Nidhogg 2

Released: 8/15/2017

Return of the wurm! The next installment of the epic award-winning dueling tug-of-war is coming! Destroy your opponents with all new moves and weapons across ten different arenas. Enjoy new monstrous visuals by artist Toby Dixon and bangin Beats from Daedelus, Mux Mool, Doseone, and more!

Critics

Steam

Metacritic

Score Breakdown

78.4

Critic Average

72 reviews

Steam User Score

1,295 reviews

Metacritic User Score

41 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

-2.6

Metacritic Disparity

+12.4

Combined Disparity

+4.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

23 early (32%)40 launch window (56%)9 late (13%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 72)

Pedro MesquitaviaFNintendo
Jun 12, 2019Late review
70/100View review
Steam 81/100 · -11.0 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +4.0 pts
Dillan CombsviaPure Nintendo
Feb 19, 2019Late review
70/100View review
Steam 81/100 · -11.0 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +4.0 pts
Andrew RockettviaNintendo Enthusiast
Dec 3, 2018Late review
75/100View review
Steam 81/100 · -6.0 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +9.0 pts
Justin NationviaNindie Spotlight
Dec 1, 2018Late review
75/100View review
Steam 81/100 · -6.0 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +9.0 pts
Neal RonaghanviaNintendoWorldReport
Nov 29, 2018Late review
85/100View review
Steam 81/100 · +4.0 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +19.0 pts