DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%2016

The verdict

A huge, fun Dragon Ball RPG-fighter built around your own custom character, but online is broken for many and the DLC is costly. Skip it if you mainly want multiplayer or play on Linux/Steam Deck.

Great for

Dragon Ball fans who want to make their own character and play solo with lots of content

Main risk

Online is broken or empty (Windows 10, Linux, EAC) and full content needs expensive DLC

What players love

Create your own Dragon Ball character

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The create a character is a blast and lets you exist in the universe Toriyama made with all the familliar attacks and moments.”
Steam review · 187.2 h played ↗

“i love how much customization there is in this game”
Steam review · 54.3 h played ↗

“To simply be able to create their own character in their favorite fictional universe.”
Steam review · 110.1 h played ↗

Best Dragon Ball game and great nostalgia

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Nothing needs to be said, greatest db game ever”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗

“A sequel that improves in everyway.”
Steam review · 135.7 h played ↗

Fun, fast combat with deep build options

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“The combat feels fast, fun, and really satisfying, especially when pulling off combos and special moves.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗

“At first, the combat system seems fairly simple, but with practice it reveals surprising depth”
Steam review · 181.4 h played ↗

Huge amount of content and replayability

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“there are tons of quests, skills, and characters to unlock.”
Steam review · 92.7 h played ↗

“even if you don't touch any of the DLC, 10 dollars for the amount of content the base game provides is really solid.”
Steam review · 107.5 h played ↗

Still supported after ten years

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“Genuinely insane how this game is almost 10 years old and it's still getting content”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗

“It's hard to believe this game came out in 2016 and is still receiving updates, DLC, and support.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Modding improves the game

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews

“mod it, if you dont mod it, its still fun but please mod it”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗

“if you get the game on pc, get xv2 revamp, makes the game 1000% better”
Steam review · 211.2 h played ↗

What players complain about

Online broken for Windows 10 and mixed OS

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“if ANYONE in your lobby is running a different operating system than ANYONE ELSE in that same lobby, NOBODY can play the game.”
Steam review · 493.1 h played ↗

“Nice game, but can't play online with windows 10 and bandai does nothing against it since years”
Steam review · 124.5 h played ↗

Kernel anti-cheat blocks Linux and Steam Deck

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“No longer works on Steam Deck because of kernel level anti-cheat being added to a 10 year old game.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗

“Absolute garbage that linux players cannot play online because of EAC and are locked out of content because of it.”
Steam review · 64.4 h played ↗

Overpriced and excessive DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“to get the "Complete" experience, you need to spend roughly 300+ dollars.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗

“For a comfortable experience, all the current DLC costs a month's minimum wage”
Steam review · translated · 79 h played ↗

Dead or laggy multiplayer, hackers

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Bad news, it's dead. There was no one playing, i couldn't find anyone to fill a mission lobby”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

“Terrible netcode, in almost 10 years, they have put no effort into fixing disconnection issues that no other game has.”
Steam review · 115.4 h played ↗

Unskippable credits, dialogue and loading screens

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“Why tf should I watch the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unskippable credits?”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗

“why can't dialogue be skipped?”
Steam review · translated · 8 h played ↗

Cheap AI, repetitive and clunky combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“literally ramping up the npc difficulty when they get to low health.”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗

“very very repetitive. You will just be punching, getting energy, do a kamehame and repeat on all enemies.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-3570 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1030 / AMD Radeon HD 7770

Recommended

OSWindows 10 / Windows 11

ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel Core i5-6400

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce 750 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7850 / Intel Arc A380

OSWindows 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-3570 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1030 / AMD Radeon HD 7770

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