Game

Ziggurat 2

2021

Insufficient evidence

We did not find enough credible, independent evidence to publish a numeric cash-grab score. Unrated is more honest than a guess.

What counts as a cash grab?

Commercial extraction prioritized over meaningful consumer or creative value. Profit, popularity, adaptations, sequels, remakes, high budgets, and normal marketing do not count by themselves.

Why?

Ziggurat 2, released October 28, 2021, shows multiple signs of being a substantive sequel rather than a cash grab. Developer Milkstone ran the title through early access and published frequent update notes during 2021, reviewers and aggregators reported meaningful new systems, a campaign structure, and generally positive critical reception, and storefront listings show a normal paid release with optional supporter/soundtrack bundles rather than in-game transactions. Community posts include mixed gameplay criticism but no credible evidence of predatory monetization or rushed deceptive release practices.

Developer published frequent early access and post-release updates during 2021 indicating active iterative development.
Multiple reviews and Metacritic coverage describe new campaign structure and gameplay improvements over the original.
Storefronts and SteamDB show a normal paid release with optional supporter/soundtrack bundles, no loot boxes or microtransaction systems documented.

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Score factors

Direction	Factor	Evidence	Impact
Against	Active post-release development	Milkstone Studios published numerous early access and update posts for Ziggurat 2 throughout 2021 showing iterative fixes and added content.[1][2][3]	-16
Against	Reviews note new content and improvements	Critical coverage and reviews describe Ziggurat 2 as adding a campaign, new systems and being an improvement on the first game.[4][5][6]	-14
Against	No predatory in-game monetization documented	Storefront pages and SteamDB list the base paid game and optional supporter/soundtrack bundles, there is no documented loot box, microtransaction, or pay-to-win system on the store pages consulted.[9][7][8]	-11
Against	Community gameplay criticism	Player discussions include some complaints that Ziggurat 2 felt less satisfying or had balance issues, but community threads and reviews cite gameplay and design concerns not monetization or rushed release tactics.[10]	-6

Confidence: Low · No source-backed commercial-extraction signal was found. · Researched 2026-08-23

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