Nostalgic classic that still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“One of the best ARPG of all the time”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Dungeon Siege II
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%Gas Powered Games2005Action RPG · Hack and Slash · RPG
$6.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 11 min ago
The verdict
A beloved party-based action RPG with great builds, story and music, but the Steam port is neglected. Skip it if you won't fiddle with fixes or need multiplayer or the expansion.
Great for
Nostalgic old-school ARPG fans who enjoy build crafting and party management and don't mind tinkering
Main risk
The Steam version often won't run properly on modern Windows without manual fixes (no cursor, tiny UI, crashes)
What players love
Engaging story, quests and exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The story is engaging and easy to follow”
Steam review · 55.1 h played ↗
Deep builds, skill trees and party system
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“it has a unique party system with up to six slots (depending on the difficulty), each one able to be taken by members of different classes”
Steam review · 120.1 h played ↗
Better than the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“DS2 improves on the first in nearly every aspect.”
Steam review · 66.6 h played ↗
Great music and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“the cherry on top; the beautiful OST composed by Jeremy Soule.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Broken on modern PCs: no cursor, crashes
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“Don't buy if you have windows 10. None of the fixes for the missing mouse issue works anymore.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Tiny UI and poor resolution support
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Unplayable, unless you wanna squint for the next god knows how many hours. UI is too small and in general broken.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Multiplayer disabled, even LAN
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the Steam version has no multiplayer. Yes the servers are disabled and everyone expected that but the issue is that they disabled the entire multiplayer function; including LAN.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Broken World expansion missing
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“DS2 is one of those games where you had to buy the DLC to get the actual ending - DLC that doesn't seem to be on Steam.”
Steam review · 44.1 h played ↗
Save problems and game-breaking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The game won't save properly. I'm losing progress every time I try to save the game.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Poor party AI and clunky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“characters simply stop doing anything at all (AI completely breaks for like 10 sec)”
Steam review · 72.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown4 GB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP SP1 or newer
Processor1.0 GHz equivalent or higher processor
Memory256 MB of system RAM
GraphicsATI Radeon™ series 7000 or better/Nvidia® Geforce series/Intel Extreme Graphics 82845, 82865, 82915
Storage4 GB available hard disk space
OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP SP1 or newer
Processor1.0 GHz equivalent or higher processor
Memory256 MB of system RAM
GraphicsATI Radeon™ series 7000 or better/Nvidia® Geforce series/Intel Extreme Graphics 82845, 82865, 82915
Storage4 GB available hard disk space
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