Shrek 2 Remastered

The 2004 co-op brawler everyone remembers from the PS2 is back, with a fresh coat of swamp. Our review, the platinum roadmap and all 46 trophies explained.

8.0PixelForge Score

Developer / Publisher: Aspyr (original by Luxoflux)  ·  Released: 10 November 2026 (PS5, PC, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2)
Platinum: 3/10 · 10–15h (estimate) · nothing missable · offline · chapter select
Trophies: 1 · 3 · 10 · 32

Better out than in: the swamp is back

Shrek 2 was never just a movie tie-in. Luxoflux's 2004 game retold the film as a four-character co-op brawler where you swap between party members on the fly, each with one special trick: Shrek throws things, Fiona slows time, Donkey kicks through walls, Gingy hurls cookies, Lil' Red lobs rotten apples, Puss walks tightropes. Eleven chapters take you from the swamp to the Fairy Godmother's potion factory, a prison break and Mongo stomping through Far Far Away, with a solo Hero Time for a different character in almost every one. Aspyr's remaster is a faithful port: same levels, same jokes, same collectibles.

What's new is mostly on the outside: rebuilt textures, a cleaner UI, improved cutscenes, 4K output, a Photo Mode, a cheats menu and, best of all, online co-op for up to four players, mixed with local play if you like. That last one matters: this was always a couch game, and it's still at its best with friends shouting at each other over who gets to be Puss.

It's still a 2004 game underneath. Combat is simple button-mashing, the AI partners wander off, and a couple of Hero Times (the Dragon ride, the Cookie, Cookie cannon) are as frustrating as you remember. But the variety holds up, the escort-and-errand hubs in Far Far Away and Jack and Jill's Farm are still charming, and at $29.99 it's a cheap, funny nostalgia trip. For trophy hunters it's a relaxed, offline platinum with nothing missable. The only real tests are the no-damage challenges and a 45-second Gingerbread Man run.

The road to Happily Ever After

A 3/10 platinum that we estimate at 10–15 hours. Offline, with nothing missable: every chapter can be replayed from Chapter Select. Play solo for Can't Touch Me; co-op works for everything else.

In-depth guides

All 46 trophies explained in depth

Happily Ever After

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Unlock the other 45. Nothing in Shrek 2 Remastered is missable: every chapter can be replayed from the storybook's Chapter Select, and replays keep the beans, snapshots and coins you collect. Play the story once, buy Crazy Larry's upgrades as you go, then clean up beans, snapshots and the challenge trophies on replays. The trophies that need some skill are the no-damage ones (Can't Touch Me, Mightier Than the Sword, We're going shopping, Hero Needed) and the 45-second Gingerbread Man run. Every level, bean and snapshot.

One per chapter, unmissable. Every chapter can be replayed afterwards from Chapter Select.

Once upon A Time.. Again

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Story: finish Shrek's Swamp, the first chapter. It ends with Fiona's Hero Time (popping blackbirds for Grandma's pie). While you're here, try for Black Bird Pie in that Hero Time. Swamp beans and snapshots.

Hickory Dickory Dock

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Story: finish Spooky Forest, the escort level with the three blind mice, which ends with Donkey riding Dragon through the tunnel. This level also has the first Crazy Larry shop, on a stump just before the bridge to the Poison Apple inn. Spooky Forest guide.

On the Road.. Again...

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Story: finish Far Far Away. King Harold hands you tasks around the city; talk to him again and choose to go to the next level to end the chapter. Do all six of his tasks before you leave for At your Service, and use the same visit for We're going shopping and Grand Theft Carriage. All six tasks and the beans.

I am Puss... in Boots

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Story: beat Puss in Boots in Ogre Killer. It's a three-round rhythm fight: he attacks one party member at a time and you press each button prompt as it reaches the circle above their head. Every round is faster than the last. It's a lot easier with a couple of Spooky Forest upgrades. Ogre Killer tips.

Good Gourd

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Story: finish Walking the Path: two goat escorts, a troll and Puss's waterfall Hero Time at the end. Crazy Larry's second shop is on a narrow grassy path opposite one of the bridges. Walking the Path guide.

Farm Hams

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Story: finish Jack and Jill's Farm. The Three Little Pigs run the farm and give you five tasks; one of them sends you on once they're all done. Gingerbread Man's Hero Time here is the one for Attack of The Giant Tomatoes. Farm guide.

Smash and Grab

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Story: finish Fairy Godmother's, the potion-factory heist: laser corridors, Lil' Red's Hero Time against Fairy Godmother, a Prince Charming fight and a chase from a rolling cauldron. Factory guide.

The Great Escape

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Story: finish Prison Break with Wolf, Gingy, Lil' Red and the Fairy. It's the toughest party in the game, so play as Big Bad Wolf. The third and last Crazy Larry shop is behind a breakable wall halfway through. Prison Break guide.

