For a group session or a solo match against AI, Exploding Kittens® 2 is easy to understand: draw cards, avoid explosions, and stay in the game with a Defuse card. The Steam PC version adds online play, multiple modes, and avatar and emoji customization. The current price at Steam is $3.74, so the decision mainly depends on how often you expect to play.
Players who already enjoy the card game's rules get a playful digital version with animations and shifting card moments. Before buying, make sure its available interface languages suit your group.The confirmed interface languages are English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, and the current price at Steam is $3.74.
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Released: Aug 12, 2024
Multiplayer · Card Game · Tabletop · Board Game · Casual
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01About Exploding Kittens® 2
Exploding Kittens® 2 is a fast card game where you draw cards and try not to explode. Exploding kittens and Defuse cards create sudden reversals, while the last player standing wins.The Steam PC version supports solo games against AI and online games with friends.Multiple modes, avatar customization, and emojis add variety to each match.Rating: 75% from 460 reviews.
Credits
Developer
Marmalade Game Studio Ltd
Publisher
Marmalade Game Studio Ltd
Steam player reviews
75%positiveMostly Positive460 Steam reviews
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Language support
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English
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French
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Italian
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Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-20
02Before you buy
Play modes
The Steam PC version supports solo games against AI and online games with friends. It includes multiple game modes, customizable avatars, and emojis.
Languages
The interface is available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Full audio is not specified.
03Frequently asked questions
How does the game work?
Draw cards and try not to explode. A Defuse card can save you, and the last player standing wins.
Does it support solo and online play?
Yes. You can play alone against the AI or online with friends.
Can I customize my character?
Yes. Avatars and emoji sets can be customized.
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviews
Selected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
RecommendedSteam player
Very enjoyable game to play with friends. Exploding Kittens first came out in 2015 as a card game. This one plays the same, but instead of being in the same room together, you can play it with your friends overseas.
At the beginning of the game, the cards will be distributed, and there will be two exploding kittens you should avoid picking, or you'll lose. Of course, there are a few diffuse cards you'd better stack to avoid being exploded. The other cards are explained when you click on them. You can get two of a kind when you play two identical cards, and also three of them.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3714552700
Players will take turns to play, but you can't just choose a random card; you'd better think strategically. The game is not about who finishes the cards first; it is about avoiding the explosion cat card. You'll keep drawing cards in each turn until the cards are finished, and there is a counter on the side showing you the percentage of the probability of drawing the explosion card.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3714552832
I loved the card animations; they are so fun, and the artwork is so cute. You can create your own avatar by choosing the skin color, outfit, and other details. The base game includes multiple stages, customs, and cards, and there are also DLCs for cosmetics.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3714552377
Pros:
+Fun gameplay
+Beautiful artwork and animations.
+Good soundtracks.
+Chellenging AI rounds.
+Online multiplayer (Can play with a friend who owns the game, or random online match).
+Steam achievements.
Cons:
-Lots of DLCs and packs are not included in the base game.
You can play the game alone with AI, or create a free server and invite a friend to play it if they have the game in their library; you can also join online matches. The emoji reactions are cute; there is no other way to communicate with others than those emojis. Highly recommended for parties or a fun weekend with friends. The cat's artwork alone would make you want to play the game nonstop!
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒
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2.1 hours at review30 people found this helpful
Received for free
Not recommendedSteam player
Fun game but be aware of the third party sign-up requirement if you want to play multiplayer at all. You don't want to be that guy at the party explaining how people have to sign up for yet another service if they want to play this game with you. Too much friction to get a multiplayer game going.Show moreShow less
0.7 hours at review109 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Great adaptation of a really fun card game.
I don't have any other friends who own this game, but that hasn't made me not like it. There are actually still heaps of people on the online servers and it is not hard to find a lobby, and even if you are struggling the bots are still really fun to play against. However I am sure playing with friends would by far be the best experience so do that if you can.
I see a lot of people complaining about the price, especially of the DLCs, but it goes on sale regularly and if you look at what you're actually getting and compare the price of that to the physical editions, it's actually pretty cheap. If you are going to buy this game, buy the DLC for the expansions, but pass on the cosmetics unless you really want something specific because there are a few skins in the game you don't need to pay for.
The game is basically the exact same as the card game, so that could be a positive or negative depending on how you look at it. For me personally I'm glad it's exactly the same because I got it so I could play Exploding Kittens and not some version of it twisted to become a more traditionnal video game, so I got what I wanted, but if you already have the physical game and people to play with when you want, don't get this game.
