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The Darkness II

📅 Feb 9, 2012
Digital Extremes
An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
91.5Rating
0Content
50Achievements

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User Reviews

91.5
Overall Score / 100
9.2/10
Steam

About This Game

The Darkness II is a action game with both single-player and multiplayer modes, developed by Digital Extremes and released in 2012. With an estimated 955,000 copies sold, it is considered a commercially strong title on Steam. With 20.6k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 91.5/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 6.17 hours, with side content bringing that to 8.53 hours, and a completionist run can reach 16.22 hours. Players commonly describe it as FPS, Action, Gore, Dark and Shooter.

Playtime Estimates

6.17h
🎯 Main Story
8.53h
⭐ Main + Sides
16.22h
💯 Completionist
Based on 50 player submissions

Game Information

Release Date
February 9, 2012
Developer
Digital Extremes
Publisher
2K
Platforms
Windows, Mac
Price
$29.99

Analytics & Metrics

Copies Sold (VISE)
955.1K
(764.1K 1.1M)
VRI ScoreLearning
66.8
Indicators are uncertain and suggest proceeding with caution.
VISE (VORYTHIC Intelligent Sales Estimator) intelligent predictive model estimating the number of copies sold on Steam, based on community data analysis and purchase patterns.
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Genres & Categories

Genres
Action
Categories
Single-player
Multi-player
Co-op
Steam Achievements
Partial Controller Support
Family Sharing
Tags
FPS
Action
Gore
Dark
Shooter
Singleplayer
Horror
Co-op
First-Person
Violent
Multiplayer
Atmospheric
Story Rich
Supernatural
Comic Book
Short
Multiple Endings
Adventure
Nudity
Funny

Supported Languages

With Full Audio
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish - Spain
Russian

System Requirements

🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
  • Memory: 1.5GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 10GB
  • Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
  • Sound: DirectX Compatible
  • Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)
Recommended:
  • OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor
  • Memory: 2GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 10GB
  • Video Card: 512+ MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
  • Sound: DirectX Compatible
  • Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)
  • OS: Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or higher
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 10 GB free
  • Video Memory: 256MB
  • Video Card: AMD HD2600 / Nvidia 9600GT with at least 256 MB VRAM
  • Additional: Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client for Mac OS X.
  • OS: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 or higher
  • Processor: Intel Core i Series processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM or higher
  • Hard Disk Space: 10 GB free
  • Video Memory: 512+ MB
  • Video Card: AMD HD4870 with at least 512 MB VRAM

Legal Notice

© 2008-2014 Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 2K, 2K Games, and their respective logos are trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. The Darkness is © 2014 Top Cow Productions, Inc. “The Darkness,” The Darkness logos, and the likeness of all featured characters are registered trademarks of Top Cow Productions, Inc. The ratings icon is a trademark of the Entertainment Software Association. Uses Bink Video Technology. Copyright © 1997-2014 by RAD Game Tools, Inc. Portions hereof © 2002-2014 by NVIDIA Corporation. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, PhysX and the PhysX by NVIDIA logo, and The Way It’s Meant to Be Played are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and /or other countries. This software product includes Autodesk® Beast® middleware. © 2014, Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk and Beast are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Alienware and the Alienware logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of Alienware Corporation. All Rights Reserved. All other marks are property of their respective owners.

The content of this videogame is fictional and is not intended to represent or depict an actual record of the events, persons, or entities in the game’s historical setting. The makers and publishers of this videogame do not in any way endorse, condone or encourage engaging in any conduct depicted in this videogame.