BrainBread 2
Released Mar 2022
Grab a weapon, demolish your enemies, level up, become more powerful, let the gore flow, let the limbs fly. BrainBread 2 introduces a zombie fps mixed with RPG / Arcade elements, the game is very action-packed and generally fast-paced.
73% positive · 5,211 reviews
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Released, but still in active development
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Active Development
Not yet
Released, but still in active development
Medium confidence
Active Development
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
BrainBread 2 left Early Access on March 9, 2022 and has continued to receive meaningful content updates at a sustained pace. The identifiable major content updates post-launch are: the 1.0 launch bundle (March 9, 2022), "Fred'licious hell-o-ween" (October 26, 2024, adding six new maps and substantial gameplay systems), the Post-Xmas Update (December 28, 2024), and "brain'o'ween 2025" (October 5, 2025, adding new maps and enemy variants). This establishes a clear pattern of at least one to two substantial content drops per year, with a reliable Halloween seasonal update each October.
In a December 2023 community letter, Reperio Studios explicitly stated they "look forward to supporting BrainBread 2 for years to come," confirming ongoing development intent even while acknowledging the team juggles other projects.
As of today (October 8, 2026), the last major content release was October 5, 2025 — exactly one year ago. Given the established annual Halloween update cadence, an October 2026 update would be consistent with the historical pattern, and today's date lands right at the edge of that expected window. No statement ending development has been made. The game remains in active content development.
Evidence
'brain'o'ween 2025' (Patch 1.0.5.0) shipped with new maps, new enemy variants, achievements, and gameplay fixes — the most recent major content release.
'Fred'licious hell-o-ween' (Patch 1.0.4.6) shipped six new maps across multiple game modes, new NPC variants, and substantial code/UI improvements.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Reperio Studios
Achievements
100
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
CyberCon, the notorious global corporation, aspired to deliver to the world something that would change the fate of humanity. What the world wasn't ready for however... Was CyberCon's true intentions. Their schemes had been controversial to most before, but their newest idea seemed almost too perfect.
A much sinister secret was about to be exposed. CyberCon's project involved the development of neuro-hub chips. They succeeded and became a phenomenon, later becoming a mandatory law to have them implanted at birth using state of the art surgery and cutting edge technology.
CyberCon were granted this permission from the government. The controversy was covered up and very little was known how it was done.
The technology was seen by many around the world as a major breakthrough that could cure blindness, deafness, disease, and a huge boost in performance for modern day life.
It was further aiding as a gateway to easier communication and enhanced capabilities. This was the next milestone in human history.
However, good things must always come to an end.
And CyberCon's true colors are yet to be revealed.
A much sinister secret was about to be exposed. CyberCon's project involved the development of neuro-hub chips. They succeeded and became a phenomenon, later becoming a mandatory law to have them implanted at birth using state of the art surgery and cutting edge technology.
CyberCon were granted this permission from the government. The controversy was covered up and very little was known how it was done.
The technology was seen by many around the world as a major breakthrough that could cure blindness, deafness, disease, and a huge boost in performance for modern day life.
It was further aiding as a gateway to easier communication and enhanced capabilities. This was the next milestone in human history.
However, good things must always come to an end.
And CyberCon's true colors are yet to be revealed.
Features
- 5 Unique gamemodes.
- Over 20 unique weapons, including akimbo weapons!
- Extreme amounts of gore & gibbing, this is your lovely grindhouse-gore movie!
- Over 100 unique skill combinations.
- A global profile system/leveling system.
- Play as a zombie, evolve as a zombie using your special zombie skill tree to your advantage!
- Modding friendly, customize your own soundsets for any of the npcs, make your own player survivor models, make custom maps, share your creations via Workshop!
- Character customization.
- No pay to win!
- Simple UI and HUD.
- AI Soldiers, Tanks and Bandits/Mercenaries.
- A powerful quest, objective & inventory system.
- Playable on PC, Mac OSX, and Linux with multiplayer cross-compatibility.
- Dedicated Server Support for PC and Linux.
Gamemodes
- Story
Focuses on story based gameplay, progress by doing specific quests or side-quests to increase your chance of survival! - Objective
Focuses on small & simple objectives, this is a casual/chill gamemode based on the original BrainBread, if you want a pure BrainBread experience you can enable a server command to force it to vanilla BrainBread mode. In this mode you can also play as a zombie and as a human you can get infected. The zombie's objective is to prevent the humans from progressing, when you get a certain amount of kills you will be able to respawn as a human again, or if you die too many times. All of this can be regulated by the server owner. - Arena
This is a wave based gamemode, similar to 'Survival'. You have limited respawns and when you die you'll respawn after X amount of seconds. Everyone respawns at the same time, certain maps may allow certain amount of retries for a wave, if you fail too many times you have to do everything over again. This mode is very action-packed, you better be flexible. - Elimination
A Humans VS Zombies gamemode, first team to reach the fraglimit wins! In this mode you respawn individually, however if everyone on your team is dead your team will be 'Exterminated', which means the round is over. The opposite team gains a certain amount of points by exterminating the other team, this is an effective way to gain points but it is hard to achieve if there's many players. In this mode you'll also trigger a team perk if your team gets a certain amount of kills, your team will be blessed with some helpful skill for a certain amount of seconds. - Deathmatch
A PvP gamemode, solely for humans. Featuring classic old-school powerups, increased speed and flexibility! As well as an announcer which will try to salute you or make fun of you if you fail too much!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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