Pirate setting and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The atmosphere, music, and island settings make it feel like a true pirate adventure from start to finish.”
Steam review · 30 h played ↗
Risen 2: Dark Waters
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Very Positive · 80%Very Positive · 80%Piranha Bytes2012RPG · Adventure · Action
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A flawed but charming pirate action-RPG with great island exploration, humor and atmosphere. Skip it if you want Risen 1 again, hate clunky combat, or can't handle crashes.
Great for
Gothic/Piranha Bytes fans and pirate-theme RPG lovers who accept eurojank and some tinkering
Main risk
Frequent crashes and save problems on modern Windows, plus clunky combat, can ruin it.
What players love
Rewarding island exploration and quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“World is genuinely fun to explore, with tropical atmosphere, humid jungles, dank caves and imposing Mayan temples full of traps.”
Steam review · 145.9 h played ↗
Funny characters and dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it's generally an enjoyable game, and extremely comedic”
Steam review · 68.8 h played ↗
Gothic-style feel for Piranha Bytes fans
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“It feels like a Gothic 2 full conversion mod with pirate theme and guns.”
Steam review · 33.2 h played ↗
Muskets and voodoo add fun combat options
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“By the time you get a musket, you are in heaven, blasting monsters in a hail of black gunpowder smoke.”
Steam review · 41 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, frustrating combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Still can't get past just how jank it is, especially the combat.”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Not like Risen 1; setting and lore break
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It mostly feels like completely different developers used the same engine and assets to create a continuation without ever having played the first game.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Crashes and freezes on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The game frequently crashes, especially when teleporting between towns”
Steam review · 37.2 h played ↗
Save problems and game-breaking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Made it near the end of [spoiler]Maracai Bay[/spoiler] after 53 hours played just to have the quest system break and make it impossible to continue”
Steam review · 53 h played ↗
Won't launch without fixes
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Tinkering around with this to get it to work on windows 10 is just frustrating...total waste of money.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Bugged achievements
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“The moment you close the game, counters for many achievements reset”
Steam review · 46.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable5.5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP (with Servicepack 2)
ProcessorDual Core with 2.1 GHz
Memory2 GB System RAM
Graphics512 MB Radeon 3870 / GeForce 8800 GTX
Storage5.5 GB
Recommended
OSWindows XP (with Servicepack 3), Windows Vista (with Servicepack 1), Windows 7
ProcessorDual Core with 3 GHz
Memory4 GB System RAM
Graphics1024 MB Radeon 4890 / GeForce GTX 260
OSWindows XP (with Servicepack 2)
ProcessorDual Core with 2.1 GHz
Memory2 GB System RAM
Graphics512 MB Radeon 3870 / GeForce 8800 GTX
Storage5.5 GB
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