Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage overview

Overview

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage comes from Stormling Studios and is published by Iceberg Interactive. It arrived on Steam on Dec 5, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 23 September 2026 - 19:52:17 UTC, with a tracked peak near 14. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 67% positive across 268 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is available in 6 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including pegi, bbfc, usk, and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage has sold up to 15,410 units and has 233 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $91,731. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage overview details

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

‘Darkness Within’ is an adventure game series, inspired by the works of celebrated horror writer, H.P. Lovecraft. In this second instalment, ‘The Dark Lineage’, players once again take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him, in the first volume ‘In Pursuit of Loath Nolder’. Now, Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again. The Dark Lineage will take you to places where the ‘things’ of the past still live, and all the memories that should be long forgotten are still recalled; including a sleepy, depressing town called Arkhamend, a Victorian mansion that conceals dark secrets, a dilapidated building hidden within forbidding, snow-clad woods and dim underground buildings and tunnels. The Dark Lineage is even more harrowing than the previous instalment, so prepare yourself for the descending darkness, this time will be your last... Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage ‘Director's Cut Edition’ was specifically created for Steam, with many extra features not available in previous versions: Graphical refreshes for most environments. A brand new location begging to be explored. Post screen Chromatic Aberration effect and Color gradation effect create a more ‘cinematic’ look, drastically improving the overall visual effect. More balanced game-play with new additional puzzles and enhancements. Key features: Unlike Part 1, Part 2 is no longer ‘point-and-click’, but plays in 3D, with the power of the NVIDIA PhysX engine ; so you can move anywhere…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 23 September 2026 - 19:52:17 UTC, a tracked peak of 14, and 67% positive reviews.

Overview tags

AdventureIndieLovecraftianHorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackPoint & ClickDetectivePuzzle

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