Major FREE update now live for “Tormented Souls 2” including ‘New Game Plus’, bonus weapons, collectables, and more!

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Classic survival horror fans looking to test their skills even further have been rewarded with a major free update for Tormented Souls 2, which launched today on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Epic Games Store! Centred around a challenging ‘New Game Plus’ mode, additional content includes more enemies, deadly new weapons, a special ending, and even a bonus costume for iconic heroine Caroline Walker.

Having reached the impressive milestone of over 100,000 units sold within the first 6 weeks of release, Tormented Souls 2 also finished off 2025 strongly with 9 award nominations including:

• Game of the Year at The Horror Game Awards
• Best Latin American Indie at the The Indie Game Awards
• Horror Game of the Year at the LATAM Indie Awards
• Standout release at the Latin American Games Showcase: The Game Awards Edition

To celebrate these achievements, the team at Dual Effect have released a new ‘Accolades Trailer’ showcasing Caroline at her finest, set against the epic end-credits track ‘Open Your Heart’ by series composer NyxTheShield.

🔥Bigger challenge, deadlier weapons

Unlocked immediately after completing the game for the first time, ‘New Game Plus’ ratchets up the tension by increasing both the enemy count and adding even more jumpscares! Fortunately for Caroline, this mode also introduces two new weapons. The ‘Electric Lance’ is an experimental device that delivers a lethal shock at close-range, while the highly volatile ‘Flamethrower’ sets Caroline’s enemies ablaze in spectacular fashion!

🔐New secrets to discover

While playing through ‘New Game Plus’, Caroline should keep a close eye out for ‘Nuclear Batteries’. These twelve collectable items are scattered across Villa Hess, and rumour has it that collecting them all will unlock the secret of the strange mechanical device that has mysteriously appeared in front of the town’s ruined Train Station. But there’s more! By achieving the ‘true’ ending of ‘New Game Plus’ players will be treated to a special ending that pays homage to the series’ classic survival horror roots.

🦴 ‘Mature Caroline’ bonus costume revealed

To reflect the challenge of the mode, Caroline has been given a ‘New Game Plus’ specific bonus costume, which really emphasises her excellent ‘bone structure’. Players can find this fun outfit in the wardrobe of the Convent Guest Room upon starting a ‘New Game Plus’ playthrough.

💿 PlayStation 5 Physical Edition also available

🕯️🔨 About Tormented Souls 2

Following the harrowing events at Wildberger Hospital, Caroline Walker hopes for a normal life with her sister, Anna. Yet in the months that follow, Anna is haunted by visions of violence and death, compelling her to create disturbing drawings that rapidly manifest into horrifying reality. Desperate to free her of this affliction, Caroline travels to the remote town of Villa Hess and a mysterious clinic nestled deep within the mountains of southern Chile. But behind the warm smiles of the facility’s serene staff lies a sickening truth, and the sisters soon find themselves at the center of an entirely new nightmare…

⛰️Welcome to Villa Hess – Explore a huge variety of unnerving locations within the town, including a shadowy convent, a derelict shopping mall, and an abandoned school.

📼Alter your fate – Harness your supernatural powers to switch between realities, change the past to reshape the present, and search for alternate paths forward in the nightmarish ‚Other side‘.

🔨Fight to survive – Collect and modify an arsenal of makeshift weapons such as the nailer and chainsaw, and utilize the new quick select feature to switch armaments in the heat of battle.

🧩Mind-bending puzzles – Examine, manipulate, and combine items to reveal hidden information, and forge connections between objects and the environment to solve intricately designed puzzles.

👻Death surrounds you – Face off against lethal new enemies, from skittering bladed horrors to hulking armored abominations, and use your wits to survive monstrous boss encounters.

🕵️‍♀️Shrouded in mystery – Peel back the layers of a complex story full of twists and revelations. Encounter and cooperate with other characters, each with their own agenda and dark secrets.

⚖️Flexible gameplay options – Relive the classic fixed-camera survival horror of the 90s with limited saves and tank controls, or switch to assisted mode for a more casual experience.

Tormented Souls 2 is out now on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Epic Games Store!