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Darkest Dungeon® II

Red Hook Studios · 2023-05-08

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 15, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 15, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 15, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jul 15, 2024 (Xbox One), Jul 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...

1,277
playing now
75%
positive of 27k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
38
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (61 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.39
steam price (US)

1,277 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Darkest Dungeon II is a 2023 roguelike role-playing video game developed and published by Red Hook Studios as the sequel to Darkest Dungeon. The game was released in early access for Windows in October 2021. The full version of the game was released in May 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,277 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,376 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~297/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,481 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 535k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,752 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$8.74-78%
IndieGala$8.78-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.20-69%
GOG$12.39-69%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.74 at GameBillet (2026-08-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 112 of 160 observed days · $3.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.6k5.6k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 5,613 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,868 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,138 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 76 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k4932026-08-06 21:00 — 595 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 522 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 814 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 645 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 642 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 897 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 664 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 691 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 948 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 699 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 498 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 804 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 576 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 527 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 786 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 598 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 493 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 819 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 713 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 546 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 919 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,120 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,068 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,441 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,537 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,243 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,151 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,537 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,277 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$8.742021-10-262026-08-302021-10-26 — best price $29.992022-05-19 — best price $26.992023-07-13 — best price $39.992023-11-23 — best price $29.082024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-02-20 — best price $39.992024-04-06 — best price $35.892024-05-07 — best price $39.992024-06-25 — best price $22.392024-07-31 — best price $39.992024-09-02 — best price $39.992024-10-10 — best price $21.992024-11-09 — best price $30.652024-12-05 — best price $35.892025-01-06 — best price $37.992025-02-03 — best price $30.652025-03-03 — best price $35.892025-04-19 — best price $18.172025-05-10 — best price $35.992025-06-08 — best price $20.002025-07-03 — best price $19.992025-08-01 — best price $30.652025-09-04 — best price $15.992025-09-29 — best price $15.992025-10-26 — best price $39.992025-11-19 — best price $39.992025-12-08 — best price $18.992026-01-22 — best price $19.992026-02-17 — best price $10.462026-03-08 — best price $35.892026-03-30 — best price $12.392026-04-16 — best price $35.992026-05-07 — best price $12.192026-05-28 — best price $39.992026-06-17 — best price $12.392026-07-09 — best price $12.392026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-18 — best price $12.392026-08-30 — best price $12.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

290482026-05-30 — 93 pageviews2026-06-02 — 70 pageviews2026-06-05 — 76 pageviews2026-06-08 — 84 pageviews2026-06-11 — 50 pageviews2026-06-14 — 75 pageviews2026-06-17 — 56 pageviews2026-06-20 — 67 pageviews2026-06-23 — 67 pageviews2026-06-26 — 85 pageviews2026-06-29 — 72 pageviews2026-07-02 — 57 pageviews2026-07-05 — 70 pageviews2026-07-08 — 70 pageviews2026-07-11 — 74 pageviews2026-07-14 — 75 pageviews2026-07-17 — 60 pageviews2026-07-20 — 65 pageviews2026-07-23 — 112 pageviews2026-07-26 — 83 pageviews2026-07-29 — 73 pageviews2026-08-01 — 77 pageviews2026-08-04 — 85 pageviews2026-08-07 — 55 pageviews2026-08-10 — 82 pageviews2026-08-13 — 59 pageviews2026-08-16 — 78 pageviews2026-08-19 — 290 pageviews2026-08-22 — 238 pageviews2026-08-25 — 210 pageviews2026-08-27 — 173 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

51402026-08-28 00:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 514 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 64 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 38 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.2%
earned "A Place to Lay Your Head"
35.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud5 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese…

Player tags

2DCRPGGothicRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichTurn-BasedPerma DeathDark FantasyLovecraftian

Census log

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

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