Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
Skip · Action · 2013
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $6.99.
- Length
- 13.1h
- Value
- $0.53/hr
- Reviews
- 68% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cast down from power by a mysterious warlord centuries ago, Kain reawakens in a world he barely recognises. His armies slain, his vampire brethren nearly extinct, Kain is one of the last of his kind. With an agenda of vengeance, Kain shall unleash a wicked wrath to uncover the plot that threatens the land he seeks to conquer.
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.97. That was November 2017. 95 discounts in the 13 years on record. They run about 86 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
It is less well reviewed than 79 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003) ($6.99, scores 53) beats it on value, while it beats Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (2001) ($6.99, scores 17).
5 of the 515 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 385 reviews written there were positive, against 68 percent overall, and those are 35 percent of everything written about it.
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 01:49 UTC.
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What players say
My favorite game from the series hands down. I love this game, finished it so many times over the years. Of course it has rough edges! It's older than some people's children. 😂 And honestly, that's part of the charm. Give me an ambitious 2002 game with a strong identity and some jank over another sterile modern game designed by committee any day. 😂 Blood Omen 2 walked so modern gothic action games could run. For...
All you have to do about it is to modernize the textures and implement modern controls like you did with the good old Tomb Raider franchise... the fact that the community neglects this game says all about it, they suck blue spectral dees and deserve to be dishonored with such deviant crap as LoK Ascendance, I hope you loved that crap - I know you didin't x'D - so F-U Soul Reaver fanboys who hate BO2 suck on my non...
This game feels like a demo. The Steam controller fixes are a pain in the butt as I hate using Steam controller settings. I just reinstalled it but tried to fix the controller inputs and gave up after an hour. I can't wait until Crystal Dynamics fixes this game even if I have to buy the darned thing again. I actually hope they replace the fighting with LOK: Defiance fighting because as it stands the fighting sucks...
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Cite this score
Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain scores 22/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/242960/blood-omen-2-legacy-of-kainReviews 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 Sep 20, price as of Oct 1.
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