Adventure · October 27, 2015

Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition (2015)

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Gather your party and get back to the roots of great RPG gameplay. Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. You take on the role of a young Source Hunter: your job is to rid the world of those who use the foulest of magics. Embarking on what should have been a routine murder investigation, you find yourself in the middle of a plot that threatens to destroy the very fabric of time. A complete revamp : Thousands of enhancements, full voiceovers, new game modes, full controller support, split-screen co-op, hours of new and revised story content, a brand-new ending, new weapon styles, new skills, new puzzles, new enemies, better loot, better balancing and much, much more! New game modes for extra replay . Explorer Mode for story-focused RPG fans. Classic Mode for those who want it just right. Tactician Mode for hardcore players, featuring fully reworked encounters, different traps and new and smarter enemy types. And Honour Mode, for the tactical geniuses among you! Pen-and-paper-like freedom . Explore many different environments, fight all kinds of fantastical creatures, and discover tons of desirable items. You will be amazed at how much freedom the games gives you. Manipulate the environment and use skill & spell combos to overcome your many foes. Warm up ice to create water. Boil the water to create a steam cloud. Electrify the steam cloud to create a static cloud and stun your enemies! Play with a friend in co-op multiplayer , either online or with dynamic split-screen. Unravel a deep and epic story , set in the early days of the Divinity universe. Discuss with your party members how to handle the many decisions you'll need to make. Classless creation lets you design the character of your choice . Endless item interaction and combinations take exploration and experimentation to new levels of freedom.

Adventure releases from 2015

64 Adventure titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume29.1k Steam reviewsTop 8% in Adventure
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 54%
Metacritic94/100Genre average 77 — top 1% of Adventure titles
Concurrent peak387 playersTop 10% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours32 h averageTop 11% for session depth among Adventure

Peer Adventure titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • RPG · 889
  • Turn-Based · 460
  • Co-op · 397
  • Adventure · 328
  • Fantasy · 326
  • Party-Based RPG · 310
  • Strategy · 276
  • Turn-Based Combat · 257
  • Story Rich · 254
  • Character Customization · 226
  • CRPG · 225
  • Open World · 219
  • Local Co-Op · 186
  • Singleplayer · 186
  • Isometric · 169

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 29.1k reviews

26.2k positive · 2.9k negative

Metacritic

94/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.7/10

Curator recommendations

24.8k

Peak concurrent players

387

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Portuguese - Brazil

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play Together

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“One of the most rewarding RPGs in years” 9/10 – IGN “PC Game of the Year 2014” 9/10 – GameSpot “One of the deepest and most unforgettable games I've played all year” 9.5/10 – Polygon

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

32h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

9h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

54

Steam unlocks available

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Release & Availability

Release dateOct 27, 2015
DeveloperLarian Studios
Base price$3.99 -90%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

This is a role-playing game in which players assume the roles of heroes on a quest to rid the world of evil magic. From a ¾-overhead perspective, players traverse landscapes and engage in turn-based combat to kill humans and fantastical creatures (e.g., orcs, giant insects). Characters use swords, staffs, spears, and magic attacks to kill enemies. Combat is highlighted by…

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition