Ship Graveyard Simulator 2

Ship scavenging simulator that falls short on Nintendo Switch

An abundance of similarities with its predecessor, and a broken tutorial, make this feel like a phoned in effort

The title says it all: dismantle boats and sell their parts in a simulator without surprises, yet perfect for its target audience.

...Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 offers a niche, relaxing experience for players who enjoy dismantling ships and collecting salvage. However, its repetitive gameplay, lack of depth, and performance issues hold it back from being a truly great simulation game. While the concept of shipbreaking is unique and initially engaging, the game doesn’t evolve enough to maintain interest over the long term. For the most part, each ship is comprised of the same elements, just copied and pasted, resulting in unnecessary fixture points that prevent the ships hull from being salvaged unless removed.

Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 is a relaxing simulator that isn’t exactly a revolutionary leap forward, but it’s still entertaining. The game’s minor flaws aren’t anything major that would detract from it in any way. At the time of writing this review, there was an update that made the game completely unplayable, so I’m only rating it up to patch 1.0.4. If the developers can fix the issue, you’ve got a laid-back simulator here where, for a slightly higher price, you can relax with a hammer “in hand.”