ActionAdventureRPG
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 25% of players who started
Started playing 73% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 20,902
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 35h it's 1 in 9 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Crow Carrion” (Defeat the Crowfather) and “Fire of the Mountain”: from 100% to 72% of starters.
- 72% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 20,984 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 24.9h for positive, 13.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (72.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Crow Carrion Defeat the Crowfather 100%
- Fire of the Mountain Complete Fire of the Mountain Most players quit here 72% −28
- Tears of the Mountain Complete Tears of the Mountain 59% −13
- To Move a Mountain Complete To Move a Mountain 52% −7
- Dust to Dust Defeat the Guardian 47% −6
- Heart of the Mountain Complete Heart of the Mountain 47%
- Tree of Life Complete Tree of Life 46% −1
- The Lord of Bones Complete The Lord of Bones 43% −3
- The Toll of Kings Complete The Toll of Kings 41% −2
- The Court of Bones Defeat Basileus 36% −5
- Soul Crushing Defeat The Wailing Host 33% −2
- City of the Dead Complete City of the Dead 33%
- The Rod of Arafel Complete The Rod of Arafel 29% −4
- Clipped Wings Defeat Archon 28% −1
- Stains of Heresy Complete Stains of Heresy 27%
- The Mad Queen Complete The Mad Queen 27%
- It's Not Over Defeat Samael 26% −1
- Lord of the Black Stone Complete Lord of the Black Stone 26%
- The Big Boss Defeat Absalom 25% −1
- A Stroll In The Demonic Park Complete the game on any difficulty setting 25%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Crow Carrion Defeat the Crowfather 100%
- Fire of the Mountain Complete Fire of the Mountain 72%
- Looks Familiar Collect Redemption 72%
- Pathfinder First use of Fast Travel 70%
- Grim Reaping Unlock Reaper Form 63%
- Tears of the Mountain Complete Tears of the Mountain 59%
- To Move a Mountain Complete To Move a Mountain 52%
- The Spectral Touch Collect Deathgrip 50%
- Feeding Time Level Up Your 1st Possessed Weapon 48%
- Dust to Dust Defeat the Guardian 47%
- Heart of the Mountain Complete Heart of the Mountain 47%
- Tree of Life Complete Tree of Life 46%
- The Lord of Bones Complete The Lord of Bones 43%
- By Your Command Collect the Interdiction Stone 41%
- The Toll of Kings Complete The Toll of Kings 41%
- The Court of Bones Defeat Basileus 36%
- Death Will Tear Us Apart Collect the Soul Splitter 36%
- Soul Crushing Defeat The Wailing Host 33%
- City of the Dead Complete City of the Dead 33%
- The Rod of Arafel Complete The Rod of Arafel 29%
- I Can Has Cake? Collect the Voidwalker 29%
- Full Potential Unlock All Combat Moves & Upgrades 28%
- Clipped Wings Defeat Archon 28%
- Stains of Heresy Complete Stains of Heresy 27%
- Tearing Time A New One Collect the Phasewalker 27%
- The Mad Queen Complete The Mad Queen 27%
- It's Not Over Defeat Samael 26%
- Lord of the Black Stone Complete Lord of the Black Stone 26%
- Diamond Geezertron Unlock the final skill in either skill tree 26%
- The Root Of Corruption Open The Well Of Souls 26%
- A Stroll In The Demonic Park Complete the game on any difficulty setting 25%
- The Big Boss Defeat Absalom 25%
- Respec Yourself Your First Respec 24%
- Four My Brother Complete the game on NORMAL 22%
- Like a Noss Defeat the four creatures named by Thane 21%
- I've Brought You A Gift Defeat the Soul Arbiter 13%
- A True Horseman Complete the game on APOCALYPTIC 9.7%
- Gnomad Complete GnoMAD 9.7%
- Mass Ruckus Equip elite items to all slots 8.1%
- The Book of the Dead Complete The Book of the Dead 7.9%
- Abracadabra Open all Death Tombs 7.7%
- It's Definitive Complete the game on DEATHINITIVE 7.3%
- Antiquing Complete Lost Relics 6.8%
- Epic! Death Reaches Level 30 6.8%
- The Triple Lindy Complete 3 different high dives in the Foundry 6.5%
- All You Can Eat Buffet Complete Sticks and Stones 6.2%
- Bravo Old Chap Defeat Wicked K 6.1%
- The Secondary Adventure Complete all Secondary Quests 6.1%
- Is There Anyone Else? Complete The Crucible 5.8%
- BFA Unlock Everything 4.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.