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Despite being a massive horror geek, I’ve never spent much time in the horror co-op genre. Single-player horror games have always seemed so much more appealing to me; it’s scarier to face down ghouls and zombies when it’s just you and a steel pipe.
No More Room in Hell 2 changed my mind on this, though, and encouraged me to start branching out with my horror gaming sessions. While it’s definitely got a few quirks, the game is looking wickedly fun ahead of its 1.0 launch, particularly with its new Survival mode.
Fast-paced, punishing gameplay
No More Room in Hell 2 launched on October 22, 2024, offering an online co-op survival-horror experience for 8 players. Ahead of its 1.0 launch this summer, I got the chance to hop into the game with the developers and check it out for myself.
Despite being a rabid horror game nerd – particularly for sci-horror, like ROUTINE, and the Resident Evil series – I’ve never spent much time in the horror co-op genre. The only exception to this was playing Left 4 Dead 2 back in school, but it’s not the most modern frame of reference.
As a result, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the game. It’s promoted as being viciously difficult, with the Steam page declaring that it’s “co-op with consequences.”
Before hopping into the match, I messed around with the character creator and the newly introduced Tutorial Gym – the latter being an intricate testing ground for new players to get to grips with key mechanics and controls.
The character creator was fun to play with, although there were a few quirky elements. I put some combat boots on my character and noticed her toes sticking out the front, which seemed a bit risky for a zombie apocalypse.
The Tutorial Gym impressed me, though. No More Room in Hell 2 is an intricate game, tasking players with finding their allies in the dark, managing infection and staving it off with resources, and completing tasks like finding hard drives or radio signals – all while battling against slavering hordes of the undead.
In the Tutorial Gym, there’s a detailed breakdown of every crucial mechanic in the game, with elaborate notes and dedicated testing grounds to help you get to grips with what you’ll need to survive. As a brand new player, I found it particularly handy.
A new type of horror
Once I’d practiced my aim a few hundred times, I jumped into the game alongside fellow journalists, Torn Banner Studios, and Green Man Gaming. We tackled the standard Scenario mode first, running through a dark and infested map looking for supplies, fun weapons, and quest objectives.
Speaking of fun weapons, I spent most of my time clinging to a claw hammer. Was it the most effective weapon? No. Was it supremely satisfying to sink into an armored zombie’s face? Yes.
After scarpering through the Scenario mode together, we got to check out the brand new mode coming to No More Room in Hell 2 – Survival mode.
In Survival mode, players need to work together to defend giant speaker stacks, luring zombies away from civilians and key locations across the map. There are supply drops to help you along the way, and plenty of traps and gadgets to mess around with.
I found Survival mode to be both exciting and punishing. While we’d pretty much all made it through the Scenario mode unscathed, the Survival mode ripped our faces off and decimated the team. Fans of horror co-op and wave-based zombie games should have a lot of fun strategizing in this mode.
Performance-wise, I didn’t encounter any major bugs or glitches during my time with No More Room in Hell 2. My PC threw a little tantrum during the water-heavy sections of the Survival mode map, but aside from that, the experience was smooth and enjoyable.
Getting stuck into No More Room in Hell 2 was a blast, and it encouraged me to start checking out further horror co-op games, as I can see why so many people love the genre. Both modes were a lot of fun, and I found the melee combat to be particularly enjoyable.
No More Room in Hell 2 is about to unleash the hordes with a free weekend, running from April 30 to May 4, 2026, on Steam and the Epic Games Store, where you’ll be able to try out the Survival mode for yourself. If you’re a fan of horror co-op or even if you’re new to the genre like me, I’d recommend taking a stab at the game.
FAQs
No More Room in Hell 2 was initially released on October 22, 2024.
Torn Banner Studios developed and published No More Room in Hell 2.
According to the Steam page, the game is playable on the Steam Deck, but it’s not verified, so it may be a little fiddly to control.
No More Room in Hell 2 will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in the summer of 2026, launching in tandem with the game’s 1.0 iteration.
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