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Darkest Dungeon® II
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
30 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I tried, I really did, over a long time. It is unusual, as I thought a lot of the gameplay and artstyle direction were great, but not being able to succeed despite caving to using meta-builds, I find infinitely…”
“While this game is a far departure from the original Darkest Dungeon, It is still a phenomenal game that follows up on the stress of Darkest Dungeon 1. This game moves away from the dungeon crawling gameplay of the…”
“DD2 is way better than I was expecting. It checks a lot of boxes for me: + Save anytime: Perfect for short or long sessions. + Progression: Easy to earn 'candles' to unlock permanent bonuses. + Rewards: So many things…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I tried, I really did, over a long time. It is unusual, as I thought a lot of the gameplay and artstyle direction were great, but not being able to succeed despite caving to using meta-builds, I find infinitely…”
“I really wish i was feeling this game but it is sooooooo slow. The first game could already be a grind and here it just feels like they made it even worse and it was already the weakest link in DD1. The artstyle is…”
“DD2 is way better than I was expecting. It checks a lot of boxes for me: + Save anytime: Perfect for short or long sessions. + Progression: Easy to earn 'candles' to unlock permanent bonuses. + Rewards: So many things…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game rules. The amount of hate it gets for not being the first one again is wild to me. Also, a lot of the reviews for the game complain about boss mechanics and having to look at a wiki to beat them... which was…”
“> first game after tutorial > don't know how to add more light > summoned the shambler > this ♥♥♥♥ is so ass > total team annihilation > aight > hours of playing > got trophy to get into mountain > onto next region >…”
“Awesome, incredibly replayable, learning curve is unforgiving but so rewarding.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I really, really, *really* enjoyed this. It was like the creators decided their first game had been great fun, now they were going to use the setting and structure to tell something even *better*. I can see why that…”
“I'll say it outright - this is a different game from DD1. If you're expecting DD 1.5, this is not it. The gameplay loop is different. Personally, I prefer DD2, though I still love DD1. The characters are more fleshed…”
“I loved it 10/10, great storytelling, great art, great character design. If you haven't played it, play it now, trust me. My source? the fact that my boyfriend got me into it and i beat him to the last boss :)”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“While this game is a far departure from the original Darkest Dungeon, It is still a phenomenal game that follows up on the stress of Darkest Dungeon 1. This game moves away from the dungeon crawling gameplay of the…”
“Loved DD1 and am loving DD2. They are quite different. DD1 is heavier on base management sort of like Xcom imo. DD2 is more inspired by the likes of FTL and Slay the spire and therefore more infinitely replayable and I…”
“the first a several runs might be repelling, since you don't have many characters a skills to choose from, but once you have everything unlocked, it's a lot of fun to try new combinations of characters and their skills.…”
21 of the 104 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“I tried, I really did, over a long time. It is unusual, as I thought a lot of the gameplay and artstyle direction were great, but not being able to succeed despite caving to using meta-builds, I find infinitely…”
“I mastered this game on hghest difficulties, 300 hours, loved it. I've come back a year later, boguth the 2 new dlc characters and thougt hey this will be great fun again. Turns out they;ve massively revamped and…”
“DD2 is way better than I was expecting. It checks a lot of boxes for me: + Save anytime: Perfect for short or long sessions. + Progression: Easy to earn 'candles' to unlock permanent bonuses. + Rewards: So many things…”
20 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Fundamentally ill-conceived game. Entirely different genre from the first one, but inherits a number of design decisions that don't work well with this game, as again, it's completely different. If you want darkest…”
“I hate driving the coach wagon, its just a time waster like so many other things in this game. The game isn't bad but its just too slow, make candle progression faster and make driving the wagon faster or just…”
“I mastered this game on hghest difficulties, 300 hours, loved it. I've come back a year later, boguth the 2 new dlc characters and thougt hey this will be great fun again. Turns out they;ve massively revamped and…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I hate driving the coach wagon, its just a time waster like so many other things in this game. The game isn't bad but its just too slow, make candle progression faster and make driving the wagon faster or just…”
“What a disappointment. Nearly every design choice is just there to waste your time. Even the simple act of clicking and holding to unlock skills takes 6x longer than it should. This game is bloat incarnate.”
“I really wish i was feeling this game but it is sooooooo slow. The first game could already be a grind and here it just feels like they made it even worse and it was already the weakest link in DD1. The artstyle is…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I hate to say this because I loved DD1 so much, but this game is not good. Edit: THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT EFFECT TOKENS TO MEMORIZE?!? - There are waaaay too many tokens/effects to monitor and memorize, it's a…”
“This game is, in many ways, a ludo-narrative masterpiece: Read: It is a obsessively misbalanced and underutilized """"sequel""" that gives people stress damage trying to play the game and actually have fun. Every hero,…”
“Darkest Dungeon II is an excellent game that is definitely worth your time! Pros: - Solid Combat: A deep system with a diverse array of unique and interesting enemies. - Hero Customization: Significantly improved depth…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“What a disappointment. Nearly every design choice is just there to waste your time. Even the simple act of clicking and holding to unlock skills takes 6x longer than it should. This game is bloat incarnate.”
“This game rules. The amount of hate it gets for not being the first one again is wild to me. Also, a lot of the reviews for the game complain about boss mechanics and having to look at a wiki to beat them... which was…”
“I hate to say this because I loved DD1 so much, but this game is not good. Edit: THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT EFFECT TOKENS TO MEMORIZE?!? - There are waaaay too many tokens/effects to monitor and memorize, it's a…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Don’t trust the negative reviews that compare it strictly to the first game. The game is actually quite good. However, it is truly very different from the first one in terms of mechanics. When you buy it as a sequel, you naturally expect at least somewhat similar gameplay. But…”
— a player, Steam review · 91 hrs played“I like it way more than the first game. This game's only crime is not bringing back the Musketeer and the Houndmaster (yet?).”
— a player, Steam review · 241 hrs played“So much meta progression grind needed to play this game it feels like a job. Why would you make a roguelite game and design it in a way that requires you to do runs for currency farming? Every run should be a valid attempt at a possible clear, but in this game you will have runs…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Turn-Based Tactics · Dungeon Crawler · Rogue-lite · Dark Fantasy · Lovecraftian · Singleplayer · Rogue-like · Perma Death · Turn-Based · CRPG · Story Rich · Turn-Based Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 121 |
| Official site | https://www.darkestdungeon.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370 Storage: 6 GB available space