Darkest Dungeon II cover art

Darkest Dungeon II

2023 · Red Hook Studios · ~40h to finish

The town is gone, so there is no bank of spare heroes to absorb a bad decision — a run is four people and every relationship between them is a mechanic.

roguelikestrategyrpgPCPlayStation 5Xbox SeriesNintendo SwitchSteam DeckMetacritic 81
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty6.4PUNISHING

Sustained pressure. Progress is earned.

Price on Steam

$39.99

USD · United States · checked 1h ago

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The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Strategy
7.8
Learning Curve
7.2
Obscurity
6.8
Punishment
6.6
Grind
4.3
Puzzle
3.0
Reaction
0.7
Execution
0.7
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Punishment drops 0.6 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Assist options shave roughly 1.1 points off, if you use them.

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT
START25%HALFWAY75%CREDITS
  1. 60% · ~15hPunishment

    the first full run that collapses in the last act, five hours in, with no way to bank the progress

    3

Assists & accessibility

0/1 SOURCED

CHALLENGE RELIEF

  • Difficulty modes [unsourced]

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What it is

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Red Hook’s smash hit gothic horror RPG!

Where to go from here

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The same shape, one rung harder. The next thing, not the hardest thing.

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