The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
Worth it · RPG · 2012
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.9985% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.83/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 90,960
- Critics
- 88 players 2 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 2% RPG
Holding it back: Recent reviews
Why
Recent reviews trending down: 79% over the last 30 days against 90% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 24.2h
- To 100%
- 56.7h 2.3x the story
- Finish
- 23% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 52
Price and sales
- Sales
- 115 on record
- Typical cut
- 85% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 November 2014
- Sale every
- 40d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 562 now
- Recent reviews
- 79% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 10% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 94% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
66% start to 23% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 115 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 85 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 2 percent. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered ($49.99, scores 96) beats it on value, while it beats The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut ($9.99, scores 62).
More about The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
Steam's global achievement data puts 23 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. Players rate it 90 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 79 percent. Something recent has soured the room. 2 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 6,898 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 24.2 hours; clearing it takes 57, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings: The Awkward Middle Child Regret: 26% (Geralt fighting in glue for the first 5 hours) Before Witcher 3 was a masterpiece, Witcher 2 was a very good game that nobody remembers. The story is strong and has real consequences, and the second act can look completely different depending on your choices. The combat, on the other hand, felt like Geralt was fighting in a swimming pool of...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This was the first the Witcher game I played more than 15 years ago. I hadn't read the books yet and I still loved it so much that I bought all books and played W1 immediately after. Revisiting after so long after having played W3 multiple times, plus importing the W1 save, has been an amazing nostalgic journey. Such a good game with a great soundtrack and a massive step up from W1. You can clearly see the...
Since the Witcher 1 remake takes forever and we don't know if there will be a remake of this once, I decided to give the original Witcher 2 a fair chance. After a bit more than 1 hour, I couldn't take it anymore. The controls are so clunky and the gameplay is just not fun. I cannot recommend it for people, who come here after playing Witcher 3.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
A time of untold chaos has come. Mighty forces clash behind the scenes in a struggle for power and influence. The Northern Kingdoms mobilize for war. But armies on the march are not enough to stop a bloody conspiracy...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1.5 GB of memory, GeForce 8800 (512 MB) or Radeon HD3850 (512 MB). Resolution: 1280x720., 25 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/20920/the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings-enhanced-editionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 4, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.