Earthworm Jim 2

Released Nov 2009

Earthworm Jim is back with more side-scrolling platform action. Whip, run, jump, fly, and Snott swing your way to victory!

71% positive · 113 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to buy

Steam Updated 8 Oct 2026 $19.99

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Evaluation

Earthworm Jim 2 is a classic 1995 side-scrolling platformer originally developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Interplay. The Steam listing (added November 4, 2009) is a digital re-release of this finished, standalone game. The store description is entirely retrospective — describing the game's original content with no mention of updates, DLC, or any future plans. No DLC has been listed, no developer communications exist, and no post-launch update pattern has ever been established on Steam. This is a complete, finished product that shipped as a packaged game decades ago and was later made available digitally. There is nothing to suggest any additional content has been planned or delivered beyond the original release.

Evidence

Store description describes the original game's content — weapons, characters, and levels — with no mention of DLC, updates, or future plans. This is a classic title re-released digitally.

description · Nov 4, 2009 source content shipped

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Short description presents the game as a complete, existing product with no forward-looking content language.

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Media

Details

Developer

Shiny Entertainment

Publisher

Interplay Inc.

Achievements

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Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Adventure Action Classic Platformer 2D Comedy Side Scroller Family Friendly Retro

About this game

From Evil the Cat’s ’Circus of the Scars’ to the planet of Meat, join Jim on a madcap chase across the galaxy. Saving cows, thwarting lawyers and outsmarting Psy-Crow are all in a day’s work for Jim. Are you up to the challenge? Can you handle the awesome new weapons? Excellent! Then stop reading this. Try it now! Trust no one, play it yourself.. or EAT DIRT!

Over 5 new weapons to choose from! Guns, guns, guns, guns!
Untraditional level designs that only Shiny Entertainment was capable of creating!
Returning favorite characters: Princess What’s-Her-Name, Psy-Crow, Peter Puppy, Bob the Goldfish, and several new villains as well!
See Jim disguise as a blind cave salamander (no, really… we’re not kidding on this one!)
Whip, run, jump, fly, and Snott swing your way to victory!

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026