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The Darkness II
An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“[h1]A BLOCKBUSTER GAME[/h1] This is the kind of game you'd pick up at a video rental store, play it all day and night over a liter of Pepsi and some Little Caesar's, beat it by the weekend, and return it to the store.…”
“The Darkness II is an underrated FPS game for sure. An improvement over the first game and you don't need to have played the first to understand the story. The story itself is quite fair, the voice acting is solid and…”
“Brutal and satisfying gameplay but is sort of short game and story just ends... its a worth a play as its a really fun game.”
32 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“[h1]A BLOCKBUSTER GAME[/h1] This is the kind of game you'd pick up at a video rental store, play it all day and night over a liter of Pepsi and some Little Caesar's, beat it by the weekend, and return it to the store.…”
“The Darkness II is an underrated FPS game for sure. An improvement over the first game and you don't need to have played the first to understand the story. The story itself is quite fair, the voice acting is solid and…”
“The Darkness II is a really unique and memorable game, especially because of its mix of brutal action and emotional storytelling. The combat feels satisfying with the dual wielding guns and the dark powers, which makes…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The Darkness II is a really unique and memorable game, especially because of its mix of brutal action and emotional storytelling. The combat feels satisfying with the dual wielding guns and the dark powers, which makes…”
“The Darkness II is basically what happens when a graphic novel and a metal album decide to go on a date and accidentally blow up half the restaurant. The campaign is short but hits hard and the art style still pops. Not…”
“Story, gameplay and art style are top notch. This is a must have for any comic and FPS fan.”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Only downside to me is they left the story wide open, and didn't come out with III. This game had me pleasantly surprised, and I didn't have to tinker with the Steam Deck to make it work.”
“came into this game without any knowledge on the first game and love it runs so good”
“After all these years, it's still a wonderful game. You can play it on linux and even on potato pc. The mantra is always the same: stay away from the light. If you play it smoothly, you can finish it in 4 or 5 hours.…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The Darkness II is a really unique and memorable game, especially because of its mix of brutal action and emotional storytelling. The combat feels satisfying with the dual wielding guns and the dark powers, which makes…”
“Great short 7th gen FPS game with an interesting story and satisfying gunplay. Worth playing.”
“Delightfully edgy shooter that has a lovely story and lovely presentation, but is held back by unwieldy gameplay, eventhough it's not particularly hard even on the hardest difficulty. I had my fun, even though I elected…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Brutal and satisfying gameplay but is sort of short game and story just ends... its a worth a play as its a really fun game.”
“The Darkness II is basically what happens when a graphic novel and a metal album decide to go on a date and accidentally blow up half the restaurant. The campaign is short but hits hard and the art style still pops. Not…”
“despite being quite short (it took me almost 13 hours to complete both NG and NG+ including all of the achievements), I still consider The Darkness 2 to be one of the best sequels ever made. It pains me how much this…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“The Darkness II is an underrated FPS game for sure. An improvement over the first game and you don't need to have played the first to understand the story. The story itself is quite fair, the voice acting is solid and…”
“I bought this game on discount for some nostalgia, but honestly it’s been a disappointing experience. The game is full of bugs, especially the Vent mission Even after enabling V-Sync to fix the problem, it still doesn’t…”
“Dope old gen story shooter. Brings me back to the old xbox 360 days. Only bad thing about this port is just the vent bug but I fixed it by turning on v sync then off. 8/10”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Only downside to me is they left the story wide open, and didn't come out with III. This game had me pleasantly surprised, and I didn't have to tinker with the Steam Deck to make it work.”
“Brutal and satisfying gameplay but is sort of short game and story just ends... its a worth a play as its a really fun game.”
“An amazing underrated game, unique gameplay, rich telling story AND it improves on everything from first game, while Vendetta (CO-OP Mode) is Dead you can still play the whole thing solo, only thing i hated was the…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“An amazing underrated game, unique gameplay, rich telling story AND it improves on everything from first game, while Vendetta (CO-OP Mode) is Dead you can still play the whole thing solo, only thing i hated was the…”
“Very fun short game, but those ambush sections can go to hell.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“[h1] [b] PORT DARKNESS 1 ON PC NOW !! [/b] [/h1] Darkness 2 is phenomenal game no doubt, the story arc, the characters the theme of Darkness, the gameplay, everything was top notch what I want is Darkness 3 but more than that I NEED Darkness 1 on Steam!! C'mon 2k, take my money!…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“It's February 10th 2012. You just got out of class for the day. You head to Family Video that has an attached Little Ceazers. You go in and grab a brand new copy of The Darkness 2 off the shelf and rent it for a week for $5. You pop into Little Ceazers next door and grab a…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Man, The Darkness II still hits different even after all these years. I remember playing it back on the Xbox 360 back in the day, and somehow it still feels just as good now. The vibe, the story, that raw emotional edge it’s not just a shooter, it feels heavy in the best way.…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:39 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | FPS · Action · Gore · Dark · Shooter · Singleplayer · Horror · Co-op · First-Person · Violent · Multiplayer · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Italian * , Japanese * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * * |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.embracethedarkness.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7 Processor: Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Memory: 1.5GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 10GB Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 Sound: DirectX Compatible Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)