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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Obsidian Entertainment · Versus Evil · 2018-05-08

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RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), May 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 08, 2018 (Mac), Jan 28, 2020 (Xbox One), May 08, 2018 (Linux), 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a 2018 RPG priced at $19.99, with Very Positive sentiment (88% of 20081 reviews) and an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners.

172
playing now
88%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (108 ratings)
3.85★
PlayStation Store rating (1,684 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 90% recommend · from 88 critics
69h
to beat · rushed 50h · completionist 130h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

172 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a 2018 role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Versus Evil. It is the sequel to 2015's Pillars of Eternity, and was released for Windows, Linux, macOS in May 2018, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in January 2020. A version for the Nintendo Switch was originally announced in 2018, but has been ultimately cancelled in February 2022 after multiple delays. The game was announced in January 2017 with a crowdfunding campaign on Fig, where it reached its funding goal within a day.

Trailer

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire trailer thumbnail

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition | Official Trailer | PS4

≈229,797 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 172 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 499 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~62/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,641 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 503k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,125 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.19 at Fanatical (2022-11-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 18 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20182026Week of 2018-05-01: 1,351 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4441632026-09-15 12:00 — 190 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 303 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 173 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 289 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 397 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 200 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 192 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 307 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 229 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 304 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 322 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 206 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 163 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 309 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 355 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 181 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 271 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 341 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 181 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 328 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 391 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 189 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 172 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9.5k5Nov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 8 · peak 20Feb 2018 — avg 12 · peak 64Jun 2018 — avg 2,788 · peak 7,004Sep 2018 — avg 1,084 · peak 2,742Dec 2018 — avg 1,373 · peak 3,110Mar 2019 — avg 1,092 · peak 2,299Jun 2019 — avg 1,128 · peak 2,490Sep 2019 — avg 876 · peak 1,769Dec 2019 — avg 965 · peak 1,834Mar 2020 — avg 1,181 · peak 2,480Jun 2020 — avg 959 · peak 1,788Sep 2020 — avg 845 · peak 1,560Dec 2020 — avg 769 · peak 1,697Mar 2021 — avg 738 · peak 1,329Jun 2021 — avg 785 · peak 1,503Sep 2021 — avg 594 · peak 1,045Dec 2021 — avg 664 · peak 1,313Mar 2022 — avg 415 · peak 726Jun 2022 — avg 623 · peak 1,179Sep 2022 — avg 586 · peak 1,140Dec 2022 — avg 556 · peak 914Mar 2023 — avg 585 · peak 1,102Jun 2023 — avg 532 · peak 1,192Sep 2023 — avg 342 · peak 708Dec 2023 — avg 287 · peak 505Mar 2024 — avg 254 · peak 471Jun 2024 — avg 332 · peak 617Sep 2024 — avg 340 · peak 691Dec 2024 — avg 403 · peak 725Mar 2025 — avg 548 · peak 1,047Jun 2025 — avg 288 · peak 508Sep 2025 — avg 238 · peak 449Dec 2025 — avg 343 · peak 613Mar 2026 — avg 280 · peak 544Jun 2026 — avg 305 · peak 575Aug 2026 — avg 310 · peak 554
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-242026-10-132026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$0.002018-01-102026-08-192018-01-10 — best price $0.002018-05-31 — best price $47.492018-08-02 — best price $39.982018-10-11 — best price $37.492018-12-26 — best price $32.992019-04-17 — best price $23.692019-07-24 — best price $25.002019-10-21 — best price $16.822019-12-09 — best price $24.992020-01-31 — best price $49.992020-03-13 — best price $17.002020-05-20 — best price $19.992020-07-20 — best price $20.002020-09-05 — best price $28.952020-10-22 — best price $35.892020-12-11 — best price $15.992021-01-18 — best price $19.992021-03-19 — best price $16.992021-05-05 — best price $39.992021-07-05 — best price $39.992021-09-08 — best price $39.992021-11-22 — best price $8.392022-01-08 — best price $33.592022-04-12 — best price $39.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-09-08 — best price $8.492022-11-28 — best price $8.492023-02-20 — best price $9.592023-04-28 — best price $9.362023-07-17 — best price $8.492023-10-03 — best price $31.192023-12-13 — best price $9.592024-04-25 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992026-05-16 — best price $39.992026-08-19 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7581022026-05-23 — 136 pageviews2026-05-27 — 127 pageviews2026-05-31 — 138 pageviews2026-06-04 — 120 pageviews2026-06-08 — 161 pageviews2026-06-12 — 172 pageviews2026-06-16 — 190 pageviews2026-06-20 — 157 pageviews2026-06-24 — 133 pageviews2026-06-28 — 193 pageviews2026-07-02 — 246 pageviews2026-07-06 — 196 pageviews2026-07-10 — 362 pageviews2026-07-14 — 342 pageviews2026-07-18 — 324 pageviews2026-07-22 — 240 pageviews2026-07-26 — 193 pageviews2026-07-30 — 158 pageviews2026-08-03 — 152 pageviews2026-08-07 — 138 pageviews2026-08-11 — 154 pageviews2026-08-15 — 160 pageviews2026-08-19 — 140 pageviews2026-08-23 — 191 pageviews2026-08-27 — 102 pageviews2026-08-31 — 149 pageviews2026-09-04 — 126 pageviews2026-09-08 — 154 pageviews2026-09-12 — 118 pageviews2026-09-16 — 102 pageviews2026-09-20 — 154 pageviews2026-09-24 — 194 pageviews2026-09-28 — 141 pageviews2026-10-02 — 114 pageviews2026-10-06 — 142 pageviews2026-10-10 — 114 pageviews2026-10-12 — 134 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6102026-09-30 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
60.9%
earned "A Sailor's Life"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing7 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2018-05-08, latest 2018-08-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,9945%55
PS4 (PlayStation)1,57315%55

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

RPGCRPGNudityFantasyPiratesAdventureIsometricOpen WorldStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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