Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

Buy78%

Mostly Positive · 671 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

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  • macOS
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Square One Games Inc. · Hack and Slash · Jul 20, 2022

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Price
$39.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
26
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio5 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 39 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 671 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews42% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Improving on its predecessor in almost every way, Dark Alliance 2's modern debut showcases idealized couch co-op action RPG gameplay which still holds up, even when you compare to some more modern and bigger budget titles.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story: The plot was a lot more developed than the first game and added quests and content that was exclusive to the characters you picked to play.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It looked good (hardware demanding too, thanks to which porting it to GameCube proved to be quite a challenge), it was co-op-oriented and lots of us had fun playing it back in the days just because of all that.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The combination of perfect controls and the gameplay loop of combat, loot, explore is a joy to experience again in 2022.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There is M+KB support (although a controller is highly advised), and support for both higher resolutions and widescreen (including ultrawide).
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Now, you might think that having five different playable characters is great, and to an extent it is, since you can easily get 100+ hours of gameplay if you decide to max level each character.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay44 reviews
Story38 reviews
Co-op37 reviews
Combat32 reviews
Controls28 reviews
Characters16 reviews
Steam Deck16 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Crashes
64% still recommend
Graphics
68% still recommend
Bugs
54% still recommend
Difficulty
85% still recommend
Multiplayer
86% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$39.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $39.99

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