<s>
SteamWorld	B-Application
Dig	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
2D	O
platform	O
action-adventure	O
metroidvania	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Image	O
&	O
Form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
SteamWorld	B-Application
series	O
of	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
2013	O
's	O
SteamWorld	B-Application
Dig	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
in	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
Stadia	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
in	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publisher	O
Rising	O
Star	O
Games	O
released	O
physical	O
retail	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SteamWorld	B-Application
Dig	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
metroidvania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carrying	O
on	O
from	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
SteamWorld	B-Application
Dig	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
puts	O
players	O
in	O
control	O
of	O
Dorothy	O
,	O
a	O
steam-driven	O
robot	O
searching	O
for	O
Rusty	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
who	O
disappeared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
between	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
SteamWorld	B-Application
Dig	I-Application
and	O
SteamWorld	B-Application
Heist	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Rusty	O
's	O
disappearance	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
SteamWorld	B-Application
Dig	I-Application
,	O
Dorothy	O
,	O
a	O
robot	O
who	O
he	O
had	O
befriended	O
,	O
travels	O
to	O
the	O
mining	O
town	O
of	O
El	O
Machino	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SteamWorld	B-Application
Dig	I-Application
2	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
88	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
