Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

A 2D-3D Action-Adventure game! Run, jump, and drive across vast, dreamy 3D landscapes. Shrink into surreal, 2D dungeons inside of characters' bodies. Travel the world, meet strange people, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust. Don't miss the follow-up to the classic game 'Anodyne'!

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is a female protagonist, story rich and atmospheric game developed by Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka and published by Analgesic Productions.
Released on August 12th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Russian and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 712 reviews of which 674 were positive and 38 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.80€ on Steam and has a 60% discount.

The Steam community has classified Anodyne 2: Return to Dust into these genres:

Female Protagonist Story Rich Atmospheric Surreal Exploration LGBTQ+ 3D Platformer Adventure Pixel Graphics Platformer 2D 3D Indie Soundtrack Fantasy Singleplayer Controller RPG Great Soundtrack Retro

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Dual-core 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 610M
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: Any
Additional Notes: Game features options to turn off expensive effects like shadows, or lower the quality of terrain rendering, which may allow GPUs weaker than 610M to run at 60 FPS

MacOS

OS: 10.12 or higher. Earlier versions are NOT supported.
Processor: Dual-core 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 610M Equivalent
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: Any
Additional Notes: Game features options to turn off expensive effects like shadows, or lower the quality of terrain rendering, which may allow GPUs weaker than 610M to run at 60 FPS

Linux

OS: Recent Ubuntu/Steam OS ONLY
Processor: Dual-core 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 610M Equivalent
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: Any
Additional Notes: Game features options to turn off expensive effects like shadows, or lower the quality of terrain rendering, which may allow GPUs weaker than 610M to run at 60 FPS

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Oct. 2024

This is probably one of the greatest indie titles I have ever played. I bought this game a couple years ago and never finished it even though i loved the game. Now I can say that I 100% this game :) This game felt so nostalgic to me from the 64-bit and 16-bit visuals to the soothing music of Cenote and the surrounding areas. I will always stay repping this game!!!

Sept. 2024

Unlike the first game, this one is less about dodging enemies all over the screen, and more about solving simple puzzles. Your new weapon is a vacuum instead of the dust broom. It can suck up enemies, and shoot them back out, along with health pickups and dust. Interestingly, dust is kept as a resource and no longer an element to puzzles. A welcome change-up to the formula. Anodyne 2 also aims to be a more warm and cozy experience. It has the look of a serene limited-polygon, texture-stretched world from a 3DS eShop game, with music that carries you to Heaven. There's more people around and they often got somethin' funny to say. I felt at peace exploring around and it's rare that I get to experience that feeling in an action game. The whole aesthetic feels like a warm hug. The messaging is even more upfront. It takes a different approach to talking about self-worth, with more characters and an overarching plot. Your mission is to clear the dust out of peoples' souls, and then use that dust to bring about an event that would grant eternal peace to the world. Each of these characters have a personal struggle that they need your help to fix using this process, and they're all fairly relatable. Though, if only our problems could be solved so easily; this story will be a bit more complex than that. A very lovely game, and a great sequel on top of that. I loved the message it wanted to send and it played its cards well, building up to it.

July 2024

one of my favorite games ever :) fantastic storytelling, both in its overarching narrative and its individual dungeon's stories, simple but ever expanding and deepening gameplay concept that continues to surprise as the game goes on, great music... please play this game, i don't think there's anything else out there like it !

July 2024

Anodyne 2 was the game that first got me interested in this dev team. The visuals and the music just really caught me right away. I played Anodyne first, and while i know its not necessary to play the games in order, i think its a good idea to, because a lot of the ideas that were presented in Anodyne are really well fleshed out in Anodyne 2, gameplay wise. I almost wish there were less time spent in 3d, and maybe a few more 2d levels to really dig into more challenging/thought-provoking dungeons. While the atmosphere of all the 3d areas is great, theres just not much to do/find until metacoins become a thing. and with that said, we come to one of my only complaints. its a bit weird, but once you hit that point of the game it almost feels like the game loses focus. i really like narratively what happens, and the best 2d levels of the game are after you leave dustbound, but i feel like it gets a bit lost in the sauce and it becomes hard to figure out where to go/what youre doing. on one hand, i like the sort of formlessness to the experience which lends well to the overall point of the story, but on the other, i almost wish we got a little more gameplay mixups a la the Nora section that "made sense" to better lead us to the ending. at 8-10 hours, its a quite well paced story, i think i just wish we got a bit more near the middleish end. overall, i cant recommend this game enough if you are a fan of introspective stories with unique atmospheres. its an experience not like any other. especially the music. i think from a total gameplay experience stndnpoint, i have to put Anodyne a bit higher than Anodyne 2, but i love the ideas that 2 went for and hold it very dear to my heart. 8.5/10

Dec. 2023

2D Zelda fans might be disappointed, since the gameplay is essentially 2D Zelda but with no items, simple dungeons, and no real progression. This was my problem with Anodyne 1. On the other hand, Anodyne 2 has an amazing and gorgeous 3D world, wonderful music, great sound FX, and character writing that's surprisingly good and occasionally emotional. If this had gameplay on par with Link to the Past, this would be a 5-stars GOAT hidden gem. Instead it's a great game held back by unambitious gameplay. What's there is great, but it could have been amazing

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Developer

Melos Han-Tani, Marina Kittaka

Publisher

Analgesic Productions

Release 12 Aug 2019

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