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Chromosome Evil 2
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-15.
“A bit like Strain Tactics in some respects, but a lot of base management and character building stuff as well. The combats themselves are relatively shallow, but you are never JUST trying to fight (except during boss battles) so the overall experience is pretty dynamic.”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“One of best Zombie survival games.”
— a player, Steam review · 99 hrs played“The game dev has decided to have gender based 'classes' as he called it where women are an agility/speed class, and men are the 'equipment' class. What this results in is women do not have access to basic equipment, This results in women being useless as soldiers in game, as the…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:17 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Chromosome Evil 2 BIG UPDATE + News New Game
Hey commanders, Fast news: Before we move any further with the update on Chromosome Evil 2, I would like to make a call to action for our new "Horizon 1990" project. SMASH that wishlist button with no
BIG UPDATE + News
Hey Players, HAPPY NEW YEAR! My partner prepared a secret surprise update for you on Chromosome Evil 2. A special Mission mode where you can play directly the evolution missions with a specific squad
Ukranian Language Update & News
Hey players, Kondratenko Yan Borysovych (Кондратенко Ян Борисович) voluntarily translated the game in the Ukrainian language and my partner updated the game. Thank you for your contribution! Meanwhile
NEWS #3 - New Game
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NEWS #2 - 16 BIT NIGHTS
Hello players, We have some important news regarding our 16 BIT NIGHTS company's future. 01 Welcome Back, Commander The game has been released. We also provided a series of updates after release, and
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · RTS · Dark · Survival · Choices Matter · Aliens · Top-Down · Horror · Survival Horror · Combat · Singleplayer · Multiple Endings (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://16bitnights.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows XP or higher Processor: Pentium 4 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Any DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Any