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Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
Will is back to business in this Action-RPG with roguelike elements! With no coin to your name, you and the other townsfolk find yourselves stranded in the distant village of Tresna. Now, it’s up to you to get back on your feet and turn your humble shop into the beating heart of the village’s wealth. Explore dangerous dungeons, gather relics, sell them, and reinvest in your friends’ establishments. Unlock new weapons, armor, shop decorations, and - more importantly - restore hope that things can one day turn around.
- Digital Sun
Platform scores
| Platform | Metascore | Userscore |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch 2 | 81 | Not stored |
| PC | 80 | 8.4 |
| PlayStation 5 | 77 | Not stored |
| Xbox Series X | Not stored | Not stored |
What players said
Praise
- It's a great sequel that i never expected it to be this good, maintaining the great balance between dungeon crawling and shop management in a roguelite formula, it's one of the best indie games this year.
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What critics said
Praise
- I couldn’t put Moonlight 2: The Endless Vault down. The dual gameplay loops are so much deeper than the first game, and that makes them even more compelling than they already were. They feed into each other masterfully, creating a cohesive whole that completely justifies the need for a sequel, while only enhancing the core of what made that experience so amazing.
- All in all, everything I’ve detailed here is perfectly pleasant and easy to recommend. But it elides the thing that surprised me most about Moonlighter 2, which is that every single thing I’ve talked about is a detail that blows the original game out of the water. They’re either new additions, or they’re something that’s been significantly improved. That goes for tiny but intensely important quality of life changes (you can see the base sale price of an item without having to press any additional buttons) all the way up to the overall structure of the game (having the challenge be making huge amounts of dough rather than beat all the dungeons means it can be much more relaxed and enjoyable). And every single one acts as a multiplier that turns something that could have been decent into something much more remarkable.
- For me, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault replaces Moonlighter since it’s a great upgrade in literally every aspect. While it certainly has its shortcomings, I feel it’s the definitive Moonlighter experience, and the fact that it has such a great roguelike integration makes it even better. All you have to do is to avail the opportunity and play it, as it’s chock-full of content, while offering great build variety as well. Not only that, but it runs very well too, and it never crashed or had any performance problems, either.
Criticism
- Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is appropriately a veritable trove of masterclass design choices, such that the original Moonlighter becomes a waning moon by comparison. Aside from its story, the sequel takes everything that made the first game special, stuffs it back onto the shelves, and gives nearly every part of it an upgrade. Maybe it shouldn’t have traded its ending for near-perfection in every other aspect, but it did, and we’re still left with some much-needed roguelite love for the shop layer and an overhauled combat loop that’s closer to traditional roguelite ken. I wouldn’t call that a bad deal, and I think neither would any of Will’s regulars.