For people who have never played Exploding Kittens before, it is a fun, addicting card game that is very easy to pick up and learn. In the game there are very specifc yet clear descriptions of what every card does you can access at any time during a game just in case you get stuck. I highly recommend picking this up or even to get a physical copy of the game to play with friends.Show moreShow less
6 hours at review21 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
There's no way oatmeal signed off on the blatant cash grab micro transactions. Between the game price, dlc price (which doesn't allow friends to join) and then the costumes, card themes and room themes, I'm honestly in shock. Shameless attempt to make maximum profit with minimal effort.Show moreShow less
0.5 hours at review100 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Card game, pastime, dark humor, PVP, cats.
Nice card game with cats as protagonists, very easy to learn, there is a tutorial that immediately guides you through the game and you will learn quickly.
The aim is to stay in the game as much as possible, but it is not easy because at each turn we have to draw a card, but in the deck there are explosive cards that we must avoid, all the others are used to avoid ending up out of the game.
It is clear that to win you must try to have as many cards as possible in the deck to use to defend yourself from explosions; draw as little as possible, and make sure that your opponents take the cards from the deck.
The animated cards are fun; some are used to defuse the bomb, others that make you skip the turn, look at the last 3 cards to draw, mix everything up or play pairs that give you the right to steal from other players, or make our opponents draw 2-3 times.
We can play in PVP online or in offline mode in single player against AI with up to 5 players; The last player to survive the exploding cards wins!!!
It is possible to choose our avatar between different types wearing an animal or object costume.
The music is engaging, and there are many noises or sounds from the avatars that enrich the game, making it more lively and fun.
I recommend it. forget long card games full of rules, this one is simple and fun with not too long games, to try with friends, but watch out for the Bombs!!!!
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3.9 hours at review17 people found this helpful
Received for free
Not recommendedSteam player
For all fans of Exploding Kittens, you are better off playing the original mobile game made by Substantial. This game plays WORSE than the Netflix version surprisingly. It is a joke for the price they are charging and what it offers. DO. NOT. BUY. It is a waste of time. The gameplay is extremely slow with the unnecessary animations when skipping a turn, how long it takes to draw a card because of the hand shakes before the card is revealed, and MORE causing you to get bored of the gameplay by your second or third game. For example if you play a See The Future card it gives an animation saying "YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE THE FUTURE" which I already know, that's the reason I played the card. That is one of MANY examples of the unnecessary animations aforementioned. The animations of the cards are great but they have no sound effects in this one which was a great feature the previous Exploding Kittens games had. No voice lines, just emotes during gameplay causes this game to be eerily quiet. I tested it out by playing with no music and the game is mostly silent besides the character sighs of relief from the card draw. The lack of additional cards that would work great are also missing such as Reverse and Draw From The Bottom. This game also goes for the cosmetics model of microtrasactions so BEWARE. They are very disappointing. For those who care as well they have a "season pass" but its more so buying the packs ahead of time before they come out. Thing is I recommend not playing Exploding Kittens 2 in the first place. I played it for much longer on mobile before the steam version released. Steam version just has more crisp graphics and a higher frame rate, that is it. The bubble log in for a third party service is still there like the mobile version to track your "leaderboard rankings".
TL;DR - Slow paced gameplay and animations, cosmetic microtransations model (you all know that's never a good thing), half baked buggy game, missing reverse and draw from the bottom cards, waste of time and money. Play the original mobile game version by Substantial instead. Thank me later.Show moreShow less
0.3 hours at review72 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Loving so far managed to play with several friends with no issue apart from the external account you need to make the game is quite fun and easy to set up with friends tho ive noticed the game has frozen a couple of times while playing hosting so keep in mind the controls are definetly made first for mobile second for PC wen it comes to in game action the game features both online mode with randoms host your own room and just solo with AI there is an expansion pass with currently one expansion as of this writting that being Imploding Kittens and 2 cosmetic packs other then that the game is pretty faithful to exploding kittens and can be a quite fun ride for friends due keep in mind the mobile version is only $5 where here its $14Show moreShow less
0.6 hours at review12 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Ain't no way, they're charging $14 for the game, and $25 for the expansion, that EVERYONE HAS TO BUY TO PLAY TOGETHER. so to play with 5 people on expansion, you have to spend $195+ in total, not including the other dlc... What the actual f-Show moreShow less
2.2 hours at review67 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
I enjoyed playing this game. There were some moments where the UI was off a bit. We also had a hard time keeping our lobby going even though it was a group of us who wanted to keep going together. I did enjoy the battles to the death & would not be surprised if we play this game again in the future.
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0.5 hours at review10 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I did not like the fact that you need to sign into bubble and you have to put your credit card info or social security number inShow moreShow less
0.3 hours at review61 people found this helpful
Source: original Steam user reviews. Helpful votes are an archived snapshot, not live data. Last collected: 08/15/2026.
