Best Dark Fantasy Games

Every Dark Fantasy game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Dark Fantasy setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Dark Fantasy theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Dark Fantasy world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Dark Fantasy-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Dark Fantasy Games rankings

9.9

Community

3.6

1 rating

ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE

Action · RPG · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Dark FantasyMythologyMonsters+1

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenAtmospheric+3

9.8

Community

2.9

1 rating

Elden Ring

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC · Nintendo Switch 2

Dark FantasyMythologyMonsters+1

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenEpic+3

9.8

Slay the Spire

RPG · Strategy · Adventure

PC (Microsoft Windows) · macOS · Linux · Android · iOS · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

FantasyDark FantasyMonsters

ChallengingBrutalStrategic+3

9.8

Community

8.6

1 rating

Dark Souls

Action RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

Dark FantasyPost-ApocalypticMonsters+1

MysteriousDarkChallenging+3

9.8

Fate/stay night REMASTERED

Visual Novel · Adventure

Nintendo Switch · PC

FantasyDark FantasySupernatural+1

AtmosphericDramaticCinematic+2

9.8

Community

8.9

1 rating

DARK SOULS III

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

Dark FantasyPost-ApocalypticMonsters

DarkBleakChallenging+3

9.8

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 2 · PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Dark FantasySupernaturalMonsters

IntenseFast-PacedAdrenaline-Fueled+2

9.7

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Action · Platformer

PC Engine Super CD-ROM² · PlayStation Portable · Wii · PlayStation 4

Dark FantasyGothicVampires+1

ChallengingBrutalPrecision-Focused+3

9.7

CASTLEVANIA: ARIA OF SORROW

Action · Action RPG · Adventure · Platformer

Game Boy Advance · Game Boy Advance SP · Game Boy Micro · Nintendo Wii U · Nintendo

FantasyDark FantasySupernatural+7

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+26

9.7

Community

9.7

1 rating

Full Metal Daemon Muramasa

Visual Novel · Adventure

PC

Dark FantasyRobots / MechsPsychological+1

DarkIntenseThought-Provoking+3

9.6

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

Post-ApocalypticDark FantasyPsychological

EmotionalMelancholicThought-Provoking+3

9.6

Lies of P

Action RPG · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · macOS

Dark FantasyGothicRobots / Mechs+1

DarkChallengingBrutal+3

9.5

Skullgirls 2nd Encore

Fighting · Action

Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · PC · Mac · Linux · Xbox One

Dark FantasySupernaturalNoir

Fast-PacedCompetitiveChallenging+3

9.5

DELTARUNE: Snowgrave Route

RPG · Adventure · Horror

PC · Mac · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5

Dark FantasyPsychologicalDark / Grim

MysteriousDisturbingDark+3

9.5

Fear & Hunger

RPG · Adventure · Survival

Windows · MacOS · Linux

Dark FantasyDark / GrimPsychological+1

CreepyDarkBleak+3

9.4

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Action RPG · Platformer

PlayStation · Sega Saturn · PlayStation Portable · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 4 · iOS · Android

Dark FantasyGothicSupernatural+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+3

9.4

Path of Exile 2

Action RPG · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

Dark FantasyDark / Grim

DarkBrutalUnforgiving+3

9.4

Shin Megami Tensei IV

RPG

Nintendo 3DS

Post-ApocalypticDark FantasyMythology+1

DarkBleakChallenging+3

9.4

Diablo

Action RPG · RPG

Microsoft Windows · Classic Mac OS · PlayStation

Dark FantasyGothicDark / Grim

DarkAtmosphericGritty+2

9.4

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

Action · Action RPG

PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch 2

Dark FantasyNinja / SamuraiSupernatural+1

AtmosphericCinematicChallenging+3

9.3

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Action · Adventure · RPG

PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Linux · macOS

Dark FantasyWarMonsters

EpicIntenseBrutal+3

9.3

Darkest Dungeon

RPG · Strategy

Windows · macOS · Linux · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Xbox One · iPad

Dark FantasyGothicMonsters+1

DarkChallengingBrutal+3

9.3

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Action RPG · Action-Adventure

Nintendo DS · Mobile phone · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 5 · Windows · Xbox Series X/S

Dark FantasySupernaturalGothic+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.3

The Blood of Dawnwalker

Action RPG

PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

Dark FantasyMedievalMonsters+1

AtmosphericDarkCinematic+2