Five stars. GOTY material. Just don't play it while eating spaghetti.

Let’s be honest. When the original Vore Action RPG dropped three years ago, most people dismissed it as a $5 itch.io meme. A pixel-art dungeon crawler where the primary combat mechanic was "ingest or be ingested"? It felt like a fever dream cooked up by a furry with too much time and a copy of RPG Maker MV.

But if you can get past the surface-level absurdity, you’ll find a tight, challenging action-RPG with a dodge-roll that feels like Dark Souls and a risk/reward system that no other game is brave enough to attempt. It asks the hard questions: What does it mean to consume your enemies? Literally. What are the logistics?

Have you played VARPG2? What’s the weirdest thing you’ve swallowed for a buff? Let me know in the comments.

But the cult following was real. And now, against all odds, the sequel is here. isn’t just more of the same. It’s a surprisingly deep, mechanically dense, and utterly bizarre action-RPG that takes its ridiculous premise completely seriously. And that’s why it works. Swallow or Be Swallowed: The Core Loop For the uninitiated: You play as Lyssa , a "Rift-Swallower"—a rogue-like adventurer trapped in a biomechanical labyrinth. Every enemy, from the humble Gelatinous Cube to the terrifying Dragon Turtle, has a unique "Ingestion State."

See a blacksmith about to be crushed by a boulder? Gulp. Now he’s in your "storage stomach." Later, you can spit him out at a campfire, fully healed. He’ll even upgrade your sword while complaining about the "acidic ambiance."

Here’s the twist in the sequel:

I beat the final boss by hiding inside a golem’s liver for ten minutes, slowly pickaxing his ribcage from within. I then vomited up a treasure chest containing his legendary hammer.

There’s a side quest where you have to carry a royal family through a poison swamp by keeping them all in your belly. The dialogue when you finally spit them out is priceless: "We saw your heart... it's very... stretchy." Is Vore Action RPG 2 for everyone? Absolutely not. If the concept makes you uncomfortable, the game will not change your mind. The boss designs are intentionally squishy. The sound design is... moist.