Remnant II

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Dark themes — intense
Post-apocalypticRPGShooter

What's in it

Violence realistic
Moderate

Third-person gunplay and melee against humanoid cultists, undead, and monstrous creatures, with blood spray and impact effects but no lingering gore focus.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

A grim, apocalyptic premise built on a spreading plant-like infection consuming worlds, terminal sickness of a companion, and the erasure of a universe to stop it.

Horror & psychological frightening
Moderate

Grotesque enemy and boss designs, unsettling nightmare realms, and dark dread-filled environments create frightening moments without jump-scare survival horror.

Animal combat combat mechanic
Low

Many enemies are beasts and monstrous creatures fought and killed as ordinary combat.

Language mild
Low

Occasional mild profanity in NPC and story dialogue.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Remnant II is a third-person shooter with role-playing and Soulslike elements in which the player, a survivor traveling between ruined worlds, uses firearms and melee weapons to fight through hordes of monstrous creatures and humanoid enemies infected or corrupted by an invasive plant-like species called the Root. The combat is fast and challenging, with blood effects but without an emphasis on gore or dismemberment. The tone is bleak and eerie, moving through decaying forests, alien starships, and warped cities full of grotesque, frightening enemy designs and demanding boss battles. It can be played entirely solo or in three-player online co-op, with players teaming up via matchmaking or with friends; there is no built-in in-game voice or text chat.

How it's framed

The game frames the player as a heroic survivor defending the last of humanity, with violence directed at corrupted monsters and hostile forces threatening the multiverse; its heavy subject matter of infection, loss, and cosmic destruction is presented as somber stakes in a survival story rather than being celebrated.

Details

Developer
Gunfire Games
Publisher
Gearbox Publishing
Released
2023-07-25
Metacritic 82critic score (third-party) · out of 100

Similar games

We built this because we needed it

Balanced Play pools your kids' game time into one budget across Steam, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and more. We're taking 100 founding families — free for life.

Claim a founding spot →

Free for life for the first 100. No card, no spam.