Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 207k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Larian Studios · Tactical RPG · Sep 14, 2017

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$10.66−82%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
97
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio1 of 13
Subtitles13 of 13

Should I buy Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 133 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 122 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 112 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 207k player reviews · updated

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
67% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
133 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Their personal stories feel meaningful, reactive, and emotionally grounded, especially when you commit to them across an entire campaign.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
122 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
From a purely technical standpoint, the beating heart of Divinity is its turn-based combat system, based entirely on environmental and elemental interactions.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
112 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It’s an endless tactical gameplay loop, where the player’s mind is the only real weapon at their disposal.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Whether you play in co-op mode with a friend or on your own, the dialogue system between the two Source Hunters is sensational.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
With multiple origin stories, countless build possibilities across deep character customization, branching narratives, and a robust Game Master mode that allows players to create their own campaigns, DOS2 offers potentially hundreds of hours of content.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Just like Divinity 1, this game has extreme highs that make me burn hours into the game because the voice acting, music, and gameplay is so much fun.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story133 reviews
Combat122 reviews
Gameplay112 reviews
Co-op28 reviews
Characters23 reviews
Audio22 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Multiplayer10 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
81% still recommend
Interface
35% still recommend
Bugs
71% still recommend
Crashes
40% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$10.66$59.48−82%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

9 points recordedtoday · $10.66

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