Play as Sarah Connor and the T-800 through a variety of thrilling missions as they take on the T-1000 and try to put a stop to Skynet’s plans before the human race is annihilated.

Lead the Resistance as John Connor in the future, fighting on the front lines as mankind’s only hope in the War Against the Machines.

In this unique story blending iconic scenes from ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ with original scenarios and multiple endings, humanity’s fate is yours to decide.

Terminator 2D: No Fate brings the groundbreaking action movie to life with the trademark adrenaline-pumping arcade gameplay and glorious pixel artwork the Bitmap Bureau team are known for.

The above trailer showcases Terminator 2D: NO FATE’s several game modes: Story, Arcade,
Mother of the Future, Boss Rush, Infinite Mode and Level Training. Each of these modes caters to different playstyles, so whether you want to experience the complete T2D story, jump straight into some action, or train yourself for battle, there’s an option for everyone!

The trailer also provides details on the game’s arcade-style scoring system in which players are
given a ranking after each level, contributing to your final score and whether your 3 initials will
fall short of glory or reach arcade immortality at the top of your highscore table!

However, that isn’t all that’s covered in the video, so make sure you watch the whole trailer to learn all about T2D’s hard-hitting arcade action!

Difficulty levels explained

Beyond what’s covered in the trailer, we thought this blog would be a great chance to delve into the game even further, specifically covering the different difficulty settings. Hopefully this overview will help you decide which difficulty to choose when picking up the game for the first time.

First things first, when you start the game, you’ll be asked to choose your preferred difficulty setting. From easiest to hardest, the difficulties are:

• Easy Money
• No Problemo
• Hasta La Vista
• Judgment Day (Unlocked only after completing Mother of the Future Mode. Completing Story Mode on Judgment Day unlocks the Cheats Menu.)

These difficulty settings are available for all game modes, but for Story Mode in particular, the choice means that the complete T2D story can be enjoyed by everyone regardless of skill level. We recommend first-time players start with the No Problemo difficulty setting for the most balanced experience, while those more experienced with the genre can try their hand at Hasta La Vista; that’s the one most of us here at Bitmap use as our Normal difficulty.

Broadly speaking, the differences between the difficulties revolve around enemy placement and damage output, the number of continues and whether the time limit is turned on. The Easy Money difficulty features no time limit (except for one level) and unlimited continues. However, there are more specific differences between the difficulties, affecting enemy placement, environmental trap timings and more. While it would be impossible to go over all of these changes in the span of this blog, below are a few examples to help you get a sense of the kind of differences you can expect between difficulties.

The Cyberdyne Factory level is a little different from the more run n’ gun levels in the game, testing players’ platforming and timing abilities with various environmental hazards. This level, set within a top-secret Cyberdyne facility, features automated welding arms, used by Cyberdyne in their early terminator experiments. These arms periodically drop down and ignite their torches, causing damage to the player if they come into contact with the sparks created by the arms or the arms themselves. These arms are scattered throughout the level, but how many of them are active will depend on the difficulty the player has chosen.

This isn’t the only difference between difficulties in this level, however. There is also a section of the level in which flames will periodically shoot out of jet engines. The player must evade these flames to avoid taking damage, and time their upward jumps in the periods in which the flames are inactive. You can see below that choosing harder difficulties increases the number of active jet engines and reduces the period of time between bursts of fire, greatly altering the level of challenge.

This isn’t the only difference between difficulties in this level, however. There is also a section of the level in which flames will periodically shoot out of jet engines. The player must evade these flames to avoid taking damage, and time their upward jumps in the periods in which the flames are inactive. You can see below that choosing harder difficulties increases the number of active jet engines and reduces the period of time between bursts of fire, greatly altering the level of challenge.

Your choice in difficulty will also result in differences in the game’s boss fights, including changes to attack patterns, tighter timing windows and more. At the end of the first Future War level, the player will have to battle a Centurion, a behemoth Hunter-Killer quadruped built by Skynet. Below, you can see that in harder difficulties, the Centurion’s ground-sweeping machine-gun attack moves faster, meaning quicker reactions are needed to avoid taking damage.

These are just some examples of the kind of the differences you can expect to see between Terminator 2D: No Fate’s difficulties. When developing the game, we aimed to give it a sense of challenge that would feel authentic to the feeling of old-school arcade games. However, we realise that controller-smashing difficulty isn’t for everyone, so we implemented these difficulty choices to ensure that everyone can pick their desired level of challenge, regardless of skill level or experience.

Key Features:

• Step into a classic arcade experience that pays homage to the Terminator universe with authentic arcade gameplay, music and visuals built from the ground up.​​
• Relive iconic moments and forge new paths as Sarah, John and the T-800 in a narrative featuring a mix of classic T2: Judgment Day scenes and untold Terminator stories.
• Shoot, sneak and escape the T-1000’s blades in a wide array of levels, and lead the Resistance as John Connor in critical Future War missions.
• Battle against the full force of Cyberdyne and Skynet’s arsenal, with multiple enemy  types and adrenaline-pumping boss fights to take on.
• See the world of T2: Judgment Day like never before with detailed 2D sprite artwork of your favourite characters and scenes.
• Enjoy a cinematic soundtrack featuring recrafted music from the legendary T2 score and all-new compositions.
• Aim for the highest rank in each level to reign supreme on your high score table and achieve arcade immortality.
• Mix things up with multiple different game modes to choose from: Story Mode, Arcade Mode, Infinite Mode, Boss Rush, Mother of the Future and Level Training!

Terminator 2D: No Fate is coming to PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Steam / Epic Games Store) on October 31, 2025.