Fit check
Is Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2 worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based RPG players who want planned combat instead of real-time action
- Roguelike fans who enjoy exploring dangerous facilities and managing character survival
- Sword of the Stars players seeking a 3D entry with crafting and class selection
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters
- Players seeking a straightforward adventure without hazards such as disease, traps, radiation, and starvation
- Players looking for a realistic setting instead of alien facilities, warped creatures, and ancient technology
Our take on Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2
Its defining structure is a turn-based descent through 20 levels of an alien facility, where combat, crafting, exploration, and lethal hazards are tied to progressing deeper into the Pit.
What is Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2?
Explore a 3D alien facility in a turn-based roguelike RPG set in the Sword of the Stars universe.
Choose from five characters, including a Marine, Scout, Engineer, Medic, or Drill Sergeant, then descend through 20 levels of ancient science. Combat requires planning, while skills, weapons, armor, and more than 150 discoverable items support character development. Crafting uses components taken from enemies, and disassembly breaks items into materials for crafting. Rooms contain devices that can assist or obstruct progress. The game includes varied enemies, hidden messages, recipes, and lore, alongside hazards such as poison, disease, traps, radiation, and starvation. Hero-class enemies provide mini-boss encounters during the descent.
How Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2 plays
- 01Five Character Classes
- The available choices include a Marine, Scout, Engineer, Medic, and Drill Sergeant.
- 02Twenty-Level Descent
- The facility is structured across 20 levels of ancient alien science.
- 03Item-Based Crafting
- Enemy-derived components can be used to create special items.
- 04Item Disassembly
- Equipment can be broken down into materials used by the crafting system.
- 05Environmental Hazards
- Poisoning, disease, traps, radiation, and starvation can kill characters.
- 06Hero-Class Enemies
- Special foes appear as mini-boss encounters during the descent.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2 compared to similar games
Back to the Dawn is an RPG about investigating a maximum-security prison, surviving among inmates, and planning an escape, while The Pit 2 centers on a 20-level descent through an alien facility with turn-based combat, crafting, and survival hazards. The Pit 2 also offers five character classes and more than 150 items, details not given for Back to the Dawn.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2: platforms & release
Is Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2 worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based RPG players who want planned combat instead of real-time action. Skip it if: players who want real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters.
Where can I download Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2 on?
Windows only.
