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Gimmick! 2

Gimmick! 2

Embark on a sparkling journey in this long-awaited sequel to SUNSOFT’s legendary 8-bit platformer Gimmick! Solve puzzles, trick enemies, and explore a physics-based playground. Yumetaro is back!

Released Sep 5, 2024 Developer Bitwave Games Publisher Clear River Games, SUNSOFT Platforms Windows · Linux Precision PlatformerDifficultHand-drawn2D PlatformerPhysics
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

89.1%positive193 reviews
Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“Speaking as a huge fan of the original game, I found this to be a mixed bag. It's basically like if you took a few crucial elements of the original and made an above-average Celeste or Super Meat Boy-esque challenging platformer out of them, discarding huge chunks of what made…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“yumetaro gimmick'd all over the place TWO!!! As for an actual review, pretty good! I'm very happy that there's a modern version of this game, because the gimmick (haha) of the star is insanely cool, and having a current-day game utilize it is just so nice. Not to harp on the NES…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Looks like a game for a 6yo, but is exceptionally hard. She watches me play and die over and over and over and over. Not an easy game by any metric but very fun.”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

30achievements
9.7%median completion
4.3%rarest: Tad pool
36.5% of players 34.3% of players 33.5% of players 31.2% of players 27.6% of players 20.7% of players 19.6% of players 17.2% of players 16.6% of players 14.4% of players 13.4% of players 12.7% of players 11.2% of players 10.6% of players 10.2% of players 9.7% of players 9.5% of players 9.2% of players 8.6% of players 7.8% of players 7.5% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 6.6% of players 5.8% of players 4.9% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 36.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
36.5%Yeehaw! — Defeat an enemy while riding a star
34.3%Pretty, oh so pretty — Equip an alternate star color, horn color, skin color and hat
33.5%Flower power — Pick up the Daisy Sticker in Midsummer Meadow
Rarest badges of honor
4.3%Tad pool — Get three frogs into the same water pool
4.4%I'm a star! — Travel on a star for 10 seconds
4.5%Iron man — Complete an entire level without resetting at checkpoint

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 01, 2025
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Feb 28, 2025
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Feb 25, 2025
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Feb 13, 2025
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Feb 13, 2025
Happy Birthday, Toaplan! Snow Bros. Wonderland is on sale!

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsPrecision Platformer · Difficult · Hand-drawn · 2D Platformer · Physics · Colorful · Character Customization · Puzzle-Platformer · Cute · Atmospheric · Cartoony · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Input API Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Official sitehttps://bitwavegames.com/games/gimmick-2
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD 2.5 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Any DirectX 11 or 12 compatible card. DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space