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The Evil Within 2

Tango Gameworks · Bethesda Softworks · 2017-10-12

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 19, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 13, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.

The Evil Within 2 is an Action and Adventure game released in 2017, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 31023 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

139
playing now
92%
positive of 31k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,386
twitch viewers (latest)
3386.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (279 ratings)
27
Nexus mods (25k downloads)
4.55★
PlayStation Store rating (35,930 ratings)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 73% recommend · from 158 critics
17h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 27h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

The Evil Within 2 is a 2017 survival horror game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is the sequel to 2014's The Evil Within.

Trailer

The Evil Within 2 trailer thumbnail

The Evil Within 2 – Official E3 Announce Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 139 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 842 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~105/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 776k–1.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 31,023 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$6.88-83%
GOG$7.99-80%
GOG$7.99-80%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.56 at AllYouPlay (2020-11-26) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 94 of 164 observed days · $4.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50150120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

258722026-09-15 12:00 — 113 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 106 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 86 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 134 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 163 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 78 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 102 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 130 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 85 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 127 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 132 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 72 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 94 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 181 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 166 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 114 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 165 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 150 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 138 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 248 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 230 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 137 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 139 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.1k91Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 3,126 · peak 9,846Jan 2018 — avg 488 · peak 1,211Apr 2018 — avg 152 · peak 308Jul 2018 — avg 287 · peak 621Oct 2018 — avg 153 · peak 310Jan 2019 — avg 221 · peak 421Apr 2019 — avg 91 · peak 200Jul 2019 — avg 236 · peak 822Oct 2019 — avg 134 · peak 350Jan 2020 — avg 362 · peak 794Apr 2020 — avg 199 · peak 369Jul 2020 — avg 245 · peak 501Oct 2020 — avg 174 · peak 343Jan 2021 — avg 273 · peak 592Apr 2021 — avg 159 · peak 297Jul 2021 — avg 182 · peak 377Oct 2021 — avg 161 · peak 379Jan 2022 — avg 292 · peak 640Apr 2022 — avg 173 · peak 335Jul 2022 — avg 224 · peak 435Oct 2022 — avg 319 · peak 1,531Jan 2023 — avg 237 · peak 428Apr 2023 — avg 177 · peak 365Jul 2023 — avg 169 · peak 303Oct 2023 — avg 185 · peak 622Jan 2024 — avg 477 · peak 1,682Apr 2024 — avg 132 · peak 270Jul 2024 — avg 135 · peak 252Oct 2024 — avg 150 · peak 301Jan 2025 — avg 131 · peak 241Apr 2025 — avg 101 · peak 209Jul 2025 — avg 144 · peak 263Oct 2025 — avg 136 · peak 294Jan 2026 — avg 140 · peak 246Apr 2026 — avg 131 · peak 283Jul 2026 — avg 133 · peak 240Aug 2026 — avg 185 · peak 353
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$4.062017-06-122026-10-142017-06-12 — best price $59.992017-10-20 — best price $59.992018-02-19 — best price $59.992018-06-19 — best price $47.682018-09-06 — best price $29.992019-02-27 — best price $59.992019-09-04 — best price $17.992019-12-03 — best price $39.992020-01-27 — best price $29.772020-04-20 — best price $28.032020-07-06 — best price $11.992020-08-25 — best price $39.992020-10-09 — best price $16.002020-11-19 — best price $35.892021-03-03 — best price $15.992021-07-08 — best price $39.992021-10-25 — best price $13.202022-01-28 — best price $5.992022-05-06 — best price $15.992022-08-16 — best price $7.042022-11-13 — best price $39.992023-02-16 — best price $5.492023-05-12 — best price $6.802023-07-29 — best price $34.792023-11-20 — best price $5.392024-02-12 — best price $39.992024-05-08 — best price $39.992024-07-30 — best price $39.992024-11-22 — best price $6.992025-03-05 — best price $34.792025-06-05 — best price $34.792025-08-13 — best price $39.992025-11-13 — best price $7.992026-01-27 — best price $39.992026-04-29 — best price $7.992026-07-22 — best price $35.512026-09-06 — best price $6.882026-10-06 — best price $6.882026-10-14 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5891572026-05-31 — 170 pageviews2026-06-04 — 234 pageviews2026-06-08 — 258 pageviews2026-06-12 — 197 pageviews2026-06-16 — 259 pageviews2026-06-20 — 219 pageviews2026-06-24 — 187 pageviews2026-06-28 — 220 pageviews2026-07-02 — 158 pageviews2026-07-06 — 236 pageviews2026-07-10 — 240 pageviews2026-07-14 — 246 pageviews2026-07-18 — 223 pageviews2026-07-22 — 205 pageviews2026-07-26 — 176 pageviews2026-07-30 — 225 pageviews2026-08-03 — 256 pageviews2026-08-07 — 174 pageviews2026-08-11 — 212 pageviews2026-08-15 — 197 pageviews2026-08-19 — 212 pageviews2026-08-23 — 252 pageviews2026-08-27 — 209 pageviews2026-08-31 — 181 pageviews2026-09-04 — 204 pageviews2026-09-08 — 214 pageviews2026-09-12 — 207 pageviews2026-09-16 — 230 pageviews2026-09-20 — 295 pageviews2026-09-24 — 268 pageviews2026-09-28 — 263 pageviews2026-10-02 — 374 pageviews2026-10-06 — 337 pageviews2026-10-09 — 257 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.2k2.6k2026-10-06 22:12 — 4,151 viewers2026-10-06 23:12 — 3,860 viewers2026-10-07 00:12 — 3,199 viewers2026-10-07 01:12 — 3,053 viewers2026-10-07 02:12 — 2,866 viewers2026-10-07 03:12 — 2,762 viewers2026-10-07 04:12 — 2,598 viewers2026-10-07 05:12 — 2,930 viewers2026-10-07 06:12 — 2,857 viewers2026-10-07 07:12 — 3,039 viewers2026-10-07 08:12 — 2,776 viewers2026-10-07 09:12 — 2,776 viewers2026-10-07 10:12 — 2,882 viewers2026-10-07 11:12 — 3,133 viewers2026-10-07 12:12 — 3,486 viewers2026-10-07 13:12 — 3,386 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
80.1%
earned "Welcome to Union"
32.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportStereo SoundSurround SoundSteam Cloud

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)57,66216%52
Xbox One (Xbox)22,3704%51
Steam (Steam)19,8647%51
Windows (Xbox)1,7647%51

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

GoreActionHorrorStealthViolentZombiesAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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