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Dark Fantasy hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged Dark Fantasy on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. All 23 of them. How these pages are made.
Overlord II89% positive from 4,937 reviews2009Deck Playable
Action-adventure game where you command minions to destroy an empire. Players can choose between domination or destruction playstyles.
What players likedPlayers praise Overlord II as a fun, improved sequel to Overlord I, with unique minion-control gameplay unmatched by other games.
The catchCrashes and soft locks are common, and with no manual save you lose long stretches.
Games like Overlord II →
Dark fantasy 2D action RPG. Explore a post-apocalyptic world, fight feral monsters, and purify them with your powers.
What players likedPlayers praise Ender Magnolia as a beautiful Metroidvania with improved quality-of-life features and exploration, often comparing it favorably to its predecessor, Ender Lilies.
The catchBosses are bloated damage sponges that turn fights into long defensive slogs.
Games like ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist →
This is a hack-and-slash action game featuring brutal combat and a dark fantasy story. Players experience overwhelming destructive power as they defeat hundreds of enemies with a giant sword.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a fun "Warriors-style" hack-and-slash game that faithfully retells the Berserk story with weighty combat.
The catchA shoddy PC port brings no mouse camera control, unremappable inputs and crashes.
Games like BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk →
VR horror slasher with realistic medieval combat. Players physically fight undead with dismemberment and tactical movement.
The catchThe PC version has been abandoned for years while promised updates never arrive.
Games like Hellsplit: Arena →
Action-adventure game with realm-shifting puzzles and combat. Players hunt former brethren, grow stronger by consuming souls.
What players likedPlayers praise its intricate, epic dark-fantasy gothic story and atmosphere, comparing it to a foundational giant for subsequent games.
The catchThe original clunky combat, controls and camera are untouched and have aged badly.
Games like Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered →
Felvidek98% positive from 3,627 reviews2024Deck Verified
Turn-based RPG with exploration and combat in a hand-painted alternate history setting. Features a flawed knight battling historical and supernatural threats.
What players likedPlayers praise "Felvidek" as a unique JRPG-style game with engaging combat, a great story, and a beautiful, distinct art style.
The catchCombat is shallow and forces constant backtracking to recharge before every fight.
Games like Felvidek →
Hellslave85% positive from 3,270 reviews20225% finish itDeck Playable
Dark fantasy dungeon crawler with demon worship and customizable demonic abilities. Explore dangerous worlds, fight bosses, and replay with New Game+.
What players likedPlayers praise its dark atmosphere, art style, and innovative gameplay, often comparing it to Diablo II.
The catchCombat settles into one skill rotation for every fight and turns into a grind.
Games like Hellslave →
ELDERBORN86% positive from 3,023 reviews202015% finish itDeck Verified
First-person fantasy slasher with souls-like progression. Master brutal melee combat and explore a dangerous world.
What players likedPlayers praise ELDERBORN as a fun, metal-themed sword-and-sorcery game with great combat and design, reminiscent of DOOM.
The catchCombat is clunky and unresponsive, with parries and hits that fail at random.
Games like ELDERBORN →
Deck-building roguelike with strategic combat and narrative choices. Explore, fight, and shape a dark fantasy world to regain your memories.
What players likedPlayers praise its story-focused roguelite deck-building, comparing it to Slay the Spire and Monster Train, with insane replayability.
The catchThe final boss fights are unfair, cheating slogs that ruin otherwise good runs.
Games like Knock on the Coffin Lid →
A stop-motion claymation dark fantasy adventure with VR support. Players guide a character and a lantern creature to evade monsters and explore a handcrafted world.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful, handcrafted art style and emotional storytelling, often comparing it to a walking simulator or a Tim Burton film.
The catchStealth and puzzle sections feel shallow and repetitive
Games like The Midnight Walk →
Tormentum is a dark point-and-click adventure game with hand-painted art and logical puzzles. It features a surreal, nightmarish atmosphere inspired by artists like Giger and Beksinski.
What players likedPlayers praise its gorgeous art, logical puzzles, and thoughtful story with branching decisions.
The catchGreat art props up trivially easy puzzles, a thin story and a letdown ending.
Games like Tormentum - Dark Sorrow →
Arx Fatalis88% positive from 2,566 reviews2007Deck Playable
This is a first-person fantasy RPG with a rune-based magic system. It offers nonlinear exploration and character customization in a dark, survival-driven world.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique atmosphere, exploration, and story, comparing it to classics like Baldur's Gate 3 and Knights of the Old Republic.