Escaped the Mines

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Story: finish The Mines, ending with Shrek & Donkey's mine-cart Hero Time against Fairy Godmother. This is also where Shrek & Donkey become playable, which you need for Everybody's Special and Giddy Up. Mines guide.

Wrath of Gingy

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Story: finish Cookie, Cookie, with Mongo the giant cookie smashing through Far Far Away. You must put out 19 fires and rescue 26 people early on, and it ends with the water-cannon Hero Time, the hardest one in the game. Cookie, Cookie guide.

Victorious

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Story: win the Final Fight: waves of knights, workers and trolls, then Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming and Fairy Godmother again. Switch to Puss for Fairy Godmother: he jumps high enough to clear her blue shockwave rings. Fully upgraded, it's comfortable. Final Fight tactics.

The collectible side: 108 beans, 70 snapshots and the five bonus levels they unlock.

In Vogue

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Unlock your first snapshot. Snapshots are the game's checklist of objectives (70 in all): the first one is for collecting 18 eyeballs from snails and slugs at the very start of Shrek's Swamp, so this pops within minutes.

Family Album

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Find 35 snapshots (50% of the 70). You'll have it during the story if you do the hub tasks in Far Far Away and Jack and Jill's Farm. The pause menu's Snapshot Information page lists what each one needs. Snapshot checklist.

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum

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Find all 108 magic beans: 12 in each of the nine regular levels (Ogre Killer and Final Fight have none). The pause screen shows your bean count for the level you're in, and each full set of 12 is also a snapshot. All 108 bean locations.

Paparazzi

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Collect all 70 snapshots: 7 in each regular level, 3 in Ogre Killer and 4 in the Final Fight. They're for beans, hub tasks, Hero Times, bosses and level objectives. Check the pause menu's Snapshot Information page for anything you've missed, then replay that chapter. This also unlocks the Crash Coliseum. Full snapshot checklist.

Ring around the Coins

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Play the Ring Coliseum bonus level. Bonus levels open in the storybook's Bonus menu as your snapshot total grows; this one needs 21 snapshots. You only have to play it, not win it. Unlock thresholds.

No Dunking

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Play the Floating Floor bonus level, unlocked at 31 snapshots. Bonus levels.

Walking on Air

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Play the Cloud Maze bonus level, unlocked at 45 snapshots. Bonus levels.

Wolf Trap

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Play the Cage Drop bonus level, unlocked at 59 snapshots. Bonus levels.

Are You Not Entertained

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Play the Crash Coliseum survival arena. It opens (with the movie stills) only once you have all 70 snapshots, so it's one of the last trophies you'll earn. Snapshot checklist.

For the People

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Free every captured character: the caged prisoners in Prison Break and the trapped miners in The Mines (Tiny Tot, Short Fuse, Little Bird and the old miner), whom you free by pumping their cages up with the springboards. Freeing them is also part of each level's snapshots, so going for Paparazzi gets you this as well. Prison Break · The Mines.

Nine upgrades, 9,000 coins. Buy the double-coins upgrade first.

Getting Stronger

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Buy your first upgrade from Crazy Larry. His first shop is in Spooky Forest, on a tree stump on the right of the cliff path before the bridge to the Poison Apple inn. The cheapest item is Three Bears Porridge (+3 health) for 200 coins. All 9 upgrades.

Big Spender

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Buy 4 upgrades from Crazy Larry. The three Spooky Forest items cost 1,200 together; add the Green Clover (400) in Walking the Path. Prices.

Fully Upgraded

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Buy all 9 upgrades from Crazy Larry: 9,000 coins in total across his three shops (Spooky Forest 1,200, Walking the Path 2,900, Prison Break 4,900). Buy the Pot of Gold (double coins) first, then farm with chapter replays and the Ring Coliseum bonus level. The upgrades turn Ogre Killer and the Final Fight from hard into easy, so they're worth getting before the end. Every upgrade and price.

Top o' The Morning

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Find Crazy Larry everywhere he appears. His three shops are in Spooky Forest (stump before the Poison Apple bridge), Walking the Path (grassy path opposite a bridge) and Prison Break (behind a breakable wall on the alternative route). He also turns up in Cookie, Cookie, where Mongo squashes him in a cutscene on the main path. Exact locations.

Pocket Change

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Collect 250 coins. Coins are everywhere: in the air, from smashed crates and chests and from enemies. This comes in Shrek's Swamp or early in Spooky Forest.

Pot o' Gold

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Collect 500 coins. Story progress gets you there. Buying the Pot of Gold upgrade (double coins, 600 at Larry's Spooky Forest shop) early makes every coin trophy and Fully Upgraded much faster.

Make It Rain

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Collect 1,000 coins. Easy to reach on the way to Fully Upgraded, which needs 9,000 coins in total. If you need more, the Ring Coliseum bonus level (unlocked at 21 snapshots) is the best coin farm: smash the chests and make the exit before the timer runs out. Bonus levels.

The skill trophies. All of them can be retried by replaying the chapter.

