Fun combat and a good sequel
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“The game/story is a bit of a mess but honestly I absolutely loved the gameplay.”
Steam review · 27.3 h played ↗
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 70%Mostly Positive · 70%NeocoreGames2014RPG · Action · Adventure
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A short, funny steampunk Diablo-style ARPG with lots of skills, loot and easter eggs, but uneven balance, bugs and broken co-op. Skip it if you want polish or length.
Great for
Solo Diablo/Torchlight fans who like humor, pop-culture easter eggs and build tinkering, ideally on sale
Main risk
Brutal difficulty spikes and game-breaking quest or co-op bugs that stall progress
What players love
Deep skills, builds and loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Skill trees from Van Helsing 1 have been improved, with more skill choices & a bigger range of secondary abilities.”
Steam review · 64.5 h played ↗
Humor and easter eggs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Cracking jokes, references from other games or movies (such as batman sign in the sky or half life sign on the wall,star wars, alien and so on...you have to look out for those well worth it.)”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
Good atmosphere, music and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The music score is very good, I enjoy the chill atmospheric soundtrack a lot.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Character import from part one
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“import the character into the second game (just a button click away) and continue the story with 30 new levels of skills”
Steam review · 25 h played ↗
Improved, optional tower defense
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Tower defense (optional) mini-game that is good enough to be sold as a standalone game”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
What players complain about
Game-breaking quest bugs and crashes
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“less than 60 minutes into the game a bug with some quest trigger stopped me from finishing a quest and progressing”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Boring, clunky gameplay and camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the camera angle and setup is atrocious”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Unbalanced difficulty spikes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Sudden massive difficulty spikes.”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Short, weak and rehashed story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This one feels like 1.5 instead of 2. Shorter, more rushed.”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Broken multiplayer co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The only reason that there are positive reviews here is that the people writing them did not attempt multiplayer.”
Steam review · 22 h played ↗
Russian language removed after pre-order
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“The pre-order listed Russian, which mysteriously vanished from the language list.”
Steam review · translated · 1.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3, Windows 7, Windows 8
ProcessorDual Core CPU 2.0 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 8800, Radeon HD4000, Intel HD4000 (min. 512 MB VRAM)
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8 (64 bit)
ProcessorQuad Core CPU 2.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 560 or Radeon HD5800
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows XP SP3, Windows 7, Windows 8
ProcessorDual Core CPU 2.0 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 8800, Radeon HD4000, Intel HD4000 (min. 512 MB VRAM)
Storage20 GB available space
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