Darkest Dungeon® II Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-05
- Improved graphics and art
- Great atmosphere and theme
- Combat improvements and token system
- Too different from first game
- Game is a mediocre sequel
- Visuals are too dark
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMmixedWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 26,280
- Positive
- 19,66074.8%
- Negative
- 6,62025.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,914,585
- Estimated revenue
- $76,564,254
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2054.33%
- Estimated copies lost
- 14,935
- Estimated revenue lost
- $597,251
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2054.3% Avg playtime 0.8h | 491% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,23426.1% Avg playtime 55.4h | 3,24268.5% Avg playtime 109.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 9.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 223.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,153.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,730 total
Organic purchasers3,81580.7%
Voted up: 71%
Key activations91519.3%
Voted up: 64%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,730 total
First impression0-2h3156.66%
Voted up: 28%
Mid game2-10h98320.8%
Voted up: 63%
Late game10-20h72215.3%
Voted up: 70%
Endgame20h+2,71057.3%
Voted up: 77%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
63.6%
Global baseline 69.6%
121 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 26,280 total.