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Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.

Released Dec 5, 2014 Developer Stormling Studios Publisher Iceberg Interactive Platforms Windows AdventureIndieLovecraftianHorrorPsychological Horror
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

67.3%positive272 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The game is quite boring in comparison with the first one... the story is not gripping and a lot of puzzles dont make sense like the one with the Morse Code... so without a walkthrough you will just get stuck and never move forward.... not my cuppa tea.”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“poor controls and the puzzles are gratuitously hard i have fallen through the map on several occasion”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

38achievements
25.9%median completion
17.2%rarest: Pessimist
57.4% of players 55.1% of players 51.3% of players 47.0% of players 41.6% of players 41.5% of players 41.0% of players 36.3% of players 33.5% of players 32.4% of players 31.2% of players 30.3% of players 29.0% of players 28.8% of players 27.7% of players 27.3% of players 26.8% of players 26.4% of players 26.4% of players 25.9% of players 25.9% of players 25.9% of players 25.4% of players 25.2% of players 25.2% of players 25.2% of players 24.7% of players 24.7% of players 24.5% of players 24.4% of players 24.2% of players 23.9% of players 23.7% of players 22.8% of players 21.9% of players 20.4% of players 18.7% of players 17.2% of players 57.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
57.4%Unlock the Secrets Inside — Acquire the key to the door in the first dream.
55.1%Bygone Days Telling Tales — Finish the first dream sequence.
51.3%Smooth Talker — Persuade Henry to sell the book.
Rarest badges of honor
17.2%Pessimist — Doom and Gloom
18.7%Statuesque Secret — Hidden achievement
20.4%Lord of the Secrets — Find the book of Darkness Within 1 along with a Lovecraft book in the mansion.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-27 21:22 UTC
$1.49lowest since tracking began2026-09-14
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-31 09-09 09-18 09-27

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 06, 2016
Wishlist Zoetrope's New Game "Conarium" Today!

We are much delighted to announce that Conarium Steam page is up and running, Rejoice! Conarium is our latest attempt in developing another game with a chilling Lovecraftian story. As Darkness Within

Oct 06, 2016
Wishlist Zoetrope's New Game "Conarium" Today!

We are much delighted to announce that Conarium Steam page is up and running, Rejoice! Conarium is our latest attempt in developing another game with a chilling Lovecraftian story. As Darkness Within

Nov 03, 2015
Soundtrack Available Now as DLC and Small Update

For those who can’t enough of the haunting atmospheric in-game music, the original soundtrack containing well over an hour of music is now available for puchase at $ 2.99. A small patch was also pushe

Nov 03, 2015
Soundtrack Available Now as DLC and Small Update

For those who can’t enough of the haunting atmospheric in-game music, the original soundtrack containing well over an hour of music is now available for puchase at $ 2.99. A small patch was also pushe

Dec 05, 2014
Director’s Cut Edition of Darkness Within 2 Launches on Steam Today !

Having released a revamped version of Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder on Steam just three weeks ago, Iceberg Interactive and developer Zoetrope Interactive are now delighted to announce to

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Indie · Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person · Great Soundtrack · Point & Click · Detective · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian * , German, Polish, Russian * *
Achievements38
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows® 2000/XP/Vista™ Processor: 1,8 GHz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c compatible Pixel/Vertex Shader 3.0 support DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card