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Descent 2 cover art

Descent 2

Parallax · Interplay Inc. · 2014-02-19

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 29, 1996 (DOS), Aug 1996 (Mac), Oct 14, 2021 (Linux), Mar 13, 1996 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

More pulse-pounding 360° action blasting through tunnels with six degrees of freedom.

Descent 2 is an Action game released in 2014 for $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 167 reviews).

1
playing now
92%
positive of 167 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
92/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Descent II is a 1996 first-person shooter game developed by Parallax Software and first published for MS-DOS by Interplay Productions. A version for the PlayStation was released under the title Descent Maximum. It is the second installment in the Descent video game series and the sequel to Descent. Like its predecessor, the player controls a spaceship from the pilot's perspective and must navigate extrasolar underground mines to locate and destroy their reactors and escape being caught in their self-destructions, while engaging and surviving infected robots, which will attempt to destroy the ship. Unlike other first-person shooters, its six-degrees-of-freedom scheme allows the player to move and rotate in any three-dimensional space and direction.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.2k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 167 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.69 at GOG (2018-09-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 2 of 54 observed days · $17.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920142026Week of 2014-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Feb 2014Jan 2025Feb 2014 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.692015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $3.992017-11-24 — best price $5.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-03-27 — best price $3.392018-07-20 — best price $3.392018-10-01 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-01-18 — best price $3.392019-05-20 — best price $9.992019-08-19 — best price $3.392019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-04-27 — best price $9.992020-10-12 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-28 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $6.992022-07-26 — best price $7.992022-11-11 — best price $6.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-08-08 — best price $9.992023-11-15 — best price $9.992024-01-16 — best price $9.992024-05-01 — best price $7.992024-07-22 — best price $9.992024-11-26 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-09-02 — best price $19.992026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-10-04 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

135282026-05-29 — 41 pageviews2026-06-02 — 49 pageviews2026-06-06 — 46 pageviews2026-06-10 — 32 pageviews2026-06-14 — 49 pageviews2026-06-18 — 46 pageviews2026-06-22 — 56 pageviews2026-06-26 — 43 pageviews2026-06-30 — 55 pageviews2026-07-04 — 65 pageviews2026-07-08 — 48 pageviews2026-07-12 — 56 pageviews2026-07-16 — 45 pageviews2026-07-20 — 67 pageviews2026-07-24 — 34 pageviews2026-07-28 — 49 pageviews2026-08-01 — 39 pageviews2026-08-05 — 57 pageviews2026-08-09 — 76 pageviews2026-08-13 — 52 pageviews2026-08-17 — 63 pageviews2026-08-21 — 52 pageviews2026-08-25 — 51 pageviews2026-08-29 — 41 pageviews2026-09-02 — 47 pageviews2026-09-06 — 43 pageviews2026-09-10 — 37 pageviews2026-09-14 — 40 pageviews2026-09-18 — 43 pageviews2026-09-22 — 50 pageviews2026-09-26 — 44 pageviews2026-09-30 — 29 pageviews2026-10-04 — 32 pageviews2026-10-08 — 45 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

FPS6DOFRetroSpace1990'sActionSci-fiClassicShooterAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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