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Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise

Toy Box Inc. · Rising Star Games · 2022-06-11

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 10, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise is an open-world survival horror video game serving as both a sequel and prequel to the original Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut.

70%
positive of 558 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$27.99
steam price (US)
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise is a survival horror video game developed by Toybox, White Owls, and Now Production for the Nintendo Switch. It was released on July 10, 2020 by Toybox in Japan and Rising Star Games internationally. It is both a prequel and sequel to Deadly Premonition, which has garnered a cult following since its release in 2010. A Blessing in Disguise follows FBI Agent Francis York Morgan as he works to solve a murder mystery in the fictional American town of Le Carré, Louisiana.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (121 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 16,992 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 558 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$27.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-06-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10010020222026Week of 2022-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$1.992020-05-012026-09-112020-05-01 — best price $49.992022-07-25 — best price $27.992022-08-01 — best price $39.992022-10-25 — best price $27.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-02-20 — best price $25.992023-03-23 — best price $39.992023-06-13 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $39.992023-10-18 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-01-20 — best price $15.992024-03-13 — best price $39.992024-04-12 — best price $11.992024-06-09 — best price $39.992024-08-24 — best price $7.992024-10-21 — best price $39.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-01-27 — best price $39.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-04-25 — best price $39.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-08-04 — best price $39.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-10-31 — best price $39.992026-06-25 — best price $29.992026-08-06 — best price $39.992026-09-11 — best price $27.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
18.5%
earned "A Cursed Family"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)810%0

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

Player tags

ActionLinearAmericaMysteryAdventureControllerOld SchoolStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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