With Darkest Dungeon II’s 1.0 release, it hit Steam, but had a bit of a rocky launch.
Darkest Dungeon II is a game I was looking forward to ever since it hit early access on the Epic Games Store. When Risk of Rain 2 was announced, I wasn’t sold on it going 3D after enjoying the first game as much as I did. It delivered in spades, and got me excited for more sequels like that. With Darkest Dungeon II’s 1.0 release, it hit Steam, but had a bit of a rocky launch. After a few updates, Darkest Dungeon II on PC is a massive step forward for the franchise, and is a joy to play with some tweaking on Steam Deck. It might be my favorite indie sequel in years alongside Rogue Legacy 2. While Darkest Dungeon II plays a lot better on my laptop, I enjoyed the original too much on a portable to give up on playing this on Deck. It doesn’t have official controller support, so I understand if someone wants to wait before grabbing it. As one of my favorite indie releases, the effort to make it run and play relatively well has been worth it for me. Once this gets full controller support, it is likely going to be one of the best games of the year overall for Steam Deck.