Despite the mediocrity in the first Dread X Collection, DreadXP, who's responsible of the collection, decided to give another shot by inviting some of the first collection's admired creators alongside some new ones to create another short anthologic collection, this time with a "game within a game" formula where the main game itself is developed by Lovely Hellplace, creators of Shatter from DXC1 (who also would go on to create their first game published individually by DreadXP itself called Dread Delusion, an likely Elder Scrolls inspired RPG game), now having you require complete puzzles inside an abandoned mansion, which may either be a bit of a ruckus or added eyecandy (personally, from who has no lovely taste for puzzles and riddles, i find it a bit pushy for a short horror anthological game).

Compared to the last collection, there are few good looking games (and the memetic case of Squirrel Staple, which i prefer having you play it for yourself), but some are of mid-quality. Notable guest appearances include Daniel Mullins (of Pony Island and The Hex fame at the time this game was made, then Inscryption) who has created a short game about going to the moon, Torple Dook (his Hand of Doom concept in DXC1 was interesting) who has done a Found footage game and Panstasz (of World of Horror fame) who decided to make a top-down horror game which uses a similar narrative formula found in WoH.

I feel like this collection is a step forward in quality compared to the first, with the quality varying entry by entry unlike the mid-quality nature present in DXC1, but i'd not be lowering my guard for other entries.