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Dementium II HD
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Dementium II is a 2010 survival horror first-person shooter video game developed by Renegade Kid and published by SouthPeak Games for the Nintendo DS. It is the sequel to 2007's Dementium: The Ward. A remastered version of the game without involvement from Renegade Kid was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on December 17, 2013 to negative reviews. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
185 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
51
Mixed
94 positive · 89 negative
95% range 44–59%
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| Steam reviews | 94 | 89 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
2 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
640 of 1,285 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Players are split on this buggy DS port with nostalgic charm.
Many players criticize the port for being buggy and clunky, with some calling it "a genuine mess of a port" (R36) and "one of the buggiest pieces of excrement" (R24). Others note the controls are "horrendous" (R26) and the game feels "super clunky" (R19). [36][24][26][19]
However, some players enjoy the game for its nostalgic value and B-horror charm, calling it "pretty simple and great fun" (R2) and "a fun time" (R3). One player says it "nails the schlocky overdone horror of the time" (R3). [2][3]
Praised nostalgic charm · B-horror atmosphere
Criticised buggy port · clunky controls · poor graphics
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 9, 2026. Method
Critics, per Wikipedia
The DS version received "generally favorable reviews", while the PC version received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the DS version was ported and published by Intergrow on September 30, 2010, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight, two sevens, and one eight for a total of 30 out of 40.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 185 · most liked firstIt seems like it might be a neat shooter game but this port is buggy af and feels super clunky. The controls are just plain wretched. This might be better on it's original system but I couldn't tell ya.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They should include an achievement for completing Chapter 1 without the game crashing to desktop. Addendum: Well, at least the game is pretty stable on the Steam Deck.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a big fan of the Dementium series on the Nintendo DS, so when I found out this port existed, I just had to have it. Unfortunately, this port falls short of the original version in several key areas. One of the main advertised features of the HD version is the upgraded cutscenes. However, these "HD" cutscenes feel jarring compared to the smoother transitions in the DS version. Instead of seamlessly blending into gameplay, the cutscenes feel like abrupt movie segments that pull you out of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like Dementium: The Ward I like Dementium II I like Dementium Remastered I don't like Dementium II HD
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is wayyy better on ds. This is a pile of poop tbh
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look how they massacred my boy If you ever get the original DS version play that one, this version has bugged achievements (all of them are still obtainable) and is not visually HD for a PC game, the hitboxes and movement of some enemies feel somewhat different in a bad way compared to the original, it also randomly crashed twice when I played it. Dementium II improves a lot of what the first one did, actual maps and areas, a very odd but at least it has some sort of story, more enemies…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the buggiest pieces of excrement I have ever seen uploaded on Steam, only 15 minutes in and I've had many crashes and now a progression blocking crash so I can't even continue Chapter 1. People should be ashamed for releasing such buggy trash and charge money for it, even if it was $.71. I will be requesting a refund and suggest everyone else leave negative reviews until someone fixes this awful mess, it's a shame because the game seems interesting but apparently you're better off…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eurojank remake of an incredible DS game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Actually a good game, but the port is a total mess, controls are horrendous, and it seems in all those 8 years of being on here, they never bothered fixing anything.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty simple and great fun. Like it's predecessor it's fairly old- but if you're okay with that, you're golden. It appears to contain elements of 'Hellraiser', 'Silent Hill', and '(John Carpenter's) The Thing' to varying degrees, which I found to be really cool. The combat isn't really that much of an upgrade from the first one, but it's still a step up, and the weapons and enemies have been expanded a bit. Flashlight use finally makes sense, and you can actually store things in your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is the worst way possible you can experience this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nearly every negative review of this game is completely accurate. The gunplay is weak, the movement feels weird, the combat is shallow, the level and enemy design is often frustrating, and it's buggy as all hell. However, I enjoyed the hell out of my time with this game anyway. The game is the perfect encapsulation of what I love about the mid-tier jank of ten years ago, a genre and class of game that's largely disappeared in recent years. The design is weird and sometimes even obtuse, but the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The HD in "Dementium II HD" actually stands for "Highly Downgraded"
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Things you can do over 3 hours instead of play Dementium II HD (courtesy of Mental Health America): Read a book Give yourself a manicure or pedicure Binge watch a show Drink herbal tea Cook something new Do crafts Listen to music Draw Watch or listen to comedy Decorate Go shopping Order dinner or your favorite meal Go for a drive Go to a coffee shop and order a beverage Sing out loud Sleep in Get a massage Go to a playground and play- swing on a swing, go down the slide Try on clothes Do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The equivalent of the Silent Hill HD Collection, but make it Dementium 2.