Everhood 2 Brings New Guitar Hero-Inspired RPG Battles This March

If you were hoping to see more Guitar Hero-inspired boss encounters, you're in luck. Everhood 2, a trippy RPG inspired by rhythm games and the likes of Undertale, is releasing on March 4 for PC and Switch.

First announced in 2024, the sequel tells a new story in the existing universe. You'll play as a hero who is guided by a mysterious figure beyond the river of death, with the task of confronting the Mind Dragon. In order to achieve this, you'll once again take part in rhythm game battles, in which you dodge and counterattack music notes, as if you were a small character on a Guitar Hero grid.

There'll be over 100 songs available in the game, although not all of them will be for battles--developer Foreign Gnomes estimates an 8-to-10-hour playthrough. Combat is also being revamped with the option to upgrade weapons.

"We wanted to expand Everhood’s most eclectic aspects with our sequel," said Foreign Gnomes co-founder Chris Nordgren in a press release. "You can still subdue evil carrot mages, time cops, robust slime creatures, and all that good stuff to the dulcet tones of Electronic Psychedelic Power Rock, but there’s quite a lot more discovery here."

The PC requirements for Everhood are listed on the Steam page, and they're extremely modest. The original Everhood sold over 600,000 units, according to a press release. It also received a DLC with the Eternity Edition, released on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5, which included custom tracks made by community members. As of now, the songs aren't available on the PC or Switch releases.