages in battle with the Root of All Evil, later known as Shade, before being carried away to safety by Raven, an anthropomorphic raven.
Gameplay

Everhood 2 relies on gameplay similar to Everhood, with the player controlling a light being (rather than a wooden doll) that navigates around a world and engages enemies in combat. Battles are fought by evading and reflecting enemy attacks that approach the player in a field of five columns. Absorbing multiple of the same colored attacks allows for stronger counterattacks,[7] and there is no limit to the potential number of absorbed shots. Each enemy has its own unique soundtrack, which usually loops until the end of the fight.[2]
Release
Everhood 2 was announced in June 2023,[4][5] prior to the release of Everhood: Eternity Edition 3 months later. The release date, March 4, 2025, exactly 4 years after the release of Everhood, was revealed in January 2025.[8]
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
---|---|
Metacritic | (NS) 77/100[9] (PC) 84/100[10] |
Publication | Score |
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Hardcore Gamer | 3.5/5[2] |
Nintendo Life | 7/10[11] |
Nintendo World Report | 10/10[7] |
Waypoint | Strongly Recommend[3] |
Everhood 2 was positively received on both PC and Nintendo Switch, though slighly less strongly on the latter platform.[10][9] Three days after its release, it received over 500 positive reviews on Steam. The game has been favorably compared to Guitar Hero, Undertale,[12] and Mother.[3]
References
- ^ Colp, Tyler (March 3, 2025). "Two Point Museum, FragPunk, and the other new games out this week". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 6, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Cunningham, James (March 3, 2025). "Review: Everhood 2". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Cichacki, Shaun (March 3, 2025). "'Everhood 2' Showed Me That the "R" in "RPG" Apparently Stands for Rhythm, All While Giving Me an Existential Crisis (Review)". Vice. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ a b Romano, Sal (June 12, 2023). "Everhood 2 announced for Switch, PC". Gematsu. Archived from the original on December 8, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ a b Kuhnke, Oisin (June 15, 2023). "Check out this wild-looking follow-up to one of 2021's weirdest games". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ a b Nicolás Argüello, Diego (January 14, 2025). "Everhood 2 Brings New Guitar Hero-Inspired RPG Battles This March". Gamespot. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ a b Rudek, Jordan (March 3, 2025). "Everhood 2 (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ Romano, Sal (January 14, 2025). "Everhood 2 launches March 4". Gematsu. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ a b "Nintendo Switch Critic Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ a b "PC Critic Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ Vogel, Mitch (March 3, 2025). "Everhood 2 Review (Switch eShop)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ van der Velde, Issy (March 7, 2025). "The follow-up to a weird RPG with Undertale energy and over 10,000 overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews is, you guessed it, another weird RPG that's already flying on Steam". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on March 8, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
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