Action
The Darkness II
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 42% of players who started
Started playing 84% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 21,209
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 42% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Cheque Please!” (Survive the hit) and “I'm Just Getting Started” (Find and interrogate Swifty): from 89% to 71% of starters.
- 84% 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 21,350 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 6.8h for positive, 3.2h 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 (83.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Cheque Please! Survive the hit 89% −11
- I'm Just Getting Started Find and interrogate Swifty Most players quit here 71% −18
- Escape the Brotherhood Survive the interrogation 59% −12
- Storm the Mansion Take back your mansion 57% −2
- One Flew Over... Return to reality...? 56% −1
- Sweet Revenge Avenge your Aunt Sarah 52% −4
- Date Night Protect Jenny 45% −7
- Allies in Strange Places Escape the asylum with help from the inside 45%
- Back in the Saddle Rescue Jackie from the Iron Maiden 44%
- Step into Hell... Defeat Victor 43% −1
- Free the Mind Finish the game on any difficulty 42% −1
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
- Jackie's Got Talent Purchase a Talent in the single player campaign 100%
- Cheque Please! Survive the hit 89%
- I'm Just Getting Started Find and interrogate Swifty 71%
- Mmmm Essence! Pick up 5 Relics in the single player campaign 61%
- Escape the Brotherhood Survive the interrogation 59%
- Storm the Mansion Take back your mansion 57%
- One Flew Over... Return to reality...? 56%
- Sweet Revenge Avenge your Aunt Sarah 52%
- Versatile Killer Kill enemies in 5 different ways within 30 seconds 52%
- Karma's a Bitch Kill a shielded enemy with his own shield 45%
- Date Night Protect Jenny 45%
- Allies in Strange Places Escape the asylum with help from the inside 45%
- Back in the Saddle Rescue Jackie from the Iron Maiden 44%
- Step into Hell... Defeat Victor 43%
- The Bird is the Word Avoid being run over in the parking garage 43%
- Free the Mind Finish the game on any difficulty 42%
- Executioner Kill 50 enemies with Executions while playing as Jackie 42%
- Decisions, Decisions Refuse to cooperate with Victor in the Interrogation 39%
- Impish Delight Kill 15 enemies while playing as the Darkling 31%
- Cut and Run Kill 50 enemies with the Demon Arm Slash attack 31%
- Ready for the Big Leagues Kill 50 enemies with thrown objects 31%
- This Kid's Got Potential Max out 1 of Jackie's Talent Trees 28%
- One Man Army Kill 25 enemies while being dragged from the restaurant, without dying or restarting checkpoint 25%
- Burned His Mansion Kill Luigi Palladino 23%
- Coward Kill Cedro Valdez 20%
- Carnie Kid Earn a score of over 1000 in each of the carnival games 20%
- Dark Ninjutsu Complete a mission as Inugami 18%
- 2 Guys 1 Pole Kill 2 enemies with one javelin 16%
- Bonnie & Clyde Wannabes Kill Jean-Luc Lambert and Amelie Dubois 16%
- Hell Hath No Fury... Complete a mission as Shoshanna 15%
- It's 12pm Somewhere! Complete a mission as Jimmy 14%
- Voodoo is More Than Dolls Complete a mission as JP 14%
- Should Have Called 555-2368… Survive the battle against the Hell Beast 14%
- The Brotherhood Crumbles Complete Vendettas Campaign 13%
- Whipping Boy Kill Frank Marshall 12%
- Truly Talented Max out 3 of Jackie's Talent Trees 10%
- Talent Show Max out all of Jackie's Talent Trees 9.2%
- Dark Akimbo Kill 100 enemies while dual wielding 2 different guns while playing as Jackie 8.5%
- That's Why I'm the Boss Impress Dolfo in two different ways 8.1%
- Suck It Up Kill 50 enemies with Black Hole while playing as Jackie 8.0%
- The Swarm King Kill 50 enemies who are swarmed while playing as Jackie 7.8%
- Don of Darkness Finish the game on Don difficulty 7.5%
- The Old Gibber Kill 100 enemies with Gun Channeling while playing as Jackie 7.5%
- Romantic Real guys know how to dance 7.2%
- Embraced the Darkness In Vendettas, acquire all the talents for one character 7.0%
- At Home in the Dark Finish all chapters in New Game+ on any difficulty 6.8%
- Technical Difficulties Kill the NewsWatch 6 team of Tom Dawson, Bud Langley and Sara Stephens 6.8%
- Skeet Shoot Throw an enemy into the air and kill him with gunfire before he lands 6.7%
- Relic Hunter Find all 29 Relics in the single player campaign 6.2%
- You've Made My Hit List Complete 6 Hit List exclusive missions 6.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.