The Darkness II — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2012 · Action · 2K · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 77

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Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 3/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS: Windows XP/Vista/7 | OS: Windows XP/Vista/7 |
| Memory | Processor: Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ | Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor |
| Graphics | Memory: 1.5GB RAM | Memory: 2GB RAM |
| Storage | Hard Disk Space: 10GB | Hard Disk Space: 10GB |
| DirectX | Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 | Video Card: 512+ MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX |
| Item 7 | Sound: DirectX Compatible | Sound: DirectX Compatible |
| Item 8 | Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download) | Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download) |
About The Darkness II
With a gap of five years, Darkness II is a sequel for the first part of the franchise following the story of James Estacado. After becoming the don of the Franchetti family, he still fights the fact that his girlfriend Jenny died in the first game and fighting against the Darkness itself. Things turn pretty bad when a group of attackers catch James and his men off guard in a restaurant. Being severely injured he still refuses this powers even if they save them. The attack doesn't end so fast, and after an explosion, James is left to bleed out and die. James gives up and embraces the Darkness fighting off his attackers and begins his fight with the Brotherhood and his own sanity. The core feature of the game is to control the tendrils. Being Darknesses spawns, two tendrils will help the player to fight off his enemies. You can execute people, throw them around and throw things at them. Also, you can use it to merely attack or defend yourself in any fighting situation. In case you will want to do the campaign with your friends, the game gives you Vendetass. The plot of it follows four hitmen from Jackie's family to stop the mysterious Brotherhood.
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Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the The Darkness II optimization card is computed
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