Rank 01Why this
Shares fast travel with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- $1.19 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2014
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The closest matches to Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage: Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Transient: Extended Edition, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008), ASYLUM, and The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Shares document collection and environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- $2.99 (Price checked Oct 30)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
Rank 03Why this
Shares first person exploration with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- $0.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2009
Rank 04 
ASYLUM
Why this: Shares document collection with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
Rank 05 
The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
Rank 06 
Tokyo Dark
Why this: Shares multiple endings with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Shares fast travel with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- 72% of 269 reviews
- 2Transient: Extended Edition
Shares document collection and environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- 65% of 150 reviews
- 3Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Shares first person exploration with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- 72% of 359 reviews
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- 5The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
Same atmospheric mood as Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- 94% of 402 reviews
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- 9The Sinking City Remastered
Also Lovecraftian and Detective, like Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- 74% of 1,970 reviews
- 10An English Haunting
Shares environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- 96% of 247 reviews
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- 24Apartament 1406: Horror
Shares first person exploration and environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
- 76% of 170 reviews
- Released: 2014
- Developer: Stormling Studios
- Price: $9.99checked Nov 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 62% of 92 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Deep lore and rich storytelling
- Fast travel and manual saves add convenience
- Lovecraftian horror atmosphere is immersive
- Atmospheric
- Dark
- Immersive
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Servant of the Lake
Why this: Shares environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
Call of Cthulhu®
Why this: Shares multiple endings with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
Dark Fall: The Journal
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Why this: Shares document collection and environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
Apartament 1406: Horror
Why this: Shares first person exploration and environmental puzzle solving with Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage.
About Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
The closest matches to Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage: Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Transient: Extended Edition, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008), ASYLUM, and The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Transient: Extended Edition and Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, dark and immersive, and single out its document collection and environmental puzzle solving. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage: In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.
Is Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 62% of 92 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 13 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 13 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Deep lore and rich storytelling
- Fast travel and manual saves add convenience
- Lovecraftian horror atmosphere is immersive
- Multiple endings and secret content
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I just played this for an hour and fell through the map of first main area you get to. I hadn't saved yet, and the game doesn't auto save. In this same area, entire buildings would disappear and reeappear out of view. I'm not sure if this…”
“This game is glitchy, I keep falling through the floor and having flashing screens. Not to mention it has a lot of the problems of old adventure games, hard to find objects that are meant to be hard to find can be impossible to see…”
People who play it also play: Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Transient: Extended Edition, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Frequently asked about Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
Can I run it?
Does Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage run on Steam Deck?
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage cost?
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage are Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Transient: Extended Edition, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Who developed Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage?
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage was developed by Stormling Studios and published by Iceberg Interactive.