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Darkest Dungeon® II

Red Hook Studios · 2023-05-08

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IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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...

Darkest Dungeon® II is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $12.39, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (75% of 26937 reviews).

825
playing now
75%
positive of 27k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
38
twitch viewers (latest)
19.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (61 ratings)
179
Nexus mods (444k downloads)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (3,391 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 82% recommend · from 81 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.39
steam price (US)

825 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Darkest Dungeon® II trailer thumbnail

Darkest Dungeon II - Road of Ruin - Early Access Trailer

≈415,201 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 825 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 1% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 544k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,186 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$12.39-69%
WinGameStore$12.39-69%
GOG$12.39-69%
GamersGate$12.40-69%
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 146 of 189 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

1.3k5282026-09-15 12:00 — 804 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 792 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 586 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 847 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 990 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 643 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 599 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 803 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 580 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 721 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 811 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 528 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 577 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 971 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 721 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 775 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,051 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 669 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 733 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,134 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 977 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 717 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 825 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12k690May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 11,808 · peak 23,679Jun 2023 — avg 2,728 · peak 6,827Jul 2023 — avg 1,435 · peak 2,934Aug 2023 — avg 928 · peak 2,066Sep 2023 — avg 690 · peak 1,169Oct 2023 — avg 707 · peak 1,315Nov 2023 — avg 820 · peak 1,354Dec 2023 — avg 2,013 · peak 4,047Jan 2024 — avg 1,531 · peak 2,939Feb 2024 — avg 1,071 · peak 1,773Mar 2024 — avg 805 · peak 1,380Apr 2024 — avg 1,397 · peak 3,018May 2024 — avg 984 · peak 1,647Jun 2024 — avg 900 · peak 1,693Jul 2024 — avg 1,172 · peak 1,859Aug 2024 — avg 982 · peak 1,954Sep 2024 — avg 1,174 · peak 2,111Oct 2024 — avg 890 · peak 1,635Nov 2024 — avg 928 · peak 1,741Dec 2024 — avg 1,084 · peak 1,720Jan 2025 — avg 1,747 · peak 7,559Feb 2025 — avg 3,186 · peak 7,751Mar 2025 — avg 1,351 · peak 2,277Apr 2025 — avg 1,554 · peak 3,192May 2025 — avg 1,150 · peak 1,912Jun 2025 — avg 1,000 · peak 1,948Jul 2025 — avg 1,034 · peak 1,681Aug 2025 — avg 1,030 · peak 5,010Sep 2025 — avg 1,474 · peak 4,411Oct 2025 — avg 982 · peak 1,594Nov 2025 — avg 950 · peak 1,777Dec 2025 — avg 970 · peak 1,766Jan 2026 — avg 1,097 · peak 2,036Feb 2026 — avg 1,227 · peak 2,320Mar 2026 — avg 731 · peak 1,280Apr 2026 — avg 834 · peak 1,562May 2026 — avg 1,200 · peak 2,872Jun 2026 — avg 924 · peak 2,032Jul 2026 — avg 840 · peak 1,372Aug 2026 — avg 926 · peak 1,918
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 5 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new negative2026-09-27: 10 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 7 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 11 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 8 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 8 new negative2026-10-13: 10 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 9 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$8.742021-10-262026-10-142021-10-26 — best price $29.992022-10-18 — best price $26.992023-11-02 — best price $39.992023-12-21 — best price $29.992024-02-05 — best price $39.992024-04-06 — best price $35.892024-05-23 — best price $35.892024-07-07 — best price $37.992024-08-19 — best price $23.992024-10-08 — best price $23.992024-11-09 — best price $30.652024-12-07 — best price $30.652025-01-17 — best price $30.652025-02-18 — best price $35.892025-04-17 — best price $15.992025-05-10 — best price $35.992025-06-12 — best price $35.992025-07-17 — best price $19.992025-08-22 — best price $39.992025-09-23 — best price $30.652025-10-26 — best price $39.992025-11-21 — best price $15.982026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-02-05 — best price $12.392026-03-05 — best price $11.992026-03-30 — best price $12.392026-04-22 — best price $39.992026-05-16 — best price $30.652026-06-09 — best price $35.992026-06-29 — best price $35.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-22 — best price $31.882026-09-04 — best price $12.392026-09-16 — best price $12.392026-09-28 — best price $12.392026-10-10 — best price $12.392026-10-14 — best price $12.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

270502026-05-30 — 93 pageviews2026-06-03 — 70 pageviews2026-06-07 — 89 pageviews2026-06-11 — 50 pageviews2026-06-15 — 66 pageviews2026-06-19 — 65 pageviews2026-06-23 — 67 pageviews2026-06-27 — 65 pageviews2026-07-01 — 81 pageviews2026-07-05 — 70 pageviews2026-07-09 — 59 pageviews2026-07-13 — 77 pageviews2026-07-17 — 60 pageviews2026-07-21 — 183 pageviews2026-07-25 — 60 pageviews2026-07-29 — 73 pageviews2026-08-02 — 69 pageviews2026-08-06 — 72 pageviews2026-08-10 — 82 pageviews2026-08-14 — 57 pageviews2026-08-18 — 139 pageviews2026-08-22 — 238 pageviews2026-08-26 — 202 pageviews2026-08-30 — 200 pageviews2026-09-03 — 160 pageviews2026-09-07 — 134 pageviews2026-09-11 — 114 pageviews2026-09-15 — 89 pageviews2026-09-19 — 85 pageviews2026-09-23 — 70 pageviews2026-09-27 — 77 pageviews2026-10-01 — 56 pageviews2026-10-05 — 67 pageviews2026-10-08 — 79 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

22302026-09-30 21:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 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…

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2023-05-08, latest 2025-06-26 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCRPGGothicRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichTurn-BasedPerma DeathDark FantasyLovecraftian

Census log

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

Recent updates

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