An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 6-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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Worth it · Shooter · 2012
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes, worth it at $2.99.
about 6h$2.99 (~)
Better value than 93% of Shooter games
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The Darkness II scores 85/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/67370/the-darkness-ii<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/67370/the-darkness-ii"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/67370" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/67370/the-darkness-ii)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 3h ago.
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Price line + bands by tier:Worth itFairSkipPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $1.49, set in October 2025. It has been discounted 87 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Warframe (free, scores 67) and Dark Sector ($9.99, scores 38).
Steam's global achievement data says about 6 percent of players ever finish it. On a 6-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.