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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

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.

634
playing now
96%
positive of 33k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (263 ratings)
51h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

634 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair strands a class of elite "Ultimate" high-school students on the sunny, seemingly idyllic Jabberwock Island for what is billed as a school field trip. The peace shatters when a menacing robotic bear named Monokuma seizes control and traps everyone in a twisted killing game: the only way off the island is to murder a fellow student and escape blame. Players take the role of Hajime Hinata, who must survive each grisly incident by investigating the crime scenes for clues. In tense class trials, the surviving students debate the evidence to expose the culprit, knowing(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 634 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 4% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 815k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 32,591 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 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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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

7923642026-08-06 22:00 — 499 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 483 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 792 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 509 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 532 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 740 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 532 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 558 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 786 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 562 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 441 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 710 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 454 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 498 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 758 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 447 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 380 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 705 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 523 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 393 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 606 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 488 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 464 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 596 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 541 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 409 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 526 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 531 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 483 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 634 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Twitch viewers

31002026-08-26 19:15 — 24 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 307 viewers2026-08-30 18:34 — 2 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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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