The Darkness II

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS

Genres

• first-person shooter

• psychological horror fiction

• adventure game^*

• horror game^*

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  4^*

• PlayStation 3^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  4^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

• ESRB · PlayStation 3^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• The Darkness

Engines

• Evolution Engine

Localized titles

• The Darkness II

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• Co-op^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Japanese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Russian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• German^*
• Italian^*
• Japanese^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Russian^*

Community tags · historical

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  439^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  377^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  360^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  246^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  244^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  226^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  199^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  195^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  176^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  149^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  136^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  134^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  130^*

• Supernatural^*

  Votes · historical

  125^*

• Comic Book^*

  Votes · historical

  110^*

• Short^*

  Votes · historical

  98^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  82^*

• Multiple Endings^*

  Votes · historical

  82^*

• Nudity^*

  Votes · historical

  73^*

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

System requirements

• macOS · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or higher^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core 2 Duo processor^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 10 GB free Video Memory: 256MB Video Card: AMD HD2600 / Nvidia 9600GT with at least 256 MB VRAM Additional: Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client for Mac OS X.^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP/Vista/7^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+^*

  Memory

  1.5GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 10GB Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 Sound: DirectX Compatible Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.4 GHz Quad Core processor^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

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

  Memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27^*

  Community-reported frame rate

  60 fps^*

  Reports

  1^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

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

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Silver^*

  Reports

  116^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Digital Extremes

Publishers

• 2K

• 2K Games^*

• 2012-02-07

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2012-02-07 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2012-02-07^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2012-02-07 · PlayStation 3^*

  Release date

  2012-02-07^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  PlayStation 3^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Feb 9, 2012^*

Detailed specifications