Risen 2: Dark Waters overview

Overview

Risen 2: Dark Waters comes from Piranha Bytes and is published by THQ Nordic. It arrived on Steam on Apr 26, 2012, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Stats, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Risen 2: Dark Waters's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 84 players at 8 October 2026 - 18:37:48 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,806. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 80% positive across 6,801 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Risen 2: Dark Waters is available in 8 languages including:

5 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, oflc, and nzoflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Risen 2: Dark Waters has sold up to 1,182,765 units and has 3,539 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $10,593,002. On Twitch, 2 streamers are live with around 21 total watchers.

Risen 2: Dark Waters overview details

Risen 2: Dark Waters combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Set several years after the end of Risen, raging titans have devastated the world and pushed humanity to the brink of existence. Subsequently, monstrous creatures have risen from the watery depths of the sea and their attacks have brought all seafaring to a grinding halt. The hero, now a member of the Inquisition, is sent out to find out how to stop the chaos caused by these creatures from the deep. His quest begins with rumors that the pirates who frequent the southern islands are the only ones who know a way to get rid of the creatures once and for all and end their reign of terror. With an all-new pirate-based theme, Risen 2: Dark Waters aims to combine the most loved classic RPG gameplay mechanics of the original Risen with a fresh theme and setting on a huge variety of themed island locales. A third-person role-playing game set in a dark and gritty universe, Risen 2: Dark Waters maintains the most immersive features of the original Risen, with multiple approaches to every challenge allowing players to shape the game world based on their own decisions. These choices will serve to unlock new paths, features and additional skills for the character. Together with a highly interactive environment and a full day/night-cycle affecting countless aspects of the game world, Risen 2 will be set in the most immersive RPG game world so far.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Risen 2: Dark Waters is listed as a game with $2.49 (75% off from $9.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Stats, and Family Sharing, and is associated with RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 84 players at 8 October 2026 - 18:37:48 UTC, a tracked peak of 1,806, and 80% positive reviews.

Overview tags

RPGPiratesOpen WorldAdventureThird PersonSingleplayerFantasyAtmosphericActionExplorationGothicStory RichDark FantasyAction RPGGreat Soundtrack

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