Gorgeous art, animation and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“One of, if not THE most beautiful game I've played to date, satisfying animations and absolutely oozing with atmosphere.”
Steam review · 64.5 h played ↗
Darkest Dungeon® II
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Red Hook Studios2023Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelite · Dungeon Crawler
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $12.39
The verdict
A gorgeous, tense roguelite take on Darkest Dungeon with deep party-building, but very different from DD1, with 2-3 hour runs and heavy grind. Skip if you want DD1 again or hate RNG.
Great for
Roguelite fans who enjoy hard turn-based combat, party synergies and dark atmosphere, and accept it differs from DD1
Main risk
Expecting a true DD1 sequel and getting 2-3 hour runs, grindy meta-progression and punishing RNG
What changed in the last 30 days
97 recent reviews
Recent negatives focus on unfair RNG, long runs and the game not respecting time. Steam's recent score is lower than all-time; no single patch is clearly named.
97 recent reviews
What players love
Interesting relationship system and hero stories
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Relations ship mechanics are my favourite and a lot of people exaggerate how difficult it is to play around.”
Steam review · 279.1 h played ↗
Fresh roguelite structure, less RNG than DD1
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“If you throw an attack it's 100% guaranteed to land and the game makes EXTREMELY clear the instances in which it is not.”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗
Deep party building and synergies
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“You can have hundreds of hours under your belt and still be discovering new and fun synergies.”
Steam review · 903 h played ↗
Excellent music, narration and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The art direction is topnotch, the music amazing, and the combat feels punchy and interesting.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Great replay value and multiple modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Some of the best replay value a game can offer. So much content between both Confessions and Kingdoms game modes.”
Steam review · 1014.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Not a true DD1 sequel
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“They should have just stuck with the formula from the first game.”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
Punishing, unfair RNG and boss gimmicks
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“You better open the wiki beforehand, or the gimmicks YOU CAN'T KNOW ABOUT PRIOR are going to destroy you.”
Steam review · 108.2 h played ↗
Runs take 2+ hours and waste your time
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you will have to expect to spend more than 2 hours for a single run and it just gets too tedious after a while...”
Steam review · 30.8 h played ↗
Grindy meta-progression and candles
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“So much meta progression grind needed to play this game it feels like a job.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Stagecoach driving feels like filler
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I hate driving the coach wagon, its just a time waster like so many other things in this game.”
Steam review · 32.1 h played ↗
Confusing tokens, UI and tutorials
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“I hope you like looking up what token do. I hope you like looking up what the relationship mechanic does and what influences it.”
Steam review · 130.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support6 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
Storage6 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
Processori7 6700k
Memory16 GB RAM
Storage6 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
Storage6 GB available space
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