Syberia II

2004 Microids Adventure

Windows 11With a fix

MacNot sold

LinuxPlatinum

Steam DeckVerified

Gamicality score

Metacritic 804

OpenCritic Not rated

Steam players 831

How it’s combined

Playability today

Runs today3.5/5

Design today2.5/5

Steam user reviews

Very Positive

86%

2,789 reviews1

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Facts checked November 1, 2026

Does Syberia II run on Windows 11, Apple Silicon Macs, Linux and Steam Deck?

Windows 11With a fix

Runs with a fix. See the steps below.1

Mac (Apple Silicon)Not sold

No Mac version is sold.

LinuxPlatinum

Through Proton. ProtonDB: Platinum, runs perfectly out of the box.3

Steam DeckVerified

Verified by Valve.1

Played Syberia II lately?

One click, no account, so the next player knows. How we check where it runs

How to get Syberia II running today

Cap the frame rate at 60 fps (set a 60 Hz mode or use a frame limiter), because animations and speech are tied to frame rate and drift out of sync at higher refresh rates (PCGamingWiki).
If VSync does not work on Windows 10 or 11, copy D3D8.DLL from d3d8to9 into the game folder.

Synopsis

Syberia II is a point-and-click adventure that continues the story of New Yorker Kate Walker, who rides a wind-up train into Siberia with the aging inventor Hans Voralberg in search of the legendary island where mammoths still live. You explore snowbound villages and a monastery, talk to their inhabitants and solve mechanical and inventory puzzles to keep the journey going.

Developer: Microids
Released: 2004
Genre: Adventure
Where to get it: Steam

Reception

Critics in 2004 praised the art, music and sense of melancholy, calling it a fitting end to Kate's journey, though some found the story weaker and shorter than the first game's; it holds a PC Metascore of 80. Players still rate it Very Positive on Steam for its atmosphere. Later reviews and retrospectives are harsher about long walks between screens, hard-to-find exits and puzzles that give few clues by the end.

Trailer from Steam

Playability today

The average of two parts, each from 1 to 5. Tap a check to see why. How it works

Runs today

3.5/5

Sold or given away today by an official source
Needs fan patches to run well on Windows 11
?Not confirmed yetSingle-player works without an internet connection
No source covers the current version yet, so this check counts as open, not passed. Played it lately? Tell us
All of its content still works (servers, DLC, unlocks)
The game is single-player only and nothing has been removed from the current release (PCGamingWiki).
No proper support for modern resolutions and widescreen
Widescreen and ultrawide resolutions are not supported (PCGamingWiki).
No full controller support and no remappable controls
The game has no controller support (PCGamingWiki).
Steam Deck Verified or Playable
No intrusive DRM or required third-party launcher account
No pay-to-win or pushy microtransactions
No known game-breaking bugs in the current version
No open issue crashes the game; the one unresolved item is a missable relic that needs an earlier save, and the store black screen has a known fix (PCGamingWiki).

Design today

2.5/5

Controls feel natural on a modern controller or mouse and keyboard
The game is played entirely with the mouse in classic point-and-click style; there is no controller support, and switching to keyboard controls disables the mouse. Source: pcgamingwiki.com.
Menus, text or interface are hard to read on today's screens
The game runs only at 4:3 with no widescreen support, so it is pillarboxed on modern displays. Source: pcgamingwiki.com.
Saving is harsh: few saves or checkpoints, progress gets lost
Manual saves are available, but leaving the monastery without a required relic seals it off for good, and the only way forward is loading an earlier save. Source: pcgamingwiki.com.
Hard to make progress without a guide
Later puzzles give few clues and some locations require pixel hunting for key objects, with no hint system to fall back on. Source: klardendum.com, nerdly.co.uk.
Pacing drags: grind, filler or forced backtracking
Kate walks slowly through large areas, and much of the playtime goes to walking back and forth between screens, a complaint shared by a 2022 retrospective and a review of the Switch port. Source: nerdly.co.uk, klardendum.com.
Camera and movement never fight the player
Fixed camera angles frame each pre-rendered screen, and on PC the cursor gives clear directions to scene transitions; the hard-to-find exits that reviewers of the Switch port describe come from its analog stick movement. Source: klardendum.com, nerdly.co.uk.