The Last of Us Part 1 came to PC in May 2023, and now fans are eager for The Last of Us Part 2 to follow. Naughty Dog seems to be waiting to release the PC version until the second season of the show airs, even though the game is ready to go.
For years, The Last of Us series was exclusive to PlayStation. That changed last year when The Last of Us Part 1 was released on PC.
With more Sony first-party titles coming to PC and The Last of Us Part 1 making the jump this year, it's natural to wonder when The Last of Us Part 2 will also be available on PC.
Fortunately, there are strong indications that a TLoU 2 PC port will happen in the next few months.
The Last of Us 2 On PC Is Likely To Happen
Concrete rumors about Naughty Dog or anyone else working on The Last of Us 2 for PC are very rare. For the longest time, the only concrete hint we got was a Naughty Dog job listing from 2020 asking for someone with "PC programming experience", with explicit reference to working on The Last of Us Part 2. Now, there's Billbil-kun's leak.
Sony is slowly (but surely) bringing many big exclusives to the PC though, with games like God of War, Spider-Man, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Ratchet & Clank, Days Gone & Returnal already having been available on Steam for a while.
Most of these ports have been quite successful, so we expect the same to happen for the few games that haven't made it yet, like God of War Ragnarök or Ghost of Tsushima. The latter was finally confirmed in March 2024.
It would be really surprising if The Last of Us Part 2 would be an exception here, with Part 1 having sold quite well on PC. Add to that the fact that the franchise has become a lot more popular due to the well acclaimed TV series from HBO and you have a sure-fire hit here.
The Last of Us 2 PC Port: Release Date Estimation
The Last of Us Part 1 launched on PC in March 2023, so it makes sense to think that the sequel will still take a while to appear on the platform. The PC release date of the PS5 remake coincided with the release of the last two episodes of The Last of Us series on HBO, which surely gave the port a nice bit of extra attention upon release.
If Sony and Naughty Dog are planning to release a PC port for The Last of Us Part 2, we assume they will intentionally wait a bit with an official announcement for several reasons:
- To give the release of Part 1 enough time to sell beyond the initial hype
- Looking at the huge technical problems the PC port of TLoU Part 1 had during its first weeks after release, Naughty Dog will hopefully take their time to assure that history doesn't repeat for the sequel
Taking all the information we currently got into account, we expect a PC port of The Last of Us Part 2 to arrive in mid 2025. This would go hand in hand with Billbik-kun's prediction of The Last of Us 2 on PC releasing along with the second season of the HBO show that's slated to come out in 2025.
This is of course just an estimated guess right now: a release any time before late 2024 seems unrealistic, though. Maybe it could come together with the release of the long-awaited TLOU multiplayer spin-off? Wouldn't that be great...