SteamWorld Heist II Reviews

Steamworld Heist II is a stellar turn-based action/strategy game. In it, you play a crew of steampunk pirate robots adventuring & looting. It is a sequel to the also great Steamworld Heist 1, but rest assured that this is a superior game and also it is very much standalone in terms of plot, so you will not miss anything by playing this game first. Its game design is very tight, and there is heaps of room for customization and creativity in your playstyle. It is also very approachable in terms of difficulty (I found 'Veteran' difficulty to be exactly right for me personally). Its writing & visuals are simple but charming, and its music is catchy. If at all you're familiar with the board game "Gloomhaven", then it really ticks the same mental boxes for me - the great satisfaction of positioning your crew just right & using their abilities together to pull off some crazy turns. The game's not perfect. I have tiny gripes like how the first missions felt a little too easy, how the submarine is a little unwieldy at times and how you're forced to navigate rooms in turn-based mode even when there are no enemies around. Still, it's a wonderful game, and I highly recommend it. Unless you're severly impatient, I think you will really like this game.

Very Rewarding Progression System and a lot of options to outfit your crew to your preferred play-style, while keeping the mechanics simple. And great on the deck.

Great game, looking forward to a new game plus mode so I can keep playing with more progression! terrible to hear about the studio but I know that I will probably buy whatever games they do come out with in the future.

Wonderful. The same spirit and mechanics of Steamworld Heist with a breath of fresh (sea) air. Steam Powered Giraffe rocks!

One of the best turn-based tactics I've played, surpassed the first one in every aspect.

I "tried" this game before I bought it and loved it. Got every single star in the game and completed it in several days. Really fun and I would've seriously considered NG+ if it was an option, keeping your sub and crew but upping the difficulty.

Amazing sequel to an amazing game! Great story, great characters, and amazing gameplay. Highly recommended. (plus they reference one piece at least twice, it's automatically a 10)

[h1]Charming followup to 2016's SteamWorld Heist[/h1] At it's core, it shares much of the DNA of the first game: turn-based tactical battles combined with Worms-style precision aiming. Plus crisp controls, clean and colorful graphics and UI, and a sea-shanty themed score. Add to that more weapons and items, character classes (jobs), the expansive overworld map, and a lightweight story wrapper for all of it, and you've got a winner.

I played the First game which was brilliant, it was so different from anything I had played before. Steam World Heist II is nothing short of a masterpiece. I enjoyed sailing round the environments above and below water, discovering new areas and wrecks, negotiating mines, missiles and fighting boats. I loved the story and quirky upbeat characters, what a change from Gloom and Doom. The game play is so much FUN, choosing weapons from Boomer, Flanker, Sniper, Engineer, Reaper and Brawler and associated traits and specialist actions gives lots of choices of what to take on a mission or use with the other crew mates. Using weapons is what makes the game so special, depending on the weapon, bullets can shoot straight or arc, bounce, penetrate or explode causing greater or lesser splash damage or bullet spread. Everything has passive or special actions associated with the gun type, which give you more and more choices as the game progresses. This is one of my all time favourite games.

I played it 19 hours in 4 days. I could stop any time I wanted. Truth be told this game made me feel like a kid again. What a great game. It's like playing billiards with some NES Pirates! Mixed in. Great sequel to the first SH game in space. This one is a must play iof you like tactics RPGs and metroidvanias. Graphics: 10/10 beautiful Sound: 10/10 amazing OST and sound effects Gameplay: 9/10 very addictive and fun gameplay. There's a lot of animations and no way to auto-skip them, you must hit a button for each animation. When the enemy needs to do 10 things it's annoying I'll be honest. Story: 9/10. Great story akin to other Steamworld games. Loved the Captain's inspiring words to his crew. Sometimes it's a bit too wordy which contrasts the gameplay loop. The crow was awesome. Poe is my boy. Boomer on wheels. Overall 9.5/10. Must play for tactics RPG fans, little bit of a learning curve for those unfamiliar with turn-based tactical RPGs