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Amanda the Adventurer 2

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The tapes lead to the town library. Amanda knows you are watching.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (83% of 1,582 reviews); 4.47 of 5 on the PlayStation Store (265 ratings)
Length: about 4 hours
Players: 1
Controls: Mouse and keyboard or controller: move, look, pick up and use objects, answer Amanda during the tapes
Made by: MANGLEDmaw Games
Released: 2024

On PlayStation: one of the PlayStation horror games.

No. 27 of the VHS tape horror games · No. 19 of the television horror games

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What frightens Riley follows the Amanda tapes to the Kensdale Public Library, where a masked stranger warns of a powerful entity drawn to the tapes; on the library's TV, Amanda now knows Riley is watching, grows angry when you do not bring her what she wants, and is trying to get out, while something else is looking for Riley too.
Content: blood, violence, mild language.

Amanda the Adventurer 2 is a first-person horror puzzle game by MANGLEDmaw Games and the sequel to Amanda the Adventurer. Riley Park takes the mystery of the Amanda tapes to the Kensdale Public Library, where a masked figure asks for help and Amanda, aware of Riley now, wants out of her cartoon. You watch the tapes, fetch what Amanda asks for and solve the library's puzzles.

About Amanda the Adventurer 2

Amanda the Adventurer 2 was made by MANGLEDmaw Games and published by DreadXP. It came out on Steam for Windows on October 22, 2024, and reached PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S and Nintendo Switch on October 16, 2025. It continues straight on from the first game.

After what Riley Park saw on the tapes in Aunt Kate's attic, Riley goes to the Kensdale Public Library to find out more. A masked figure is waiting there, says they knew Aunt Kate, and asks for help finding something she left in the library. They also warn of a powerful entity that seems drawn to the tapes. Amanda, meanwhile, knows Riley is there and is doing everything she can to free herself.

As before, you play episodes of the old cartoon on a TV with a VCR and talk back to Amanda and her friend Wooly. This time she can also send you off to find something in the room, and you can go and look, or refuse, and see how she reacts. The library is much bigger than the attic, with a children's corner, a front desk and shelves to search, and its puzzles use objects and clues spread around the building.

The fear is the same kind as in the first game: a bright, blocky late-1990s cartoon that turns hostile, a host who stares out of the screen and gets angry, and a dark, empty building around you. Players who finished the first game will want this one for the story; newcomers should start with the original.

A first run takes about 4 hours. Reviewers single out the first puzzle as the hardest in the game; most of the later ones are easier. New this time, printers around the library print a page of drawings that hints at the current puzzle. The fuller story is spread across secret tapes, and finding them all is what opens the last answers, so many players go through it more than once. Voices are in English, and the Steam version also has full Spanish (Latin America) audio.

How to play Amanda the Adventurer 2

Buy it on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo Switch; play Amanda the Adventurer first if you have not.
Explore the library and find the TV and VCR in the children's corner.
Play each tape and answer Amanda when she speaks to you.
When she asks for something, get up and search the library for it, or decide not to.
Use clues from the tapes and the rooms to solve the puzzles that open new areas and new tapes.

Screenshots

A tape on the old TV: Amanda sits on a dark red sofa and says Hi, friends! I'm Amanda!

The dim Kensdale library with a long reading table, lamps and shelves leading to a Kids Corner mural

The library front desk in low light, with a computer, a phone and a book called Grown Attached

A round children's playroom with a forest mural, a sheep alphabet rug and a TV and VCR on a cart showing PLAY

Amanda glaring out of a distorted red tape, saying So you'd better find something good for me

A toy train track puzzle on green carpet with signs for London, Paris and Mexico City and small landmark models

A sliding tile puzzle with flower, sun and moon tiles set into a giant red book in the children's library

Tips

Watch each episode closely; details in the cartoon often point to something in the library.
Search desks, shelves and the children's corner carefully before moving on.
Try different answers on a replay to see how Amanda responds.
The first puzzle is the hardest one for many players. Take notes and look through everything in reach before you look up an answer.
If you are stuck, use one of the library's printers: it prints drawings of the items that matter for the puzzle you are on.
Look for the secret tapes; they hold much of the story, and finding them all opens the fuller ending.

Questions

Do I need to play Amanda the Adventurer first?

It is a direct sequel and picks up after the attic tapes, so the first game is the better place to start.

Is Amanda the Adventurer 2 scary?

It is unsettling more than violent: a children's cartoon that turns angry and talks to you in a dark library. Steam lists blood, mild language and psychological horror, and the console versions are rated Teen for blood and violence.

What platforms is Amanda the Adventurer 2 on?

Windows PC on Steam since October 22, 2024, and PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S and Nintendo Switch since October 16, 2025.

How long is Amanda the Adventurer 2?

About 4 hours for a first run. Finding every secret tape and achievement takes longer.

Is there a demo?

Yes, DreadXP has a free Windows demo on itch.io that covers the opening puzzle.