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Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition

Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

Tomba is back for more in Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition, a celebration of the often overlooked sequel to the legendary platformer, Tomba!

What works
  • Strong nostalgic appeal
  • Large interconnected world with many quests
  • Challenging platforming and puzzles
  • Faithful to original gameplay
  • Active developer support and patches
Things to keep in mind
  • Initial lack of us/eu soundtrack option
  • Limited quality of life improvements
  • Some technical issues and bugs at launch
  • Dated graphics and voice acting
  • Limited save slots and menu options

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

  • Hell Pie

  • Sonic Frontiers

  • Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

  • Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

  • Commander Keen

  • Tomb Raider: Underworld

  • Castlevania Advance Collection

  • Haiku, the Robot
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Vernal Edge

  • Somber Echoes

  • BIOMORPH
If you liked…

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  • Exploration

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  • Fantasy

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Survival.

Why this game works

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Last update: 12/07/2026