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The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood
He is back. Once again take control of mass serial killer John Wade. Six years later, the infamous Pale Grin resurrects from the grave to terrorize the broken town of Happyhills. This time he has more on his mind than simple killing.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
What reviewers agree on
37 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Mid storytelling in my opinion. But the ending was very nice.”
“I found this game at TikTok, and i curious to try it by myself and yeah this is the first dan best indie game story like, the story is good and have big plot twist for a small sized game, trust me you will never regret…”
22 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“A fun game with retro graphics. Very short, and reminiscent of old slasher movies.”
“Another really good game! I loved the first one and then bought this one. What a good follow on from the first game, and I mean that in all honesty. I really loved the expanded combat system. I had some trouble with…”
10 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“A fun game with retro graphics. Very short, and reminiscent of old slasher movies.”
“love the idle animations”
“This game is just beautiful its the best game i have ever played in 2d horror the story is very good and you take action on every character and the end is just perfect! Played the first game and then instantly bought…”
9 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“I found this game at TikTok, and i curious to try it by myself and yeah this is the first dan best indie game story like, the story is good and have big plot twist for a small sized game, trust me you will never regret…”
“This game is just beautiful its the best game i have ever played in 2d horror the story is very good and you take action on every character and the end is just perfect! Played the first game and then instantly bought…”
“sold some tf2 items to buy this when it was on sale like a year ago amazing game worth every cent”
3 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“played the first game and loved it. this game had so much more detail and extended story! still obessed that you can play both sides of the story! overall great experience!”
“great 2d serial killer game (don't really know what to call it if not just serial killer game) but pretty short, for a first playthrough with no help and no experience from the first game it could take 1-1.30 hours to…”
11 of the 72 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“A fun game with retro graphics. Very short, and reminiscent of old slasher movies.”
“Short but sweet”
“This was a great game, short , but great. I love how we got a continuation for the story from the previous game and even a backstory for the killer. I had a lot of fun playing it and the kills were brutal as always.”
7 of the 72 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Mid storytelling in my opinion. But the ending was very nice.”
“this game is great. it has the backstory of john wade but the thing i didnt like was the ending because i really wanted a 3rd version of this game”
3 of the 72 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 72 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 72 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-15
“After finishing the first game, i came looking for a continuation of the story and oh boy was i pleased when i saw there was a second game. First game was awesome, but this one man i give it its flowers, the story is even better than the first one with plot twists i never saw…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Major improvement over the first one, which was already good”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“oh my god was this game absolutely fantastic. i played the first one a while ago and finally decided to get the second game. i loved the first game SO MUCH and this one somehow turned out to be even better!!! so many plot twists i never would've seen coming, and the story that…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Bugfix: Loading game issue
Dear players and friends, my sincere apologies regarding the save/load game issue. I have worked out the problem and it turned out to be a simple coding overlook, it turns out I am human after all. So
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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 | Indie |
| Player tags | Singleplayer · Action · Action-Adventure · Puzzle · Side Scroller · Exploration · 2D · Cartoony · Pixel Graphics · America · Detective · Dark (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Microsoft® Windows® 10 Processor: 1.2GHz processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory Storage: 30 MB available space Sound Card: Own card