Remnant 2

Like its predecessor, Remnant 2 is a third-person shooter inspired by Soulslike video games. Players can wield up to two guns, alongside their melee weapon. At the beginning of the game, players can select their character archetypes. For instance, the Gunslinger class replaces the Ex-cultist class from the first game, and focuses on the use of firearms.

The Challenger class can unleash a shockwave that disintegrates enemies, while the Handler class has a dog companion who will aid in combat. Players will gain the ability to dual class as they progress in the game. Players can also activate different archetype-specific perks and skills. For the Gunslinger, their unique ability is "Loaded", which instantly reloads all the firearms the character is carrying.

The game's story follows a nameless survivor dubbed ''Traveler'' who is surviving on the road with their friend Cass, who is suffering from an infection caused by the Root, a destructive plant-like species that spreads like a virus. During their travels, the two are ambushed by the Root and nearly killed, but at the last minute, they are saved by Clementine (Subject 2923) and taken to Ward 13, where the survivors now live outside the bunker. While Cass is being treated for her Root sickness, the Traveler meets with Andrew Ford, the founder of Ward 13, who takes him into the bunker of Ward 13, where he reveals and activates a dormant World Stone, a red crystal that acts as a portal to other realms, and his plan to destroy the Root. While instructing the Traveler to destroy the stone, he disappears into the stone shortly after touching it.

When Clementine finds them, a mysterious entity pulls her through the World Stone. With Ford and Clementine both gone, the Traveler decides to use the World Stone to find them.

Remnant 2 was officially announced by developer Gunfire Games and publisher Gearbox Publishing San Francisco during The Game Awards 2022. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S in July 2023. The story of the game is set after the final downloadable content released for Remnant: From the Ashes, though Gunfire deliberately kept the game's narrative simple to ensure that all players "have no trouble picking it up".

For Remnant 2, the team intended to significantly build on the foundations laid by Remnant: From the Ashes. Two main development goals were to expand gameplay variety using the archetype system, and increase the game's replay value through its procedural generation system. Explaining the system, David Adams, CEO of Gunfire Games, added that "at the top level we randomly generate the order of the biomes" that a player may encounter. The system will then generate "one of two unique storylines" in each biomes, and "all the mini bosses, side quests, events" within it.

Remnant 2 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. 85% of critics recommend the game on OpenCritic. In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 31 out of 40.

Rick Lane of PC Gamer praised the game's combat and implementation of procedural generation, but felt that the story was not cohesive enough to tie the rest of the game together.