--- title: "Darkest Dungeon II — Belly Score 8.8 | Belly Score" url: https://bellyscore.com/game/darkest-dungeon-2 description: "Darkest Dungeon II gets a Belly Score of 8.8/10. BELLY APPROVED" lang: en --- Image: Darkest Dungeon II (https://base44.app/api/apps/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/files/mp/public/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/2e7112ff2_DarkestDungeonII.jpg) # Darkest Dungeon II Belly Score 8.8 Platform Windows: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/windows, Mac: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/mac, Nintendo Switch: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/nintendo-switch, PlayStation 4: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/playstation-4, PlayStation 5: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/playstation-5, Xbox One: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/xbox-one, Xbox Series X/S: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/xbox-series-x-s Genre Strategy: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/strategy, RPG: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/rpg, Horror: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/horror Released May 8, 2023: https://bellyscore.com/best/year/2023 Developer Red Hook Studios Publisher Red Hook Studios About Forget everything you knew about managing a base; Darkest Dungeon 2 is a roguelike road trip through a literal hellscape. You are steering a stagecoach through a crumbling world, trying to stop the apocalypse with a band of broken heroes. The core loop is all about the journey, where your biggest threat isn't just the Lovecraftian horrors waiting in the shadows, but the volatile relationships between your own party members. It is a brutal, high-stakes test of grit where one bad interaction can lead to a total meltdown. If you can handle the stress and the constant threat of failure, it is a deeply satisfying, atmospheric descent into madness. The Belly's Verdict BELLY APPROVED Belly Score Calculation Category Weight Score Weighted Fun Factor 25% 8.5 2.125 Game Play 20% 9.2 1.840 Controls + Feel 15% 8.0 1.200 Creativity + Originality 10% 9.5 0.950 Presentation 10% 9.8 0.980 Content + Staying Power 10% 8.7 0.870 The Belly Factor 10% 8.0 0.800 Total 100% 8.8 Raw weighted sum 8.765 → rounded to 8.8 ### Prediction Results No predictions were made for this game. Vibe Tags Dark: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/dark Tense: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/tense Challenging: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/challenging Brutal: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/brutal Unforgiving: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/unforgiving Strategic: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/strategic Themes Dark Fantasy: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/dark-fantasy Gothic: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/gothic Monsters: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/monsters Psychological: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/psychological Original Belly Score Video Related Games 9.9 ### BALDUR'S GATE 3 RPG · Adventure · Strategy PC · PlayStation · Xbox Adventurous Exploratory Discovery-Driven +18 https://bellyscore.com/game/baldur-s-gate-3 9.9 ### Persona 5 Royal RPG · Adventure · Simulation PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC Modern School / Academy Psychological +1 Immersive Strategic Atmospheric +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/persona-5-royal 9.9 ### Xenogears RPG PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable Sci-Fi Robots / Mechs Psychological +1 Epic Mysterious Thought-Provoking +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/xenogears 9.9 ### ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE Action · RPG · Adventure PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S Dark Fantasy Mythology Monsters +1 Adventurous Discovery-Driven Atmospheric +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree ### Community Discussion 0 Threads Log in to join the discussion. 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