The catchGetting it running on a modern system usually takes fan patches and fiddling.
Games like Arx Fatalis →
Action-adventure game where you command minions to conquer kingdoms and delve into hellish expansions. It features a dark fantasy feel with a focus on despotic rule.
What players likedPlayers praise its Pikmin-meets-Lord-of-the-Rings style, commanding minions, and Fable-like humor and world changes.
The catchCommanding the minions is clunky and unresponsive, which ruins the puzzles and bosses.
Games like Overlord™: Raising Hell →
Hack-and-slash action RPG with gory combat and limb dismemberment. Explore a dark fantasy world as one of four unique characters to defeat Chaos.
What players likedPlayers praise its "soulslike" combat and historical significance, comparing it to early "old-school TPS" games.
The catchMovement and combat are clunky and dated, with attacks often failing to land.
Games like Blade of Darkness →
Scarlet Tower81% positive from 2,369 reviews20241% finish itDeck Playable
Scarlet Tower is a roguelike action RPG with a day/night cycle and a weapon fusion system. Players build unique heroes through extensive progression and unlockables.
What players likedPlayers praise Scarlet Tower as a "survivor" title similar to Vampire Survivors, but with a stronger identity due to its unique mechanics and deep progression.
The catchLong standing bugs, including a post boss lockup, go unfixed on an abandoned game.
Games like Scarlet Tower →
This is a first-person dungeon crawler with challenging combat and exploration. Players navigate a dark, retro-styled world inspired by feudal Japan.
What players likedPlayers praise its PSX-style horror atmosphere and combat, often comparing it to King's Field, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and early FromSoft RPGs.
The catchCombat is sluggish and repetitive, and enemies respawn every time you re-enter a room.
Games like Labyrinth Of The Demon King →
This is a turn-based RPG with deep skill customization and a free progression system. It emphasizes exploration, meaningful choices, and crafting for a rich adventure.
What players likedPlayers praise its challenging JRPG-style combat and rewarding progression, reminiscent of classic adventure books.
The catchCore systems, crafting most of all, are never properly explained to the player.
Games like The Nameless: Slay Dragon →
Action RPG with challenging combat and beast hunting. Explore a snowy world, upgrade your settlement, and uncover secrets.
What players likedPlayers praise its art, music, and story, comparing its challenging action to Salt and Sacrifice, but not a Souls game.
The catchThe elemental system forces constant gear swapping in menus between almost every fight.
Games like Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter →
Fantasy turn-based strategy game compilation. Explore a dark fantasy world, manage armies, and engage in tactical combat.
What players likedPlayers praise its deep replayability due to unique faction mechanics and persistent leader progression across campaigns.
The catchThe Steam release often refuses to run on modern Windows, freezing or crawling.
Games like Disciples II: Gallean's Return →
Fantasy turn-based strategy game with deep unit customization and tactical combat. Features multiple races and a branching Elven tech tree.
What players likedPlayers praise the modded GOG version as the best Disciples experience, superior to later, "watered-down" entries.
The catchThe Steam release often fails to launch or crawls on modern Windows even after fixes.
Games like Disciples II: Rise of the Elves →
A pixel art bullet hell roguelite where lizard militia hold off invading Slavic tribes across generated maps. Battles break into debates, and dropped artefacts like vape pods become weapons.
What players likedIt's a simple, cheap survivor game with no meta upgrades, praised as a nice time killer.
The catchItem text is vague and hard to read, so upgrades never explain what they do.
Games like Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea →
Turn-based strategy RPG with troop organization and hexagonal map combat. Conquer bases and lead your nation to victory through seasonal phases.
What players likedPlayers praise it as an amazing re-imagining of the original Brigandine, playing very similarly but with better graphics and a new story.
The catchFans of the PS1 original find it stripped back, with less content and depth.
Games like Brigandine The Legend of Runersia →
Ambidextro98% positive from 1,314 reviews202516% finish itDeck Verified
A precision platformer for one player running two characters at once, a hand each. Over 100 single-screen levels the severed halves of a royal wizard must reach each other before time runs out.
What players likedPlayers praise its brain-bending originality, though it's not compared to other games.
The catchPunishing difficulty that comes down to repeating levels until the inputs are memorised.
Games like Ambidextro →
