Anodyne 2: Return to Dust on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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 737 reviews of which 698 were positive and 39 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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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

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
First game I finished in 2025… and man I can’t think of it getting any better than that. You don’t have to play the first Anodyne to jump into this masterpiece, I didn’t. But I definitely want to play Anodyne 1 so I can then replay Anodyne 2. This is a very story driven game and I feel like you need to follow the story as best you can with your own interpretations in order to really appreciate what this game is. Great OST is always a plus too! 100/10 -- oh and go buy a Nova Plush when you're done.
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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!!!
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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 !
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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
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June 2024
This game is special. Don't give up on it at any point; it always has more tricks up its sleeve. It's also a moving religious allegory that will stay with me for a long time. The pacing can be a little weird in places. I don't think the game's perfect. But it swings for the fences and executes on almost everything it sets out to do. An unforgettable game.
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Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
8.9
698
39
Online players
1
Developer
Melos Han-Tani, Marina Kittaka
Publisher
Analgesic Productions
Release 12 Aug 2019
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