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Musical Indie RPG Everhood 2 Announced for PC, Switch

Everhood 2 logo and artwork of a disgruntled smiling blue orb with floating hands making finger guns

Foreign Gnomes announced that Everhood 2, the sequel to one of 2021’s most-acclaimed indie RPGs, will land on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch in early 2025! Check out this zany announcement trailer in the meantime:

Everhood 2 looks like a “trippy adventure” indeed. It’s clearly offering a clever mix of a Guitar Hero-inspired battle system, unique visuals, and a truly rockin’ soundtrack. You play as Raven, a mysterious talking corvid, and travel through interdimensional doors leading to bizarre realms featuring colorful characters. You battle those creatures using a rhythmic battle system that’s set to nearly 100 original songs!

Our own Alana Hagues adored Everhood for its dance combat, endearing characters, and hilarious, surprising story, and she had few criticisms of the game. So rhythm-based RPG lovers have plenty of reason for hype for Everhood 2! Chris Nordgren, co-founder of Foreign Gnomes, said, “Releasing Everhood in 2021 changed our lives, and we’re preparing to share a bigger and stranger world with everyone,” said. “We’re aiming to make a super-polished experience for newcomers, but for fans of the original…we’ve got plenty of mysteries for you to uncover.”

If you want more details about what’s in store for Everhood 2, below is the official synopsis:

After awakening in the space between reality, a lost Soul finds themself at the center of a cosmic conflict. Recruited by a Raven who promises to return their voice, the Soul must enter interdimensional doors in hopes of gaining enough power to slay the fearsome Mind Dragon. Travel to strange worlds, meet peculiar characters, and engage in a refined, expanded battle system on an unforgettable journey of existential proportions challenging gaming conventions.

Grab a pair of Moon Blades (among other upgradeable weapons!) and groove to the action-based rhythm of an epic salsa through time and space. Dodge melodic onslaughts, absorb elemental attacks, and strike back by releasing stored energy to hit each enemy’s weakness. Fight to an expansive soundtrack of Electronic Psychedelic Power Rock tunes specially written for each musical encounter against Carrot Mages, time cops, interdimensional mutants, and just…so much more. 

Earn experience from defeated foes, scour environments for weapon upgrade tokens, and seek out powerful new weapons while preparing for the trials awaiting the Soul. The Mind Dragon threatens to overtake time and space, with the potential to erase entire realities from existence. Master a dynamic battle system that requires timing and careful movement before facing off against the Mind Dragon and other strange beings lurking just beyond perception.

Hang out with a humorous cast of colorful characters in a mysterious neon-dark world and explore different dimensions to confront the inevitable end of time. Follow the advice of Raven, the Soul’s veritable spiritual spotter, to worlds like the wartorn Vegetable Kingdom and an omniscient being’s pocket dimension. Seek meaning in a narrative mambo of madness while chatting with Carl Jung, squaring off against Rasputin, and diving into philosophical discussions with Terrance McKenna as wayward souls search for absolute truths.

Everhood 2 Screenshots

Lastly, here’s some more color on Everhood 2 courtesy of its Steam page:

Enter the world of Everhood
Discover the color of your soul and what lies beyond the river of death in a strange land. Accompany a mysterious celestial Raven who has deemed you worthy of slaying the Mind Dragon.

Features

  • Master the music-based battles with over 100 songs!
  • Voyage through a transcendental journey across 8-10 hours
  • Enter a wild universe with mind-bending visuals
  • Conquer the unconquerable
  • Custom Battle Editor Support
  • Make funny friends!

Everhood 2 is planned for an early 2025 release on Windows via Steam and Nintendo Switch.

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Cory Cauthon

Cory Cauthon

It took Cory a few decades to connect his interests in writing and RPGs, but he finally did! When he isn't playing or writing about RPGs, you can probably find him listening to podcasts or trying to corral his dogs.

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