Beyond the Ice Palace 2
A dark-fantasy action platformer with chains for fighting and swinging
STORYBIRD Studio · Published by PQube, PixelHeart · Released Mar 10, 2025
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 67% of 79
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Apr 14, 2025
Metacritic: 66/100 (critic reviews)
What is Beyond the Ice Palace 2?
In this single-player, side-scrolling action platformer, the Cursed King crosses a ruined kingdom to reclaim his stolen throne. You jump across gaps, fight enemies and large bosses, solve puzzles, and gather celestial arrow fragments to break your curse.
For you if...
- +you like hunting for secret chambers and optional upgrades
- +you prefer linear progression with opportunities to revisit areas
Not for you if...
- −you want forgiving platforming and easy boss fights
What players say
67% of 79 reviews are positive
Players praise the pixel art, music, and versatile chain mechanics. They criticize inconsistent controls and ledge grabs, sparse checkpoints in later levels, and uneven difficulty.
Screenshots and trailer
Beyond the Ice Palace 2 system requirements
Minimum: HD, 1 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Beyond the Ice Palace 2?
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- OS
- Windows 7+
- Processor
- Dual Core 1.8ghz
- Graphics
- Intel HD
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 MB available space
Does Beyond the Ice Palace 2 have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Beyond the Ice Palace 2 run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 22
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese.
Does Beyond the Ice Palace 2 use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Adventure
- Exploration
- Dark Fantasy
- Singleplayer
- Action
- Pixel Graphics
- Platformer
- 2D
- 2D Platformer
- Action-Adventure
- Precision Platformer
- Combat
- Puzzle Platformer
- Action RPG
- Visual Novel
- Vampires