Crashlands 2 is Butterscotch Shenanigan's long-awaited follow-up to its quirky sci-fi exploration game that refreshingly sidestepped many of the more frustrating and tedious survival game features. Like its predecessor, Crashlands 2 drops players into a vibrant alien wilderness to explore various biomes, gather resources for crafting, and encounter an assortment of unique and occasionally hilarious alien creatures. While that may sound like the description of a typical survival game, Butterscotch Shenanigans intentionally left out aspects like inventory management or starvation, leading to a "thrival" game rather than a survival game.