Torchlight II

Torchlight II
Cover art with the game's four classes (clockwise from top: Embermage, Berserker, Outlander, and Engineer).
Developer(s)Runic Games[a]
Publisher(s)Runic Games[b]
Designer(s)Travis Baldree
Composer(s)Matt Uelmen[1]
SeriesTorchlight
EngineOGRE[2]
Platform(s)Windows, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Release
September 20, 2012
  • Windows
  • September 20, 2012
  • OS X
  • February 2, 2015
  • Linux
  • March 4, 2015
  • Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • September 3, 2019
Genre(s)Action role-playing, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Torchlight II is an action role-playing dungeon crawler video game developed by Runic Games, released for Microsoft Windows on September 20, 2012. It is the sequel to Torchlight, and features peer-to-peer multiplayer[3] support and extended modding capabilities. The game was released for OS X on February 2, 2015,[4] and for Linux on March 4, 2015.[5] Ports for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One were released September 3, 2019 and were developed by Panic Button.

Torchlight II takes place in a fantasy world where the player character can be any of four classes, each with different skills and abilities. The plot starts with the destruction of the town of Torchlight, at the hands of the Alchemist from the first game, and has the character following the trail of destruction left in the Alchemist's wake as he searches for a cure to his illness which has driven him insane. The sequel to the first game was originally going to be an MMORPG however Torchlight II was released with both single-player and multi-player support, as the company felt they could release this much faster than the planned MMO. The game received mostly positive reviews from critics. A sequel, Torchlight III, was released in 2020.


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  1. ^ "Music of Torchlight II". Runic Games. 2011-05-06. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  2. ^ Sines, Shawn (7 January 2011). "Exclusive Interview: Torchlight 360 & Torchlight 2 with Runic's Max Schaefer". GameFront. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. ^ Davies, Martin. "Torchlight 2 interview with Runic Games". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  4. ^ "Big News!". Runic Games. 2015-02-02. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  5. ^ "Torchlight II for Linux". Runic Games. 2015-03-04. Archived from the original on 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2015-03-05.