2Dark

2Dark

Fair · Narrative · 2017

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair at $2.49, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Mar 2017. Buy it now if you want it.

Cost per hourS
$0.28/hr
Reviews▼
78% of 878
Critics
68 players 10 higher
Genre rank
Top 20% Narrative

Holding it back: Reviews

Score at full price

Skip$24.99

Score today

−90%Fair
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
8.8h
To 100%
13.3h 1.5x the story
Achievements
15

Price and sales

Sales
71 on record
Typical cut
90% off
Steam low
$2.49 June 2020
Sale every
41d last November 2026
Lowest now $2.12 at Fanaticalall-time low $1.00 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
4% of its genre
Better reviewed
62% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

25% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 14, 10:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

The value story

The value story

June 2020 is where it bottomed out, at $2.49. It has been discounted 71 times in the 10 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 90 percent, about 6 weeks apart.

Its score sits in the top 20 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Little Nightmares ($19.99, scores 62) beats it on value, while it beats Hello Neighbor Alpha 3 (free, scores 36).

More about 2Dark

Critics scored it 68. Players sit 10 points higher at 78 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

1 of the 367 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

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

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.28/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set. That is today's sale price. Normally $2.84/hr
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 367 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Cool dark story, but terrible controls and ridiculous difficulty spikes. Would be fine for $5, but not $25.
ChaseFaceNot recommendedafter 5.9hMay 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

2Dark is a stealth adventure game developed by Frédérick Raynal, the pioneer of survival horror games and creator of Alone in the Dark®. Make your way through the lairs of psychopaths, unravel intrigue where madness mingles with horror, and, above all, save the kids!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia Geforce GT 9800 / ATi Radeon HD 4870, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
2Dark scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/435100/2dark
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Reviews 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 Oct 20, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+10
Critics68
Players78
Metacritic critics · 878 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperGloomywood
PublisherNacon
GenreNarrative
Released2017
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements15