
- 77/100
- Metacritic5 critic reviews
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 83/100
- GameFAQsJust Right/Tough
- 2.83/5
- Player reviews
- 89% positive1,597 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$24.99
Where to get it

2025 · Adventure · Indie
Dark Deity 2
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!
- Released
- 24 March 2025
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 5WindowsXbox Series X/SmacOS
- Genres
- AdventureIndieRole-playingStrategyTacticalTactical role-playing
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Age ratings
- PEGI 7ESRB E10+
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), English, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 26hmain story32hcompletionist
About
Dark Deity 2 is a tactical role-playing game developed by Sword & Axe LLC and published by indie.io. A sequel to the 2021 game Dark Deity, it was released for Windows and macOS on March 24, 2025, and was later released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Set 25 years after the events of the previous game, the story follows the next generation of heroes as they defend the land of Verroa from an invasion by the Holy Asverellian Empire.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Dark Deity 2 is a single-player tactical role-playing game. The player controls a squad of units of the "Order of Eternals" in a series of battles as the plot advances; there are also optional training and challenge battles if the player wishes to further strengthen their team. New characters regularly join the team as the game progresses. Characters have their own personal starting statistics (stats), stat growth rates, and set of accessible classes to choose from.
The chosen class affects the weapons available and their ranges, stat growth rates, and skills available. Skills can be upgraded and customized by spending resources. Equipment is also customizable, with weapons able to be modified with runes for a variety of boosts, and unique accessory rings can be crafted to grant more specialized bonuses to the character equipped with the ring.
Story
Gwyn, Riordan, and Arthur Sildairan are members of the Order of Eternals; their father Irving was the protagonist of the events of the first Dark Deity, which was 25 years ago at the point where Dark Deity 2 is set. Irving has since become Grandmaster of the Order. They are investigating hidden magical artifacts when a border dispute turns into an invasion from the nearby Asverellian Empire. Together, they seek to understand the threat to the continent of Verroa and other mysterious magical disturbances by traveling and making alliances, despite the Order's stated aversion to engaging directly in wars and national struggles.
In the course of the game, there are several split-path missions that require a choice from the player. Choosing which side to aid adjusts the alliances the Order of Eternals gains as the story proceeds.
Development
Dark Deity 2 was created using the GameMaker suite.
It released over Steam for Windows and macOS on March 24, 2025. It released for Nintendo Switch on September 4, 2025, and released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 7, 2025.
Reception
Dark Deity 2 received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.
Graham Russell of Siliconera praised the game and scored it an 8/10, writing that it had both stronger writing and stronger gameplay than the first Dark Deity. He complimented the sprite work as good and the maps as better-looking, although he thought certain elements could have used a little more polishing before release.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Dark Deity 1 & 2
Games like this
60Rise Eterna
2021 · Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 +3
Adventure · Indie
75Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-: The Prophecy of the Throne
2021 · Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 +1
Adventure · Role-playing
78Wintermoor Tactics Club
2020 · Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 +2
Adventure · Indie

Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
2025 · Xbox Series X/S, Windows +2
Indie · Role-playing
86Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
2023 · PlayStation 5, Windows +1
Adventure · Indie
75Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne
2021 · Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 +1
Adventure · Role-playing
Timed SegaLangrisser III
1996 · PlayStation 2, Sega Saturn +1
Role-playing · Strategy
Nintendo exclusiveDark Deity
2021 · Nintendo Switch, Windows
Adventure · Indie
Collections1 collection
Years
- Games released in 2025List › January–March
- Games released in 2025List › July–September
- Games released in 2025List › October–December
Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.
