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Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
Cast down from power by a mysterious warlord centuries ago, Kain reawakens in a world he barely recognises. His armies slain, his vampire brethren nearly extinct, Kain is one of the last of his kind. With an agenda of vengeance, Kain shall unleash a wicked wrath to uncover the plot that threatens th
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
13 of the 68 reviews raise this.
9 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“I played this, gamers... I played this game 3 thousand years ago! Blood omen 2 has a heroical gamestory, like a movie and you are the main character. Graphics is not so good, as modern RTX capable quality, but this…”
“Kain is my most favorite character among many great characters I have played with. Even though franchise fans don't like this one in the series, I had fun playing it. The voice actor, Simon Templeman did a great job…”
“It goes without saying, but check the guides section for a fix for crashes and other bugfixes. I still got multiple crashes with the fix in the last 1-2 levels. Thankfully they did not repeat in the same spot and the…”
8 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain puts players in control of the ruthless vampire Kain in a dark, gothic world filled with combat, stealth, and supernatural powers. The atmosphere and voice acting stand out, giving the game…”
“Cool, bad ass, mature, zelda-like, vampire game. Very linear but there is barely ever any back tracking which is nice. There are lots - and I mean LOTS of new areas to see and pass through all the time, all with a…”
“Love this game. Hard to get running on modern PCs though, but I just finished playing through it. The game was massively underbudgeted and the development team did their best to make the game under the circumstances,…”
4 of the 68 reviews raise this.
4 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain puts players in control of the ruthless vampire Kain in a dark, gothic world filled with combat, stealth, and supernatural powers. The atmosphere and voice acting stand out, giving the game…”
“Kain is my most favorite character among many great characters I have played with. Even though franchise fans don't like this one in the series, I had fun playing it. The voice actor, Simon Templeman did a great job…”
“Pro tip: to make it work on W10 and W11, use the re-vamped patch. The game itself is great. The story, voice acting, art direction. The gameplay is classic late 90s/early2000s action adventure with all the jank that…”
26 of the 68 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“I love this game, and I wish it were remastered with full gamepad support. However, since the developers are too lazy to even patch it and make it playable today, they absolutely don't deserve support. At this stage,…”
“The developers should fix the freezing problem; otherwise, it’s not a bad game.”
“This was my favorite legacy of kain game as a kid, such a pleasure to replay it. For those who are struggling to get it to run properly, you need the "Revamped.dll" installed in the game's directory, otherwise you will…”
18 of the 68 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I played this, gamers... I played this game 3 thousand years ago! Blood omen 2 has a heroical gamestory, like a movie and you are the main character. Graphics is not so good, as modern RTX capable quality, but this…”
“Need to be refined and updated so it does not mess with every other window that is open, besides that could never get past intro cause it kept freezing. Keeping it in Library in hopes it gets updated.”
9 of the 68 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I love this game, and I wish it were remastered with full gamepad support. However, since the developers are too lazy to even patch it and make it playable today, they absolutely don't deserve support. At this stage,…”
“This was a game I spent hours with back on the GameCube, and coming back to it now brings a strong sense of nostalgia that’s hard to separate from the experience itself. If you’ve never played it before, it’s worth…”
7 of the 68 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain puts players in control of the ruthless vampire Kain in a dark, gothic world filled with combat, stealth, and supernatural powers. The atmosphere and voice acting stand out, giving the game…”
“It goes without saying, but check the guides section for a fix for crashes and other bugfixes. I still got multiple crashes with the fix in the last 1-2 levels. Thankfully they did not repeat in the same spot and the…”
“The big question first, should you play it? Not really. It’s not a bad game and I do feel like a remake could be good. The problem is that it feels unfinished, and the quality was already bad when it first released. The…”
4 of the 68 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Only bug I have noticed is that you have to move the mouse to get the main menu to load. Other than that its the nostalgic classic a lot of us know and love.”
“I've never seen a game run like this before. The UI menu's are nearly unusable, requiring me to alt-tab in order to update them properly, and when i bump into the level geometry, it sets me back by a surprising amount,…”
Counted across 68 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 67.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Wicked Game! Ignore the other reviews of it crashing your need Blood Omen 2 ReVamped patch to play on modern PC's Here's to hoping they remaster this one as well!!!! Loved playing these games as a kid and it great as an adult too”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I hope BO1 and BO2 will get a remaster next. Wouldnt even mind if they just put BO1 on steam as it is. As for BO2, its probably my favorite entry in the series with defiance. Runs great on steamdeck,too. You just have to fiddle with the controller settings a bit.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“The game has been fun, but my god the bugs I've encountered is testing my patience. This game has audio glitches that turn the volume up to max after cutscenes, stuttering that basically leads to restarting my pc, frame rate issues where I need to install a 3rd party application…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Vampire · Dark Fantasy · Classic · Adventure · Third Person · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Fantasy · Atmospheric · Gothic · Violent (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended) DirectX: Version 7.0 Storage: 2 GB available space