Risen 2: Dark Waters

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• action role-playing game

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• role-playing video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Risen

Engines

• Genome

Localized titles

• Risen 2: Dark Waters

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Stats^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Russian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Czech^*
• Polish^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• German^*
• Russian^*
• Polish^*

Community tags · historical

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  319^*

• Pirates^*

  Votes · historical

  225^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  164^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  125^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  114^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  97^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  94^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  83^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  76^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  59^*

• Gothic^*

  Votes · historical

  55^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  46^*

• Dark Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  45^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  27^*

• Controller^*

  Votes · historical

  7^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP (with Servicepack 2)^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual Core with 2.1 GHz^*

  Memory

  2 GB System RAM Hard Disk Space: 5.5 GB Video Card: 512 MB Radeon 3870 / GeForce 8800 GTX DirectX®: 9.1c Sound: DirectX compatible soundcard Additional: Keyboard/mouse or gamepad required Internet Connection required for online activation^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual Core with 3 GHz^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  43^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

Developers

• Piranha Bytes

Publishers

• Deep Silver

• THQ Nordic^*

• 2012-04-24

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2012-04-23 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2012-04-23^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Apr 26, 2012^*

Detailed specifications