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Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain

· Crystal Dynamics · 2013-09-24

SteamGOG

Action

Franchise: Legacy of Kain · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 28, 2002 (PlayStation 2), Mar 21, 2002 (Xbox), Jan 24, 2003 (Nintendo GameCube), Mar 29, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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 the land he seeks to conquer.

Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain is an Action game released in 2013 priced at $0.97, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 1,229 reviews).

1
playing now
68%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$0.97
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Blood Omen 2 is a 2002 action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows and GameCube. It is the fourth title in the Legacy of Kain series and is the sequel to the first game in the series, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996), with Blood Omen's protagonist, the vampire Kain, returning as the central character.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 50k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,239 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.05-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.78 at GreenManGaming (2021-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 74 of 100 observed days · $0.27 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
112Sep 2013Aug 2026Sep 2013 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2014 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2014 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2014 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 21May 2015 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2016 — avg 5 · peak 19May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 16Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$0.802015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-04-20 — best price $6.492015-07-14 — best price $5.992016-01-04 — best price $6.992016-06-24 — best price $6.672017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-08-24 — best price $1.752018-01-01 — best price $6.992018-07-11 — best price $1.742019-01-10 — best price $1.392019-04-26 — best price $6.992019-09-05 — best price $6.992020-01-23 — best price $0.972020-05-30 — best price $1.232020-11-03 — best price $6.992021-02-18 — best price $0.992021-06-09 — best price $0.972021-11-03 — best price $6.992022-03-31 — best price $6.992022-07-30 — best price $6.992022-10-05 — best price $0.982023-01-13 — best price $0.972023-06-29 — best price $0.982023-10-18 — best price $0.972024-01-27 — best price $1.532024-05-09 — best price $1.792024-08-16 — best price $6.992025-04-03 — best price $0.972025-08-18 — best price $0.972025-12-18 — best price $0.972026-06-08 — best price $6.992026-09-04 — best price $1.052026-09-28 — best price $1.052026-10-14 — best price $1.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

192842026-05-30 — 122 pageviews2026-06-03 — 146 pageviews2026-06-07 — 141 pageviews2026-06-11 — 110 pageviews2026-06-15 — 132 pageviews2026-06-19 — 126 pageviews2026-06-23 — 108 pageviews2026-06-27 — 120 pageviews2026-07-01 — 105 pageviews2026-07-05 — 155 pageviews2026-07-09 — 143 pageviews2026-07-13 — 94 pageviews2026-07-17 — 104 pageviews2026-07-21 — 84 pageviews2026-07-25 — 116 pageviews2026-07-29 — 102 pageviews2026-08-02 — 100 pageviews2026-08-06 — 119 pageviews2026-08-10 — 133 pageviews2026-08-14 — 88 pageviews2026-08-18 — 136 pageviews2026-08-22 — 120 pageviews2026-08-26 — 108 pageviews2026-08-30 — 138 pageviews2026-09-03 — 103 pageviews2026-09-07 — 152 pageviews2026-09-11 — 104 pageviews2026-09-15 — 136 pageviews2026-09-19 — 116 pageviews2026-09-23 — 110 pageviews2026-09-27 — 127 pageviews2026-10-01 — 96 pageviews2026-10-05 — 113 pageviews2026-10-08 — 95 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

ActionGothicHorrorClassicFantasyStealthVampireViolentAdventureStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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