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this for the nostalgia, such great memories of playing the original on my DS Lite, seems like an eternity ago. It's a DS HD port, it shows, but if you're in the right mood it nails the schlocky overdone horror of the time. Its a fun time and it runs well, definitely worth a few bucks or the $0.60 it goes on sale for every once in a while. Would love to see an HD redo of the original, but I know it'll never be, so this'll have to do <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not get this. The developers for it don't even make any money from it. You're better off tracking down a DS/3DS and an actual copy of the original, or waiting for the remaster by the original devs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Discovering that a remaster of the original Dementium is coming out soon brought me here. It's a long time since I played this, so memories are hazy, but it could have been at least a decent game. The quality of the graphics didn't bother me; in fact, I personally liked how it had a low-budget PS2 horror game vibe, nor did the clear limits of its game design, due to the fact that it was originally made for a portable system (and was much more impressive on it). However, the game trips near…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: It's a cheap, pretty generic horror game; it's what you'd expect. Not bad, not great, pretty average but enjoyable - it's not a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ asset flip, thankfully. It's basically permanently on sale, so for 50P/Cents, or even at its full price of £/$5, you can't complain. 7/10 This is not a perfect game by any means, nor even really a good one either. Well... Okay, I personally think it's on the verge of deserving the title of a "good" game, but that's just my opinion; it's evidently flawed…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Up next on #LifelineforLinear is @astridcraft.bsky.social running Dementium II HD, one of the games of all time! Why such the long face, Colossus? We think you're fabulous today. 💅 Please drop affirmations for our friend Colossus here in the replies. 🥺
unlabelledView post →Decided to play this on a whim today after finishing the original DS version, since it's been sitting in my library for years (funny story behind that, I got it through a steam trade with some person who was very insistent about wanting to trade for my duplicate cards but then acted all uppity when I wanted to trade for this game even though it had been put on offer; after the trade was complete I have yet to trade with anyone again). I'm giving it the same score as that one even though the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BRING DEMENTIUM THE WARD TO PC
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm heavily infatuated with horror games on Nintendo consoles, mostly anything other than Luigi's Mansion, so 3rd party horror titles basically. There's just something wickedly entertaining about experiencing blood, guts and gore, even sometimes deep psychological-horror stuff on systems that proudly and almost exclusively feature family friendly and all encompassing games. Right from the start in fact, with Resident Evil: Gaiden on GBC. Later on, there came Madworld, that one Grudge game,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THE SHORT REVIEW: Arse! THE LONG VERSION: Uh, well, to be honest: You don't really need to read this, but hey! If you have some time to waste..... This won't be the most informed review as the game is so poor that I couldn't bring myself to play it for more than an hour. It's a very basic "horror" title (i.e the only thing scary about it is the fact you paid to experience such a pish horror game) that has been ported from the Nintendo 3DS. Now, this was a 3d handheld so advanced that by…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another horror game that I like, hope to get as many possible <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dude for a old DS horror game its really fun reminds me of outlast having a lot of fun, corny but fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silent hill? More like silencing my rage for how repetitive anda monotous this game is. Its more like horror endurance than horror shooter.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the DS version has better execution, the HD port brings some quality of life changes to the gameplay, like: better map, usable flashlight on ranged weapons, you can scare those flying f***s with the throwable relic. I have finished the game in like 3 hours (I played offline that's why the time missmatches my actual time spent playing). The controls were a bit weird, had to use a controller to make the keyboard work somehow. I had graphic errors and almost fell through the map after…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm surprised this is only sitting at "mixed" at the moment, a genuine mess of a port all around. First I'll cover the game itself. It's... fine? It's really nothing special but if you want a pretty short generic horror game this'll do that for you. Spooky monsters, spooky setting, weird stuff going on, the works. I don't think the story was anything special but really anything the game was doing well was overshadowed by... other issues. On the game side of things, I genuinely think this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Dementium ll HD" is the Horror/First-Person Shooter ported originally from the Nintendo DS console. It has better visuals and more suitable controls. Plus Steam Trading Cards,Achievements and Steam Cloud. If you are preferring FPS and Horror games... don't miss this one as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Save yourself from buying this garbage and play the ds version literally everything about this game is better on ds
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Before you read this review remember that this is a port of a DS game from 2010 Dementium II is the sequel of Dementium the ward (game that hasn't been ported) so if you haven't played the first one it's probably that you wont understand what is going on. You are playing as William a patient who has been in a mental ilness hospital and you must escape from this. The gameply is very simple and you only have a few weapons available but the truth is that you can complete the game only using the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A seriously bad PC port of a pretty okay DS game. It is plagued with technical issues, clunkyness and it all just completely ruins the enjoyment of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, I am going to say it bluntly. I like this game, but I know my review states it's not recommended. Not at six dollars for a subpar remake. And that's the key word here. I don't recommend Dementium II HD, but in a heartbeat, I would recommend the original Dementium II, even moreso than the original Dementium: The Ward. But I cannot recommend D2HD over the Dementium: The Ward remake, even at the cheaper price. Save your money for The Ward. However, if you NEED to get this, get it on a sale.