Review · Action · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC
The Surge 2
Reviewed: 30 Apr 2026
PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC
Focus Home Interactive · 2019
Ludograph rating
B
Good
61 /100
The Surge 2 is an action RPG that promotes strategic thinking, adaptive challenge, and hand-eye coordination through its combat and customization, but contains high levels of violence.
Growth (BDS)
46
Risk (RIS)
11
Daily limit
–
Age guidance
17+
Developmental benefits
| B1 | Cognitive | 0.64 | |
| B2 | Social-emotional | 0.03 | |
| B3 | Motor | 0.65 | |
The Surge 2 offers a challenging and rewarding action RPG experience, promoting strategic thinking, problem-solving, and motor skills through its brutal combat and deep character customization. Players will develop adaptive challenge skills as they overcome formidable foes and explore a rich, devastated world.
Design risks
| R1 | Compulsion-loop pressure | 0.23 | |
| R2 | Monetization | 0.00 | |
| R3 | Social risk | 0.00 | |
The game's M-rating is well-deserved due to its high level of violence, including dismemberment, and potentially strong language and frightening elements. While it lacks manipulative monetization or social risks, the intense combat and challenging difficulty may not be suitable for all players.
Content (not in risk score)
| R4.1 | Violence Level | 1.00 | |
| R4.2 | Sexual Content | 0.00 | |
| R4.3 | Language | 0.67 | |
| R4.4 | Substance References | 0.00 | |
| R4.5 | Fear / Horror | 0.67 | |
Content risk is displayed separately and does not affect the time recommendation.
Regulatory design checks · DSA — Assessed: meets criteria·GDPR-K — Assessed: meets criteria·ODDS — Assessed: meets criteria
- DSA:What Ludograph checks: whether the game's design gives minors the transparency the EU Digital Services Act expects: plain terms, honest defaults, and clear reporting routes.: Estimated from review data. No dark pattern or child-targeting concerns found.
- GDPR-K:What Ludograph checks: whether age assurance and consent flows are designed for under-16s, in the spirit of GDPR Article 8.: Estimated from review data. No privacy or child-targeting concerns found.
- ODDS:What Ludograph checks: whether paid random-reward drop rates are disclosed, as required in China, Japan and South Korea.: Estimated from review data. No paid random-reward mechanics found, so drop-rate disclosure requirements do not apply.
These reflect Ludograph's assessment of the game's design practices against each framework's criteria, not a legal compliance determination.