Can't Touch Me

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In single player, finish any level without getting hurt. Play solo (no co-op) and pick a short level. Ogre Killer is the obvious choice because it's one rhythm fight with no exploring, and a flawless run there should also give you Mightier Than the Sword. Buy the attack upgrades first so fights end sooner. If you're hit, quit to the storybook and restart the chapter.

Black Bird Pie

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Pop all 12 birds in Fiona's Hero Time at the end of Shrek's Swamp. It's a rhythm section: hit each button prompt exactly as it reaches the circle. Missing one means a missed bird, so restart the chapter from the storybook and try again (it's near the end of a short level). Hero Time tips.

We're going shopping

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Finish King Harold's Protect Cinderella task in Far Far Away without Cinderella taking any damage. She walks from shop to shop while thugs attack her. Run ahead of her and clear each group before it reaches her, and use Fiona's slow time when a big group spawns. Buy the attack upgrades first. If she's hit, quit the task and start it again.

Mightier Than the Sword

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Finish Ogre Killer without getting hurt. All three rounds of the Puss in Boots rhythm fight have to be flawless: every prompt hit as it lands in the circle. Round three is fast, so watch the prompts, not the characters. Restart the chapter if you take a hit. A clean run should also count for Can't Touch Me. Ogre Killer.

Attack of The Giant Tomatoes

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Finish Gingerbread Man's Hero Time in Jack and Jill's Farm in under 45 seconds. Don't stop to collect anything, beans included (grab those on another run). The giant tomatoes roll down in sets, so learn the rhythm: leave each safe spot the moment a set has passed, and don't wait for the first set if you can make the first safe zone ahead of it. Hero Time tips.

Hero Needed

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Take no damage and make no mistakes in 4 Hero Time events. Choose the four easiest: Shrek's paddy-wagon Hero Time in Far Far Away (just avoid getting hit by the thugs), Donkey's Dragon ride in Spooky Forest (any hit fails it, so a clear is flawless by definition), Fiona's blackbirds in the Swamp (do it with Black Bird Pie) and Gingerbread Man's tomato run (do it with Attack of The Giant Tomatoes). Avoid the Cookie, Cookie cannon. Replay any chapter to retry. All nine Hero Times.

At your Service

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Finish all of King Harold's tasks in Far Far Away. There are six: Friar's Fat Boy (12 chickens into the coop), Family Jewels (196 jewels while a troll you can't hurt chases you), Shrek's Hero Time (18 thugs into the paddy wagon), the Pied Piper (175 rats), Protect Cinderella and Humpty Dumpty (all his eggshells). Each one is also a snapshot. Every task explained.

Grand Theft Carriage

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Get a wanted rating in Far Far Away. None of the guides for the 2004 original mention a wanted system, so it looks new to the remaster. Cause trouble on the city streets: attack the townsfolk, guards and carriages until a wanted rating appears. We'll add the exact trigger once it's confirmed. The city is a hub, so you can try it any time you're there, and replaying the chapter works too.

Passive counters and quick one-offs.

Green Horn

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Defeat 125 enemies. Comes naturally in the first few chapters.

Villans Beware

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Defeat 250 enemies. Story progress.

Bane Of Villans

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Defeat 500 enemies. Story progress; Far Far Away's Pied Piper task alone has 175 rats.

They See Me Coming

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Defeat 1,000 enemies. You'll get close by the end of the story. If you're short, replay the Pied Piper task in Far Far Away (175 rats in one go) or Jack and Jill's Farm's rat tasks.

Got them all!

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Defeat at least one enemy of every type. Fight everything instead of running past it, especially the one-off enemies: the trolls (hit their own bombs back at them), the giant spiders, the stone warriors in The Mines (including the golden one) and the spinning knights. Some trolls can't be hurt (the Family Jewels one in Far Far Away), so they won't be on the list. If it hasn't popped after the story, replay the chapters with the rarer enemies.

Everybody's Special

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Use every character's special ability: Shrek (lift and throw), Fiona (slow time), Donkey (Burro Blast), Gingerbread Man (cookie toss), Lil' Red (rotten apples), Puss in Boots (tightrope), Big Bad Wolf (huff'n'puff), the Fairy (fairy dust) and Shrek & Donkey (charge). The last one becomes playable in The Mines, so this pops there at the earliest. Use each one at least once as you meet them.

Giddy Up

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See Shrek and Donkey's idle animation. Shrek & Donkey are a single combined character (Shrek riding Donkey after the potion) from The Mines onwards. Switch to them in a safe spot and leave the controller untouched until the idle animation plays.

Say Cheese

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Open Photo Mode for the first time. It's new in the remaster: open it from the pause menu during any level.

In Focus

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Spend 10 minutes in Photo Mode. Open it, leave the controller alone for 10 minutes, and come back. Do it in a safe spot with no enemies around. If it doesn't pop, it may only count one continuous session, so give it a couple of extra minutes.

Shrek 2 Remastered platinum: quick answers