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Developer: Dual Effect
Publisher: PQube
Release date: 23/10/2025
Genre: Survival Horror
Platforms: PC, PS5, XBS
Price: 29.99 US/EUR

Following the harrowing events at Wildberger Hospital, Caroline Walker hopes for a normal life with her sister, Anna. Yet in the months that follow, Anna is haunted by visions of violence and death, compelling her to create disturbing drawings that rapidly manifest into horrifying reality.

Desperate to free her of this affliction, Caroline travels to the remote town of Villa Hess and a mysterious clinic nestled deep within the mountains of southern Chile. But behind the warm smiles of the facility's serene staff lies a sickening truth, and the sisters soon find themselves at the center of an entirely new nightmare…

Explore a huge variety of unnerving locations within the town, including a shadowy convent, a derelict shopping mall, and an abandoned school.

Harness your supernatural powers to switch between realities, change the past to reshape the present, and search for alternate paths forward in the nightmarish 'other side'.

Collect and modify an arsenal of makeshift weapons such as the nailer and chainsaw, and utilize the new quick select feature to switch armaments in the heat of battle.

Examine, manipulate, and combine items to reveal hidden information, and forge connections between objects and the environment to solve intricately designed puzzles.

Face off against lethal new enemies, from skittering bladed horrors to hulking armored abominations, and use your wits to survive monstrous boss encounters.

Peel back the layers of a complex story full of twists and revelations. Encounter and cooperate with other characters each with their own agenda and dark secrets.

Relive the classic fixed-camera survival horror of the 90s with limited saves and tank controls, or switch to assisted mode for a more casual experience.

Soon.
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[adamsapple]

Nice. Hoping to play this in a couple of days. The first one was a surprisingly decent fixed camera angle romp.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Glad they added easier mode for saves this time. Keep that dogshit in the past where it belongs.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I'd play this at some point. I enjoyed the first one regardless of how weird it got towards the end.

 

[Dorfdad]

any reason to play the first with this out now? I haven't played before?

 

[adamsapple]

any reason to play the first with this out now? I haven't played before?

It's a direct story continuation, and it's often on sale as low as $1.99 to $3.99.

 

[NeverYouMind]

any reason to play the first with this out now? I haven't played before?

I played the intro demos for both and I see no reason to play the first prior to second. The second one gives you all the context needed.

 

[Madflavor]

I played the first one a month ago for the first time. Really loved my time with it, pretty impressive for a small budget game. TS2 is a day 1 for me. I wish more people knew about it.

 

[bender]

Still not a fan of the character or monster designs.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Still not a fan of the character or monster designs.

That's what mods are for.

 

[Lux R7]

day one!

 

[joeygreco1985]

I really liked the first one, I'll grab this one for sure

 

[Saint Boot Gaming]

I hear that this game is going to have difficulty options. If that is true, then I am annoyed because the first one did not have them, sadly. The map you could bring up was atrocious also.

 

[Futaleufu]

I hope its better than the first one, it was decent for a first effort but completely lacks the replayability of the best games in the genre.

 

[ssringo]

The first game didn't really do it for me, though I plan to give it another go at some point. I might've just not been in the right mindset at the time. But I really enjoyed this game's demo.

Looking forward to jumping in after work tomorrow!

 

[balls of snow]

I have too much to play rn but will definitely get this on the next steam sale.

 

[daninthemix]

Glad they added easier mode for saves this time. Keep that dogshit in the past where it belongs.

Where does it say that?

I kindof am hoping for objective / map markers...my days of using walkthroughs are over.

 

[adamsapple]

Where does it say that?

The only thing I can find on the official website is:

Flexible gameplay options – Relive the classic fixed-camera survival horror of the 90s with limited saves and tank controls, or switch to assisted mode for a more casual experience.

The Steam page for the game lists "Save anywhere" as a feature but I can't find any other place confirming that.

edit: I found other places confirming that it does have auto saves on Assisted Difficulty.

 

[HallsOfMidwich]

I'm there. The first one was amazing. The only issue I had with it was that some of the puzzles kind of insanely random. I'm not even sure how I solved one of them. I looked it up and the answer didn't make any sense lol.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Looks nice, I totally missed the first game, maybe I'll grab it when it's on sale.

 

[Duchess]

If that is true, then I am annoyed because the first one did not have them, sadly.

Maybe they'll patch it in..?

 

[davidjaffe]

About 3 hours in, LOVING it. I loved the 1st one but dropped it because of a stupid, opaque as hell puzzle. Once I went to the net and saw how to solve it I was done because there was no logic to it and I couldn't trust why I would be getting stuck later in the game if I did get stuck again: was I not clever enough to solve a puzzle or was the puzzle simply stupid?

But that said, I loved what I played of the 1st one and LOVED the demo for part 2. After playing 3+ hours of the final release of 2, I can say two things:

#1- I love this one more than the original. It's great so far!
#2- You do not need to have solved or even played TORMENTED SOULS I to play this- it explains itself and what is going on pretty well.