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly, I liked it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dementium 2 is a lot better as an overall game than Dementium 1, but it's almost more of a first-person brawler now, and trying to be even more like Silent Hill. The guns are super inconsistent and almost feel broken but there's an actual narrative that almost works for me as a B horror splatter fest kinda way. The split world stuff was almost all awful and I think like 95% of it could be cut without losing anything (I'd only keep a few places where it's used to bypass level barriers, maybe…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good ideas in a bad game. this feels like the silent hill downpour of the dementium series a lot of people say this is buggy and crashes a lot but i did not have that at all, it is kind of buggy but nothing that stopped me from playing through the game once i was able to play it. for some reason, in full screen, i was unable to do anything with my character besides move, but once relaunched in windowed it worked fine, other than the mouse cursor not being exactly where it shows it to be, so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its genuenly hard to recommend it to people who didn't play it originally on the nintendo ds. its the same dementium 2 i remember playing as a kid, but unfortunately it just doesnt translate all that well as a full modern pc/console release, even with the improved visuals. But if you loved dementium 2 then this will feel like home. plays well on steam deck too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very goofy and doesn't even feel real to play. It feels like a goofy dream of a goofy game that doesn't exist.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is silent hill, resident evil, put together very scary l and sounds are scary too
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →terrible remaster of one of the most overlooked and best survival horror games. Dementium ii on the ds is a masterpiece, this is an inferior version of the game that doesnt seem to understand what made the original so good. If you can, I'd recommend either just finding a copy of the original (although thats quite expensive now), or just emulate it
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a crappy port from Nintendo DS and it looks, sounds, and plays like it. Dementium 2 is objectively ugly, the controls are unresponsive and extremely floaty, the audio mixing is all over the place (the revolver is very quiet, jumping produces two sounds, the sound will occasionally switch between left and right speaker for no reason). There was little effort put into this port. Gameplay? Combat is simple and clumsy. Story? It's a direct sequel to Dementium: The Ward which never left the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This HD version of Dementium 2 is the PC port of a 4-year old Nintendo DS game. That said you can immediately notice the graphics that are not on par with today's PC standards. Also, the gameplay is simple, the controls are a bit non-responsive and the story is not exactly long. You can complete William's story in a mere 3 hours. Still, Dementium 2 can be fun. It is a horror FPS game and you have all the weapons you need in such a game (knife, flamethrower) along with all the monstrosities you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dementium: The Ward wasn't the best game ever, but at least it worked. This game freezes for 2-3 seconds for no reason, and there doesn't seem to be any solution. When I came to the first boss fight I discovered that my attack button had stopped working, making the fight impossible. I think I'll emulate the DS version instead. This is bad...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pretty decent survival horror game. It's originally a portable game, so the graphics are not quite smooth, but it has enough atmosphere and dread. People complain about the shooting, it's not supposed to be a tactical FPS like CS:GO. Get it when cheap or in a bundle.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not good but it managed to creep me out while playing Game Boy so it must be doing something right.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really good game. The team who made this game did a great job. The port is great and the ds version is really good as well. Not very buggy as some people are saying. Been a fan of dementium since my childhood and always loved horror games. I Hope they soon release dementium 3 because I can’t get enough of this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For fans of SH ITS NOT AS GOOD AS SH but its still a cool little thing all its own.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing this game for a while... I think the original DS/3DS counterpart plays much much better than this one... let see... 1. Clunky control and combat 2. Some technical issues 3. Darker graphics Hell, even I can play better in original DS version on Hard difficulty
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enemies sound like cows giving birth
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game just ends up feeling like a really low quality fever dream. unless you're nostalgic for dementium, no reason to touch ts lmao
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First off, I never write reviews. This is my first. But I was compelled to do so after my frustration. I put in about 5-6 hours. The game was okay. There was plenty that I didn't like about it but it was hooking me enough to keep going. Then the game breaking bug hit. Out of nowhere the melee weapons stopped working. They wouldn't swing. The guns worked but not the dagger or sledgehammer. With the lack of ammo and repetitive enemy spawns you kinda need a melee weapon. I felt like I was close…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played enough of this game to accept that I don't need to finish it. It's fine, but there are plenty of better games out there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not Recommended
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Half-Life II HD Same Ouiughns. New Frrfrsh.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better off playing it on the original DS or waiting for Atooi to port it to the Nintendo Switch and hopefully eventually other systems. Atooi just gained the rights for the series and ported Dementium The Ward Remastered to the Switch and it is great. Downside is that it retains the DS look, so you have pixels everywhere, but the gameplay was smooth and ran phenomenal. Something that I CANNOT say about Dementium II HD. This port was remastered in HD, which is the only thing I would put over the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A walking sim with a gun. i love it and hate it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Damn, this game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I never played the original version, only this HD one. It's an old game, so don't expect spectacular graphics. The sounds are very bad and on certain places they cut and play with very short frequency. The game itself is interesting with a weird story, but the shooting/fighting mechanics are very bad; headshots don't count, you will constantly run out of ammo so mostly will use the knife, hammer or saw and run circles around the monsters, while you listen to 3seconds of music on a loop.…
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