No Bully 2? Fans Build Their Own GTA Online-Style Sandbox With Minigames, Free Roam, and Roleplay
The wildest reveal of the week is a rat FPS, skittering out of the sewers with toothy firefights, trash-can cover, and a vermin's-eye view of survival.
Rockstar probably isn't circling back to Bully anytime soon, so fans are just... doing it themselves. And honestly, they're doing it in a way Rockstar never would.
Why Bully 2 feels like a long shot
Rockstar's output lately is on a one-or-two-games-per-decade diet. If the next one takes as long as GTA 6's marathon development, the 2020s might only get a single new Rockstar release. That math does not favor a Bully sequel.
"You just can't do all the projects you want." — Dan Houser, explaining why Bully 2 never happened
Houser also said his own childhood shaped a lot of the original Bully, and now that he's left the company, a sequel feels even less likely.
The fan fix: take Bully online
Rockstar Games–focused YouTuber Swegta put out a video titled "BULLY Online is Happening!!" announcing that he's been working with a group of developers on an online mode for the 2006 classic. Think a Bully-flavored spin on GTA-style online play, built by fans.
- Core loop: minigames, free-roaming, and roleplay
- A proper inventory system
- Earn in-game money to buy cars, items, and even houses
- A separate FPS mode where you play as oversized cartoon rats with guns — a very intentional workaround so they don't put firearms in the hands of the game's teen characters, which was always a sticking point for Rockstar tonally
The team says the mod will be released "in due time." If you support the project on its Ko-fi, you get some extras: early access in December 2025, behind-the-scenes goodies like developer commentary, and an in-game camera.
Mods are carrying the torch
We're in this era where fan projects are quietly epic — from that Futurama makeover for The Simpsons: Hit & Run to Fallout London — so seeing Bully get a community-built online mode feels very on brand for 2025.
Quick history lesson, because it's relevant
Before Bully launched, there was a whole moral panic about the title alone. According to Rockstar, they mostly laughed it off because people were freaking out about a game they hadn't actually seen. That context makes the new mod's rat-with-guns solution even funnier — it's a clever, slightly absurd way to stay true to the game's tone without poking old nerves.