- 52/100
- Players6 ratings
- 70/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 51/100
- GameFAQsSimple-Easy
- 2.88/5
- Player reviews
- 72% positive1,526 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$4.99
Where to get it
2011 · Action · Arcade
Sparkle 2 Evo
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Control the evolution with the touch of your finger. Climb your way through the evolutional ladder. Start as a little organism and transform into a magnificent aquatic being. Explore the abyss in search of nutritional elements.
- Released
- 29 November 2011
- Platforms
- LinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SiOSmacOS
- Genres
- ActionArcadeIndieSimulation
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- Forever Entertainment
- Modes
- Single-player
- Themes
- ActionKids
- Country
- Poland
- Age ratings
- ESRB ECERO APEGI 3GRAC ALLCLASS_IND LACB GUSK 0
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 2hmain story4hcompletionist
About
Sparkle 2 Evo (stylized as The Sparkle² evo or Sparkle 2 EVO) is an indie logic arcade-style video game. It is the first title in Forever Entertainment's Sparkle series of video games and the predecessor of the 2015 video game Sparkle 3 Genesis.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Sparkle 2 Evo takes place underwater. The player controls the title creature, a microorganism. It can eat food which influences how it will evolve. The more it eats, the further it will evolve.
The goal of the game is to evolve as far as possible. There are different levels in which the player can move around and rise up or sink into the depths.
Development
Sparkle 2 Evo was developed by Madman Theory Games in collaboration with Plastic Games and published by Polish video game development studio Forever Entertainment on November 29, 2011, for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. On November 2, 2017, the game was ported on Nintendo Switch.
Reception
Sparkle 2 Evo received average reviews, criticizing its simplicity and praising its graphics.
Bonus Stage gave the game 6 out of 10 points and said, "[...] the AI is pretty incompetent" and Sparkle 2 Evo "[...] has a lot of cool design and graphical appeal".
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Followed by
- Sparkle 3 Genesis
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