Darkest Dungeon II
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Red Hook's smash hit gothic horror RPG! DDII will test your mettle and drive you to the brink of madness. Armor yourself with purpose and provision your party for the journey…
Darkest Dungeon II is an adventure developed by Red Hook Studios, released 8 May 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Darkest Dungeon II is
Darkest Dungeon II is an adventure game developed by Red Hook Studios and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Some time after the temporary defeat of the Heart of Darkness, a scientist known as the Scholar begins experimenting with an eldritch force called the Iron Crown. The experiments spiral out of control, unleashing a catastrophic realignment of the planet that plunges most of humanity into madness and tears open the way for eldritch beings to invade the physical world. Worse still, the Scholar finds himself trapped in an endless cycle of repeating events. His mentor, the Academic, appears bearing the flame of Hope and tells him that the only way to undo the ruin he has wrought is to carry that Hope to the distant Mountain where the Iron Crown lies, and to finally confront his own guilt…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 121 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Darkest Dungeon II holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 68 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Darkest Dungeon II launched on 8 May 2023, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Dead Island 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Planet of Lana. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Dead Island 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Planet of Lana.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Darkest Dungeon II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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