Dark Deity 2 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
Dark Deity 2 is a turn-based strategy, strategy rpg and anime game
developed by Sword & Axe LLC
and published by indie.io and Smilegate.
Released on March 24th 2025 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 537 reviews of which 515 were positive and 22 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 18.39€ on Steam and has a 20% discount.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i3
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel Iris 650 / Nvidia GT 1030 / Radeon 550X
- Storage: 8 GB available space
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I'll preface this by saying that I did not like the first Dark Deity. Dark Deity 2 however is a very, very different story. I feel like I could play through the game again, the story is great, has a few choices that are mentioned here and there throughout it when they are made, and it is fully voice acted (Barring the bonding which, imo is fine!) The bonding system isn't gated and you could grind out everyone's bonds at your own leisure, the VA's did a spectacular job on selling these characters and every voice fit the characters to a T. The bonding itself fleshes out the characters and their relationships with one another on the sidelines (No surprise there) There are a few references to Dark Deity 1, however, you do NOT need to play Dark Deity 1 to enjoy the story of Dark Deity 2. It has a few twists, and isn't anything groundbreaking story-telling wise but it is a great story, and they told it very well! To a point where I think about not skipping cutscenes if I do a second playthrough, even though I know what happens already. There are also some unique hero vs enemy interactions, I only experienced a handful of them but they reminded me of old gameboy fire emblem games when a certain character had a relationship with an enemy, attacked them, and they had a talk before the fight commenced. These were VERY good, and voice acted to boot. The gameplay is fire emblem-esque, hooowweeever, don't be like me and think that means you can strong arm your way through it with a few kitted out units. The class abilities play an integral part in the gameplay and once you understand it, it can be quite fun! I'm NOT good at these types of games (Even though I like them!) so even Normal difficulty gave me a bit of trouble, but, I never felt frustrated when a unit was KO'd, it was always due to my own carelessness and lack of preplanning. Another hoowwweeever, if you're only interested in the story? It's quite possible to use the built in modifiers to make the game so easy that it's downright comedic. I do not recommend doing this on your first playthrough. You can also use these modifiers to make the game harder, or randomized. Although intended to be played with a turn limiter, it was (thankfully for me) kind enough to give a 'relaxed' mode, where only certain stages had turn limits that were fitting for the story but otherwise you had 99 turns to complete it. I am someone who cannot rush these kinds of games. Most chapters also have little challenges throughout it, and some enemies sprinkled through them have loot you can grab from killing them. The only critique I can give it, is something veeeery small. I would have liked to see the 'Main Cast of heroes' which I view as the three siblings, their uncle, and their father, have unique classes tailored for them rather than what all the other characters had. It was the only flavor that I felt was missing from the game. I really, really loved Dark Deity 2, and although I didn't like Dark Deity 1, Dark Deity 2 made me happy that I bought the first one. It made me reinstall the first one, and I think I might give it another shot, since I honestly cannot recall anything barring a few character names from it. I am eager to see more games and more exploration of the world they've built here, since the story made sure to leave a lot of unanswered questions that could be expanded upon either through DLCs or Sequels! Kudos on making a fun fire-emblem styled combat system... And for capturing through both the writing and the voice actors... The story-telling that first got me into these kinds of games.
