No More Room in Hell 2 will add new ways to play in its upcoming 1.0 launch, one of which 'plays like your favourite classic game modes from the late 2000s'

The player, armed with a sledgehammer, defends himself from an attack by multiple zombies in No More Room in Hell 2.

(Image credit: Torn Banner)

Cooperative zombie survival sim No More Room in Hell 2 has witnessed one of the more dramatic early access developments of the last few years. Launching into a hostile reception that resulted in a Mostly Negative rating on Steam, developer Torn Banner has clawed its way back to a Mixed rating through 2025, albeit at the cost of delaying its 1.0 release into this year.

The full version of No More Room in Hell 2 is definitely happening in 2026, however, and Torn Banner recently provided details on what the 1.0 update will bring. Primarily, that's two new modes, a multiplayer survival mode, and a single-player option for survivalist lone wolves.

The former is undoubtedly the main event here. Survival is an alternative to No More Room in Hell 2's Objective mode that saw players converge on a central location from various corners of the map. "Responders will have to secure objectives then hold out against an onslaught of Zombies with increasing difficulty," Torn Banner explains. "Unlike our current game mode, survival will push our players into fights."

Torn Banner says that Survival mode "plays like your favorite classic game modes from the late 2000s". This sounds like an appeal to fans of the original No More Room in Hell who didn't like the sequel's creative direction—a major source of the negativity that has surrounded Torn Banner's game.

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Personally, I like the Objective mode of NMRiH 2, which has a novelty to it that I haven't experienced in other zombie survival games. But I don't have any relationship with the original mod, so I can understand Torn Banner wanting to cater to the series' fanbase, and I hope survival mode proves more to their taste.

As for that single-player option, Torn Banner refers to it as a "solo training mode". This lets you play maps offline and on your own, though Torn Banner points out that you won't receive any in-game XP while playing solo, as "it can easily be turned into a farming tool that breaks the economy and progression of the larger game."

Torn Banner doesn't specify when exactly the 1.0 update will land, but says it's "still a few months away". There's at least one more patch to come in the interim, with update 0.8.0 bringing "a lot of changes to melee combat" plus further tweaks to the perk system and the addition of Molotov cocktails. That patch is due to arrive in early February.

Rick has been fascinated by PC gaming since he was seven years old, when he used to sneak into his dad's home office for covert sessions of Doom. He grew up on a diet of similarly unsuitable games, with favourites including Quake, Thief, Half-Life and Deus Ex. Between 2013 and 2022, Rick was games editor of Custom PC magazine and associated website bit-tech.net. But he's always kept one foot in freelance games journalism, writing for publications like Edge, Eurogamer, the Guardian and, naturally, PC Gamer. While he'll play anything that can be controlled with a keyboard and mouse, he has a particular passion for first-person shooters and immersive sims.

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