The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II
Skip · RPG · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
The value isn't there at $14.99.
- Length
- 10.5h
- Value
- $1.43/hr
- Reviews
- 69% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 8800, Radeon HD4000, Intel HD4000 (min. 512 MB VRAM), 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
In the second part of the unfolding saga that could also be enjoyed independently, you can explore new corners of this unique world and experience the mix of old-school gothic and mad science, with more action, powerful foes and plenty of stunning places to visit.
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $1.49. That was June 2019. It has been discounted 77 times in the 12 years tracked here, typically at 90 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 13 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 6 weeks.
It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 75 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing ($14.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III ($14.99, scores 13).
Critics scored it 77, but players land 8 points lower at 69 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
Steam's global achievement data says about 2 percent of players ever finish it. On a 10.5-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see. None of the 446 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 42 percent of the 328 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 17 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 10.5 hours; clearing it takes 37, which is 3.6 times the campaign.
The drop-off
42% start to 2% finishMost players never reach the end. On a 10.5-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Players
8 players at peak in the last day.
The chart appears once this game has been counted more than once.Player counts via SteamSpy.
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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II scores 23/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/272470/the-incredible-adventures-of-van-helsing-iiThe BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Aug 2, price as of Sep 24.
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