Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake is an adventure developed by Koei Tecmo Games, released 12 March 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake is
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake is an adventure game developed by Koei Tecmo Games and released in 2026. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Katana Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The full remake of FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO II: Crimson Butterfly. This Japanese-style horror adventure game follows twin sisters lost in an abandoned village haunted by evil spirits. Using the Camera Obscura, they fight ghosts as the story unfolds.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 51 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 5 3400G or higher, 16 GB RAM and GeForce RTX 1050 Ti 4GB, Radeon R9 380X 4GB or higher. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake launched on 12 March 2026, within three weeks of Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert Enhanced, Marathon and Pokémon Pokopia. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert Enhanced, Marathon, Pokémon Pokopia.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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