photo adventure
TOEM 2
Decide if this sequel is the photography trip you want
Homelanda to beyond
Tie your sneakers and take the camera: TOEM 2 is Something We Made's photography sequel, built for first-timers and for anyone who already stamped the original journal. You wander isometric towns at your own pace, photograph mysterious events called TOEMs, and cash those stamps for the next bus. Friends can join the photographer and change who stands in the final group shot. The trip launched September 29, 2026 at 9:00 am EDT on Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2.
The camera still solves puzzles. In this sequel it also cuts cloth, hammers props, and twists fittings, while jump and climb put roofs and ledges in frame.
Friends who change the ending
The studio says friends can join you on the trip and change the story ending. That is a first-party promise, not a multiplayer lobby: you still walk the route as one photographer, and the people you help can appear later.
Steam's Group Photo achievement asks you to take a picture with every friend gathered. Reviews describe an attachment-help path as the intended way through the main quest, not a lock on the credits. If you want the full gathering, keep doing favors instead of racing the bus.
Something We Made places the sequel a few years after the original walk. You still move as one photographer. The people you help can show up later, which is why Group Photo sits at 15.3 percent on Steam: you have to gather everyone, not just finish Homelanda. Skipping favors is how you miss the ending change, even if every bus stamp is filled.
Camera attachments beyond pictures
Each region adds a camera attachment used in unconventional ways. PC Gamer names scissors as the first tool and a hammer for marked objects. TheXboxHub lists screwdriver, hammer, and scissors together as viewport tools.
Jump and climb are new relative to the original TOEM. Roofs, ledges, and high photo spots exist because you can leave the ground. Open the camera guide when you want the three tools in one place.
Steam lists full controller support, a keyboard-only option, and playable-without-timed-input. The camera walk is built for couches and Decks. If a puzzle looks like a reflex trial, you are probably aiming at the wrong object. Frame it, use the attachment, then stamp the journal and keep walking.
Open the camera guide for scissors, hammer, and screwdriver in one table, then come back here for the bus order.
Jump and climb are in the Steam feature list beside those attachments.
Stamps buy the next ticket
Finished requests, photographed sights, and critter pages stamp the journal. Those stamps are the bus ticket, not a score chase. Steam copy is explicit: there are no time limits or hard requirements for full completion, so a slow walk still finishes the map.
GameRant counts sixty quests across five stops including a guide-named Whirlhill. First-party text never prints a numeric stamp quota per region. Treat sixty as a community tally, then use Stamp Savant on Steam when you want every official quest card cleared.
Optional chores sit beside the bus cards: toast, radio jingles, clothing, photo frames, and the Whirling Birch Bloom. They do not block the next town. They do block Collect Them All, Playing Dressup, and Experience TOEM if you skip them.
Make Toast is a Homelanda chore at 67.1 percent. Stamp Savant is 13 percent and wants every quest in the game. Those two numbers show the gap between a snack and a finished journal. Ride when the town card is done, then come back for jingles, frames, and the Bloom if you still want them.
Reviews and the live scoreboard
Steam displays Metacritic 85 for the PC version and a Very Positive user score. Store quote cards include Polygon, Screen Rant, and GamesRadar. Polygon's line on the store calls the sequel even more perfect than the first game.
The user sample was 106 of 113 positive around launch week. That is a real Steam tally, not a review roundup. Read it as a two-day-old launch board, then go to the platform page for Deck Verified status and the Switch 2 save warning.
TOEM 2 is a cozy photography adventure with a $19.99 US list price and a 15 percent launch discount on Steam and Nintendo. Xbox is not an official storefront.
Polygon, Screen Rant, and GamesRadar sit on the Steam quote board next to Metacritic 85. The user tally of 106 of 113 positive is a launch-week Steam number. Use it as a mood check, then pick Steam, PS5, or Switch with the save warning in mind rather than chasing a score.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to play the original TOEM first?
No. Steam and the studio both say the sequel welcomes first-timers. The story sits a few years after the original, and Homelanda still hands you a camera. Returning players will recognize stamps, TOEMs, and the journal, but the new jump, climb, and attachments are taught on this trip.
What platforms can I play on today?
Buy it on Steam for Windows, macOS, and Linux, on PlayStation 5, and on Nintendo Switch plus Switch 2. Steam Deck is Verified. Switch and Switch 2 saves do not cross. The original soundtrack is a separate Steam DLC with 36 tracks.
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