{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} <!-- CONSISTENCY WITH Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine ARTICLE --> {{Infobox video game | title = Monaco 2 | image = File:Monaco 2 cover art.jpg | alt = | caption = | developer = [[Pocketwatch Games]] | publisher = [[Humble Games]] | director = [[Andy Schatz]] | producer = Esmeralda Hoffman | designer = Clark Bakstran | programmer = Phil Homan | artist = Lee Dotson | writer = {{ubl|Chris Tihor|Cash DeCuir|Paul Rose|Kirsten Bakstran}} | composer = [[Austin Wintory]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austinwintory.com/projects-videogames|title=Videogames - Austin Wintory|accessdate=July 13, 2022|publisher=[[Austin Wintory]]}}</ref> | platforms = {{ubl|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Windows]]|[[Xbox Series X/S]]}} | released = April 10, 2025 | genre = [[Stealth game|Stealth]], [[Action game|action]] | modes = }}
'''''Monaco 2''''' is a [[Stealth game|stealth]] [[Action game|action]] video game developed by [[Pocketwatch Games]] and published by [[Humble Games]]. The game is a sequel to ''[[Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine]]'' (2013), and was released for [[PlayStation 5]], [[Windows]] and [[Xbox Series X/S]] on April 10, 2025. The game includes a form of [[isometric graphics|isometric]] [[3D graphics]] as opposed to its predecessor's [[2D graphics|2D]] birds-eye view. Further, ''Monaco 2''{{'}}s introduction of [[Procedural generation|procedural level generation]] is new to the series.
==Gameplay== {{see also|Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine#Gameplay}}
Like its predecessor, ''Monaco 2'' is a [[Stealth game|stealth]] and [[action video game]] where the player partakes in heists and robberies.<ref name="gameinformerannouncement"/> Players will be able to select from a cast of playable characters to assist them in completing the level.<ref name="polygonannouncement"/> The game is planned to include 3D [[Isometric video game graphics|isometric]] graphics displayed through a [[top-down perspective]] with camera options to allow players to adjust their vision.<ref name="gameinformerannouncement"/> Additionally, the introduction of [[procedural generation]] means the levels are not static.<ref name="polygonannouncement"/>
==Development== ''Monaco 2'' is set to be the sequel to the award winning ''[[Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine]]'' and was announced on March 17, 2022 during the Humble Games Showcase 2022 event by Pocketwatch Games' lead developer [[Andy Schatz]]. An animated [[teaser trailer]] accompanied the announcement. During the event, Schatz noted that the game would feature [[3D graphics]] to allow players to explore vertically,<ref name="rpsannouncement">{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/everything-that-happened-at-the-humble-games-showcase-2022|title=Everything that happened at the Humble Games Showcase 2022|accessdate=July 13, 2022|archivedate=July 12, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712152116/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/everything-that-happened-at-the-humble-games-showcase-2022|url-status=live|work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]|publisher=[[Gamer Network]]|first=Katharine|last=Castle|date=March 17, 2022}}</ref> a concept which was compared to ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'',<ref name="gameinformerannouncement">{{cite web|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/03/17/monaco-2-enlists-players-to-pull-off-one-more-heist|title=Monaco 2 Enlists Players To Pull Off One More Heist|website=[[Gameinformer]]|date=March 17, 2022|first=Marcus|last=Stewart|access-date=July 13, 2022|archive-date=July 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712154314/https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/03/17/monaco-2-enlists-players-to-pull-off-one-more-heist|url-status=live|publisher=[[GameStop]]}}</ref> as well as [[Procedural generation|procedural level generation]].<ref name="polygonannouncement"/> Despite these changes, he ensured that the game would remain faithful to the genres and themes of its predecessor. Another deviation from ''Monaco'' is the removal of the [[greyscale]] [[blueprint]] map design.<ref name="rpsannouncement2">{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cracking-cooperative-heist-em-up-monaco-has-a-sequel-coming|title=Cracking cooperative heist 'em up Monaco has a sequel coming|first=Alice|last=O'Connor|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=July 13, 2022|archivedate=July 12, 2022|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712152801/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cracking-cooperative-heist-em-up-monaco-has-a-sequel-coming|work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]|publisher=[[Gamer Network]]}}</ref> At the time, Schatz described the game to be the "ultimate heist simulator",<ref name="polygonannouncement"/> with the procedural generation helping to make the environments feel real. Immediate reception to the announcement was positive, especially regarding the early visualisations.<ref name="polygonannouncement"/> Following the announcement, Schatz [[livestream]]ed the development of ''Monaco 2'' on [[Twitch.tv]].<ref name="gameinformerannouncement"/><ref name="polygonannouncement"/>
The game released on April 10, 2025 for [[Personal computer|PC]], [[PlayStation 5]], and [[Xbox Series X/S]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/monaco-2-launches-april-10|title=Monaco 2 launches April 10|work=Gematsu|date=March 17, 2025|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>
==References== <references>
<ref name="polygonannouncement">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/22982994/monaco-2-release-date-pocketwatch-games-humble|title=Stealth indie hit Monaco: What's Yours is Mine is getting a 3D sequel|first=Michael|last=McWhertor|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=July 13, 2022|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|archivedate=July 8, 2022|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708065623/https://www.polygon.com/22982994/monaco-2-release-date-pocketwatch-games-humble}}</ref>
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==Further reading== * {{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/indie-heist-sim-monaco-is-getting-a-3d-sequel/|work=[[PC Gamer]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=March 19, 2022|archivedate=July 12, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712155844/https://www.pcgamer.com/indie-heist-sim-monaco-is-getting-a-3d-sequel/|url-status=live|first=Ted|last=Litchfield|title=Indie heist sim Monaco is getting a 3D sequel}}
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