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Heaven Dust 2

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Deep inside a research base, waking up from a cryogenic pod, you find yourself trapped in a living hell, surrounded by zombies. Heaven Dust 2 is a love letter to classic survival horror games featuring exploration, action, puzzles, and resource management.

What works

  • Nostalgic classic survival horror gameplay
  • Engaging puzzles and exploration
  • Varied weapons and upgrades
  • Good replayability with multiple endings
  • Polished controls and atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Enemy respawns can be frustrating
  • Some puzzles are vague or poorly translated
  • Boss fights sometimes unbalanced or tedious
  • Isometric camera can obscure vision
  • Lack of keybinding and options customization

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Heaven Dust 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Heaven Dust 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Heaven Dust 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 23/08/2026