Splitgate 2

Splitgate 2 is a first-person shooter. Players can place portals between two points on a map, and they can fire weapons or travel through those portals. The game features several gameplay modes. In addition to the round-based team deathmatch mode, the game introduces Hot Zone, a mode similar to King of the Hill.

In Hot Zone, respawn time gradually increases as a match progresses, though successful eliminations will lower the respawn time. Splitgate 2 also has a 60-player battle royale mode. and a map creator named the Lab.

In September 2022, 1047 Games announced that they have ended the development of Splitgate to work on a new, free-to-play game set in the same universe. While the first game was created by about 15 people, Splitgate 2 was created by a team of more than 200 people. While the original Splitgate started as a student game, Splitgate 2 was considered by Ian Proulx, the creative director, as a triple-A product. He cited hero shooters, Call of Duty, and Halo as the game's main sources of inspiration, and compared the game to Valorant, in which a player's success in combat is governed by their "ability to shoot and portal and have good positioning" rather than the use of active abilities.

Maps in Splitgate 2 were designed to be more symmetrical and less vertical, with greater similarities to maps from multiplayer games like Call of Duty than to those of arena shooters. The game is developed using Unreal Engine 5.

Splitgate 2 received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received fair approval, being recommended by 45% of critics.

After the game was relaunched as Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, media outlets noted that Steam player-counts peaked at 2,297 users, less than 10% of its initial release. 1047 Games responded with a statement that "Steam Charts don't measure fun. They show one number, on one platform...they don't show the full picture or what it feels like to actually play".