Dishonored 2 — Steam Gift

Dishonored 2 — a stealth-action where your style decides everything

Dishonored 2 is the second major chapter in Arkane Studios' signature series, released on November 11, 2016, published by Bethesda Softworks. It's a first-person immersive sim: you get a city, a target and full freedom in how you reach it. Play as a ghost who never kills or raises an alarm, or carve through enemies with a blade, blink behind their backs and unleash supernatural force on patrols. You get the full base game (Standard Edition) as a Steam gift — it simply lands in your library.

What it's about

Fifteen years after the first game, the empire is ruled by Emily Kaldwin, daughter of Corvo Attano. A coup strips her of the throne, and now you must take it back — on the tropical isle of Serkonos, in the sun-and-dust city of Karnaca. Unlike the grim, rainy Dunwall of the original, this is a different mood: southern architecture, wind, sand and mechanical marvels like Kirin Jindosh's clockwork mansion that rebuilds itself right under your feet.

Emily or Corvo — two heroes, two games

At the very start you choose who to play, and it's not cosmetic. Corvo carries his familiar kit: Blink (a teleport dash), Possession, time-slowing. Emily has her own powers: Far Reach pulls her toward a target like a grapple, Doppelganger spawns a shadow ally, Domino links enemies into one fate. The same level feels different with each hero, which is why many players run the game twice. The hero choice doesn't change the gift — it's one and the same game.

Stealth that respects the player

The pride of Dishonored 2 is its level design. Jindosh's mansion is a shifting maze-puzzle, and the «Crack in the Slab» mission lets you swap on the fly between the past and present of the same estate, watching how your actions in one era reshape the other. The chaos system reacts to how much blood you spill: more bodies, a darker world and ending. A pacifist run here isn't a difficulty toggle — it's a separate way to tell the story.

What the gift includes

• The full base game Dishonored 2 (Standard Edition) — the entire campaign, both playable characters, all powers and levels.
• The game lands in your Steam library like any purchased game — with cloud saves, achievements and updates.
• This is the base game: no previously owned chapter or DLC is required to play.

Gift region — pick the right option

The region of your Steam account must match the region of the gift, otherwise Steam won't let you accept it. So take the option that matches your country. If you're unsure which region your Steam account is in, it's easy to check: in Steam open «Account» → «Store information» — your store region is listed there. One more condition: the game must not already be in your Steam library, or the gift won't go through.

How delivery works

This is a Steam gift, delivered through our bot. The bot adds you to its friends list itself and sends the game as a gift — you do NOT need to accept the incoming friend request, the bot handles everything. Steam Guard is not required to receive the gift. When the gift arrives, you'll see a gift notification from the bot in Steam → click «Accept gift» → the game lands in your library forever. Delivery usually takes a couple of minutes. Before buying, make sure your account region matches the gift region and that the game isn't already in your library.

A world you believe in

Karnaca isn't just a backdrop. The city runs on windmill-driven dust pumps fed by its mines, and that same air carries the bloodfly — the local plague. Every mansion, alley and tavern is packed with notes, conversations and details that build the story without a single cutscene. The art style, with its rough, almost painterly textures, ages gracefully: years later Dishonored 2 still looks expressive rather than «dated-realistic». The soundtrack and sound design serve stealth — by a guard's footsteps and a creaking board you can literally hear where a path opens up.

How much game is here

The campaign is nine large missions, each with its own theme and set of routes. With two heroes, the chaos system (low/high) and non-lethal ways to remove every target, replayability is genuinely high: a clean ghost run and a brutal storm run are two different adventures. Add New Game Plus, where you can mix Emily's and Corvo's powers in a single playthrough. If you collect runes, bonecharms and upgrade blueprints, you'll spend even longer in Karnaca.

If you love this universe

If the Empire of the Isles got you — revisit the original Dishonored that started it all, and the standalone Dishonored: Death of the Outsider that closes the Outsider's story. And if it's Arkane's craft you're after — immersive sims with systemic levels and freedom of approach — check out Prey from the same studio.

In short

Dishonored 2 is one of the best stealth sandboxes of its generation: clever levels, two distinct heroes, a world that reacts to your hands. The gift gives you the full game on Steam: the bot sends it to you itself, and it usually arrives a couple of minutes after payment.

🎁 Key & gift

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