Lode Runner 2 is a puzzle-platform game released in 1998 for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows.

It was developed by Presage Software and distributed by GT Interactive for Microsoft Windows and MacSoft for the Macintosh.

The goal is to collect gold to advance to the next level, avoiding the Mad Monks along the way.

Initially the developers were using a more conventional perspective, but while playing the game they found they were frustrated by their inability to see key elements that were not immediately at hand.

[3] Macworld's Michael Gowan wrote that Lode Runner 2 "lacks the original game's most attractive feature: simplicity.