$39.99Ghostrunner 2 One hit, one kill, no mercy
Slash through a dying cyberpunk tower city with a katana, dodge instant death and race a motorbike along its blood-soaked highways.
Is Ghostrunner 2 worth it?
Ghostrunner 2 is worth it if…
- you want a first-person slasher where one mistake means starting over, and starting over is fast
- you like learning a fight by reflex rather than by levelling past it
- you enjoyed Ghostrunner and want more of it, with new skills and a bigger world
- you want synthwave loud enough to slash robots to
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One hit for you, one hit for them
The rule is simple and merciless: a single mistake ends you, and a single clean strike ends your enemy. There is no grinding past that. You learn the room, you learn the timing, and you try again, with fast restarts that keep the loop tight instead of punishing. Between your blade and the bullets you dodge, you have new tools: a shuriken that slots into combos, a block, and active skills that change how each fight plays out. Enemies react to the skills you use against them, so the same arena plays differently depending on what you bring. It is a combat puzzle at speed, and solving it feels earned every time.
Beyond Dharma Tower
A year after the fall of the Keymaster, the last refuge of mankind is no longer the whole world. Jack heads outside the tower to face a violent AI cult, and the game opens up with him: nonlinear levels, complex motorbike sections, and wingsuit stretches where you glide through ruins instead of running along walls. The environments fight back too, with exploding barrels and destructible walls you can turn to your advantage. One honest note: the motorbike sections divide players. Some love the change of pace and the big set pieces, others find the open stretches drag compared to the on-foot combat. The katana levels are where the game is most itself.
What about the boss fights?
Are the boss fights better than in the first game?
They are more interactive. Instead of pure timing checks, bosses give you room to choose how to survive: real fights with phases, movement and decisions rather than one memorised opening. That said, they still demand the same discipline as the rest of the game, since a single mistake can end the attempt. If you like bosses that feel like a duel instead of a script, this is one of the sequel's clearest improvements.
Can you customise how Jack plays?
Yes. The progression system was completely redone, with new skills that let you get creative in demanding encounters and make the game more approachable without softening it. You can experiment with different setups and shape the combat to your style, and since enemies respond to the skills you use, a new build genuinely changes how encounters play out.
Is there a story, or is it all combat?
There is a story that carries the game: Jack returns a year after the first game to face an AI cult outside Dharma Tower, and a new dialogue system lets you go deeper into the lore and plot if you want to. Between missions there is a hub where you can talk to characters and learn more about the world. The plot is there if you want it, though the combat is the reason most people stay.
Who made the soundtrack?
The synthwave soundtrack features new music from Daniel Deluxe, We Are Magonia, Gost, Dan Terminus and Arek Reikowski. It fits the neon-and-ruins setting well, and it is the kind of score that keeps pace with the combat rather than sitting behind it.
