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Easy Red 2

Easy Red 2

Marco Amadei · released Jan 6, 2022

ActionIndieSimulationStrategyPCPlayStation 4Xbox Series X, Xbox OneNintendo Switch

Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 7.8 ↗
86
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence▲ +9 since launch

launched at 77, updates lifted it to 86

anchored at patch: “[2.0.9] Defense Mode Rework, Visual Fixes & Stability Improvements” (1mo ago)

77%
At launch
90%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
71%
Player sentiment
94%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews90%841000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)94%89556
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 1, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 556 total reviews in window · weighted 228 up / 13.7 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 70
    Pure XboxPure Xbox
    trust 70Mar 12, 2024

    “Easy Red 2 is a cheap as chips WW2 shooter that serves up a bloody good time amidst all of the expected micro-budget jank. There's a genuinely solid FPS here, with an atmospheric bunch of battle maps and shooter mechanics that require just a little more thought than usual. With tons of period-specific weapons and vehicles, impressively large arenas of engagement and zero bloat, battle passes or micro-transactions, this is a cracking slice of old-school WW2 action for the cost of a cheap lunch. Just ignore the awful menus.”

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Patch history

  1. [2.0.9] Defense Mode Rework, Visual Fixes & Stability Improvements
    Aug 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. [2.0.8] Smarter AI, New Skyboxes, Reworked Tiger I & More!
    Jul 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. [2.0.7] Blood on The Danube and the Latest Easy Red 2 Improvements
    Jul 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. [2.0.6] Graphical Improvements, New+Reworked Vehicles, Budapest DLC Next Month!
    Jun 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. [2.0.5] New Vehicles, Reworked Ballistic & other Systems, Hungary DLC Progress!
    Apr 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. [2.0.4] Reworks, Polishes, & New Hungary Previews: King Tiger and more!
    Feb 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. [2.0.3] Southern Tunisia, Better Performance, New Vehicles, Animations & More!
    Jan 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. [2.0.2] New Universal Carrier + Many Small Fixes and Improvements
    Jan 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. [2.0.1] New & Reworked Uniforms & Vehicles, new Map Editor, Hungary PVs & more!
    Dec 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. 📅 Easy Red 2 - New Roadmap for Late 2025 to Mid 2026 🗺️
    Nov 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. Major 2.0 Update
    Nov 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. V1.6.1: Many new tank models & important bug fixes
    Oct 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  13. V1.6.0: New campaign out, huge quality reworks, a ton of new uniforms and more!
    Sep 25, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  14. V1.5.6: General quality and performance improvements
    Aug 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  15. V1.5.5: Pacific campaign reworks, new vehicles, new customization options and..
    Jul 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  16. Reworked Bastogne campaign, new Italian vehicles, new animations and more!
    Jul 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  17. AI Improvements, Amphibious Vehicles, Strategic Bombers, and More!
    Jun 3, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. From AI Upgrades to Campaign Remakes, Here’s What’s Coming Soon!
    May 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  19. V1.5.0: New content & Upcoming PS4/PS5 version & Shanghai-Nanking DLC
    Mar 23, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. V1.4.10: New scripting system, new content, Shanghai-Nanking DLC page ready!
    Feb 25, 2025
  21. V1.4.9: New uniforms, gore improvements, Shanghai & PlayStation news and more!
    Feb 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. V1.4.6: New Campaign menu, Performance Boosts & DLC Progress!
    Dec 10, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  23. V1.4.4: Tunisia released, new weapons and animations, new sound mixing and more!
    Nov 3, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  24. V1.4.3: new destructible tank tracks system, new facial models and more!
    Oct 1, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  25. 📅 Easy Red 2 - New Roadmap for Late 2024 to Mid 2025 🗺️
    Oct 1, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  26. V1.4.1: AI improvements, destructible static guns, repairable vehicles and more!
    Aug 29, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  27. V1.4.0: Stalingrad fully reworked, new uniforms, new vehicles, and more!
    Jul 26, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  28. V1.3.9: New uniforms, new vehicles, new animations, fixes and more!
    Jul 7, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  29. V1.3.8: Stalingrad rework announcement, new animations, trench gun, and more!
    Jun 20, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  30. Reworked gamepad input, changes on UI, new vehicles and much more!
    May 19, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  31. Patch - Reworks in Map Editor and various improvements (05/05/2024)
    May 5, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  32. 1.3.6: Huge AI improvements, new squad orders, new animations and more!
    Apr 21, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  33. 1.3.5: Progresses in AI Rework, announcement for new campaigns, and more!
    Apr 3, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  34. Small Patch - Reworks in UI, Graphic effects, animations and more.
    Mar 12, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  35. 1.3.3: Kos rework, new realistic plane controls, new weapons, and more!
    Feb 29, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  36. 1.3.1: New weapons, new animations and Xbox version coming this month and more!
    Feb 8, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  37. 1.2.9f1-b: Reworked US and other uniforms, various improvements and some news!
    Jan 8, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  38. Update 1.2.9: New vehicles, uniforms, effects and a new poll for the community!
    Nov 30, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  39. Ardennes 1940 & 1944 release, A new free campaign, and other updates!
    Nov 24, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  40. Update 1.2.8: New animations, improvements and new Roadmap released!
    Nov 14, 2023significant · resets scoring window

…and 49 earlier patch announcements.