DARK SOULS™ II

DARK SOULS™ II

Steam Deck Playable

FromSoftware, Inc. · Souls-like · Apr 25, 2014

Yes, worth buying.

At $39.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

88%
Very Positive
47k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 58 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 47k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise37% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters in this game are probably my favorite in the series.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I don’t wanna hear about the better lighting in the 2013 showcase, I wanna know if you figured out how to pincer move Najka with Tark.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
← To run it nicely on high and with multiplayer
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters30 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Multiplayer16 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay24 reviews
88%
Performance8 reviews
88%
Controls8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat58 reviews
76%
Difficulty18 reviews
78%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $39.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
38
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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