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The Evil Within 2
By Tango Gameworks, released 1 Jan 2017
- Microsoft Windows
- survival game
What it is
The Evil Within 2 is a survival horror game from Tango Gameworks, released for Windows. Detective Sebastian Castellanos enters the nightmare world of STEM in an effort to save his daughter, Lily. The game puts threats throughout a shifting environment and asks players to choose how to survive: fight with weapons, craft traps, sneak, run, or hide. Exploration can be cautious or quick, but preparation matters, and ammunition is limited. The Steam listing identifies it as single-player and includes achievements, full controller support, adjustable difficulty, DualShock controller support, stereo and surround sound, Steam Cloud, and trading cards. Its listed genres are survival horror and survival game, with Steam categories of Action and Adventure. The game was developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. The Steam age rating is 17.
What players like, and what they don't
- Players can sneak, hide, run, or fight.
- Trap crafting is listed.
- Steam includes adjustable difficulty.
- Steam Cloud is listed.
- Ammunition is limited.
- The listed platform is Windows.
- It is single-player.
Who it suits
It suits players who want a single-player horror game with stealth, traps, and combat choices. It is listed for Windows.
The Evil Within 2 builds survival around choosing when to fight and when to avoid danger. Its limited ammunition and mix of stealth, traps, and combat suit players who want flexible approaches to horror.