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Dark Deity 2 has been a great game, I would recommend it to anyone who has a strategy game itch, and heavily recommend it if you're looking for something to scratch a fire emblem itch. The story feels well paced and well thought out. While it has ties to the first game, you wont be lost if you didn't complete it. The character interactions are great, with "good" characters still having very reasonable flaws that the game doesn't feel afraid to explore. There are plenty of serious moments but the never feels like it gets too heavy. The humor is fun but never mood breaking, and most of the cast feels like actual characters rather than filling archetypes out. The story requires you to make choices that feel like they have actual consequences that play out and aren't the most obvious when it comes to making them. The game play has felt fantastic. I remember hitting the Aqueduct level in the first game and having it be a slog. In this one the level design has been tightened up and they all feel fun and unique, with the idea of challenges allowing you to tackle extra difficulty without forcing it down your throat. I love that there has been only a small handful of "Clear the Map" type fights and almost every stage comes with its own unique goal. Classes, abilities and equipment customization allow characters within the same job pool to fill very different or unique roles, I wasn't ready for my crossbow wielding Beast-master to be a tank but Riordan is one of my bulkiest party members, and right next to him is Eve, an assassin who works as a debuffer for my magical units and cuts a swathe through enemies. With how many abilities there are, there are many ways to achieve what you want characters to do, IE I can let my Ice Adept tank through actual buffs he applies onto himself, my Swordsman tanks through sheer stats, and my Monk has a rune on his weapon that heals him every hit, so while hes constantly doubling enemies, hes constantly healing. This mindset works for every role, and characters can be diverse enough to fill multiple roles. With how everyone heals/buffs/deals damage/tanks, there's so many ways to have characters work. Its honestly impressive how unique each of my cast feels, and how many answers it gives me to tackle levels. My gripe here, is that it feels limited with how many party members I can bring to a stage, but hey that's what 2nd and 3rd playthroughs are for. If I had to offer my negatives is that the game can feel a bit easy. I've been playing through on Deity and it still feels like it's easy enough to manage. The UI is a bit clunky, playing on controller it took a bit of trial and error to find all my options and what buttons they were tied to, and even knowing that it still doesn't feel fluid. For example, the menu to manage which units are deployed is the 3rd tab when you enter battles, and it doesn't remember which units you brought the the previous stage, I find myself often having to redeploy some of my squad each combat. I say the game is easily worth the 25$ price tag, even if you only ever do 1 playthrough. If you wanna get everything out of a game I believe that Dark Deity 2 will stay entertaining the entire way through. I already find myself planning out a 2nd playthrough! You will get your money's worth in the time you get out of it. TLDR: Dark Deity 2 is a phenomenal game and I couldn't recommend it more. Story, Gameplay, Replayability are all there. Doesn't require you play the first one. Easy purchase if you're in the strategy game mood.
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Plenty of reason to play this game - but something notably amazing. There are side objectives on each map, seemingly always obtainable but, they're used in a way to subtly teach the player the game. A hidden tutorial that makes you want to complete it. That little nugget of genius is laid throughout the entire project. This is a game made with purpose and intent.
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As someone who enjoyed Dark Deity 1 despite its many... interesting decisions, I've been enjoying the sequel much more. I haven't gotten that far, only 6 chapters into the game, but already both the gameplay and story have been much more engaging. The gameplay is much more tightly designed, and while it's a bit less tightly designed than my personal preference, it's definitely a step up from the previous game in every aspect. The objectives are more interesting, the combat feels more in the player's control, the units are more engaging to use, etc. And that's not to say that this game's relatively loose design is a bad thing, either; for people who enjoy games like Fire Emblem Three Houses that are very open-ended in how you build your units and your army, I think this game will be perfect, even if it's not personally my favourite. The story is already immediately engaging, as well. You have a sense of who your protagonists are and where they fit into the world right away, even if it's still not quite clear where exactly it's going overall, I'm quite attached to the main cast, and the two decisions the story has asked me to make have been quite interesting, with no clear right answer. I'm very excited to see what happens! It would, of course, be dishonest to review the game without talking about the issues it has. None of the problems I've had so far have anything to do with the actual gameplay or the storytelling, they've been with the UI. I've been playing on controller and it's extremely frustrating navigating the menus that way, as there can be up to six different buttons at a time that scroll through tabs. I do not understand why you cannot simply use the control stick to navigate a lot of the menus, and even when you can use the control stick it is sometimes difficult to tell which option is selected at a glance. It has gotten to the point where I have simply decided to navigate the battle preparations menus using the mouse despite playing on controller, which granted is much easier. The main reason I decided to play on controller instead of just using the mouse during gameplay is because I felt like the keyboard button to bring up a character's status menu was in an inconvenient spot (everything else can be done with just the mouse) and buttons cannot be rebound for some reason. There's also been a few minor bugs here and there. Nothing that severely hampers the experience (and mostly involving the UI, of course), but they have been noticeable. All in all, I have so far not encountered any issues that can't be solved relatively easily with updates in the future, so I would easily recommend this game despite them. I'd recommend anybody interested in rpg tactics games like Fire Emblem to check this out, even if you didn't enjoy the first game! It's been a blast so far and I don't expect that to change, but I will update my review if I have anything to add.
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If you like Fire Emblem games, you'll love this game. The sheer amount of possible customization in how you can build your team is incredible.
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Online players
845
Developer
Sword & Axe LLC
Publisher
indie.io,
Smilegate
Release
24 Mar 2025
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