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Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2016-04-18

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Adventure

Franchise: Danganronpa · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Nov 04, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 05, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Aug 19, 2020 (iOS), Jul 26, 2012 (PlayStation Portable), Apr 18, 2016 (Linux), Apr 18, 2016 (Mac)

Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is an Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 32852 reviews).

641
playing now
96%
positive of 33k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
212
twitch viewers (latest)
53.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (263 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (307 downloads)
51h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

641 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is a 2012 visual novel developed by Spike Chunsoft. It is the second game in the Danganronpa franchise following Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010). It was first released in Japan for PlayStation Portable in July 2012, and a port for PlayStation Vita was released in Japan in October 2013. NIS America released the game worldwide in September 2014; a port for PC was released in April 2016 and a bundle for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita called Danganronpa 1-2 Reload, also containing the first Danganronpa game, was released in March 2017. An enhanced version with the subtitle Anniversary Edition was released for Android and iOS in August 2020, for Nintendo Switch in November 2021, and for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One May 2022.

Trailer

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Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - Launch Trailer

≈358,669 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 641 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,873 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~609/week).
  • · Review velocity up 181% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 830k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,189 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-03-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
95895820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k4142026-09-15 12:00 — 771 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 605 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 547 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 968 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 875 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 577 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 591 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 726 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 596 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 840 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 707 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 414 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 491 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 963 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 642 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 639 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 1,009 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 531 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 538 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,045 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 861 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 512 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 641 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k138Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 336 · peak 1,615Aug 2016 — avg 313 · peak 442Dec 2016 — avg 157 · peak 531Apr 2017 — avg 259 · peak 530Aug 2017 — avg 245 · peak 363Dec 2017 — avg 289 · peak 609Apr 2018 — avg 181 · peak 290Aug 2018 — avg 335 · peak 673Dec 2018 — avg 242 · peak 474Apr 2019 — avg 184 · peak 309Aug 2019 — avg 655 · peak 1,254Dec 2019 — avg 331 · peak 672Apr 2020 — avg 444 · peak 596Aug 2020 — avg 702 · peak 936Dec 2020 — avg 881 · peak 1,639Apr 2021 — avg 478 · peak 719Aug 2021 — avg 492 · peak 765Dec 2021 — avg 275 · peak 392Apr 2022 — avg 248 · peak 453Aug 2022 — avg 262 · peak 412Dec 2022 — avg 289 · peak 581Apr 2023 — avg 270 · peak 559Aug 2023 — avg 382 · peak 661Dec 2023 — avg 229 · peak 457Apr 2024 — avg 228 · peak 456Aug 2024 — avg 285 · peak 482Dec 2024 — avg 253 · peak 580Apr 2025 — avg 258 · peak 493Aug 2025 — avg 261 · peak 430Dec 2025 — avg 1,209 · peak 3,053Apr 2026 — avg 1,006 · peak 2,350Aug 2026 — avg 537 · peak 818
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
33332026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 33 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 16 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 13 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new positive2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 9 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 15 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 17 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 13 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 19 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 11 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 22 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 18 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 16 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 5 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$1.992016-04-042026-07-092016-04-04 — best price $23.992016-07-04 — best price $29.992016-07-14 — best price $29.992016-09-22 — best price $17.992017-01-02 — best price $29.992017-07-05 — best price $29.992017-09-09 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-08-20 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-01-24 — best price $19.992019-05-06 — best price $19.992019-08-12 — best price $19.992019-11-12 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-03-06 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-10-04 — best price $19.992022-05-05 — best price $19.992022-09-20 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-02-27 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $19.992023-08-14 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-30 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-15 — best price $19.992025-09-08 — best price $19.992025-12-12 — best price $19.992026-02-06 — best price $19.992026-05-05 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8771842026-06-03 — 249 pageviews2026-06-07 — 266 pageviews2026-06-11 — 219 pageviews2026-06-15 — 220 pageviews2026-06-19 — 231 pageviews2026-06-23 — 203 pageviews2026-06-27 — 214 pageviews2026-07-01 — 227 pageviews2026-07-05 — 271 pageviews2026-07-09 — 252 pageviews2026-07-13 — 260 pageviews2026-07-17 — 234 pageviews2026-07-21 — 220 pageviews2026-07-25 — 232 pageviews2026-07-29 — 202 pageviews2026-08-02 — 242 pageviews2026-08-06 — 259 pageviews2026-08-10 — 266 pageviews2026-08-14 — 198 pageviews2026-08-18 — 249 pageviews2026-08-22 — 223 pageviews2026-08-26 — 228 pageviews2026-08-30 — 247 pageviews2026-09-03 — 432 pageviews2026-09-07 — 342 pageviews2026-09-11 — 867 pageviews2026-09-15 — 363 pageviews2026-09-19 — 327 pageviews2026-09-23 — 344 pageviews2026-09-27 — 318 pageviews2026-10-01 — 249 pageviews2026-10-05 — 324 pageviews2026-10-09 — 228 pageviews2026-10-13 — 205 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

33402026-09-30 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 212 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
73.1%
earned "Murderous Marooning"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,74210%47
PS Vita (PlayStation)7,40232%47

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkAnimeComedyHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy HavocOmensight: Definitive EditionForgotton AnneDanganronpa V3: Killing HarmonyGreedFallNight CallHello Neighbor: Hide and SeekBlacksad: Under the Skin

Similarity via IGDB.

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