Best Dark / Grim Games

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

Games with a Dark / Grim 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 / Grim world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Dark / Grim-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Dark / Grim Games rankings

9.9

Xenogears

RPG

PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable

Sci-FiRobots / MechsPsychological+1

EpicMysteriousThought-Provoking+3

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

9.9

FINAL FANTASY VI

RPG

Super Nintendo Entertainment System · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · iOS · Android · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4

FantasyDark / GrimSteampunk

EpicEmotionalMelancholic+3

9.8

Dishonored 2

Action-Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Windows · Xbox One

SteampunkSupernaturalDark / Grim

AtmosphericImmersiveStrategic+2

9.8

SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC · Stadia

Ninja / SamuraiMartial ArtsAncient / Historical+1

IntenseChallengingBrutal+3

9.8

Shadow of the Colossus

Action-Adventure · Puzzle

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4

FantasyMythologyNature / Wilderness+1

AtmosphericEmotionalMelancholic+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

Community

10.0

1 rating

Umineko When They Cry

Visual Novel · Horror

Windows · Mac · Linux

Detective / MysterySupernaturalPsychological+1

MysteriousSuspensefulThought-Provoking+2

9.8

Resident Evil 2

Horror · Survival · Action

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Windows · Nintendo Switch · Amazon Luna · iPhone · iPad · Mac

ZombiesMonstersPsychological+1

CreepyTenseIntense+3

9.8

Doom

FPS · Shooter · Horror

MS-DOS · 32X · Atari Jaguar · PC-98 · Super NES · PlayStation · Mac OS · 3DO · Windows · Sega Saturn · RISC OS · Game Boy Advance · Xbox · Xbox 360 · iOS · PlayStation 3 · Android · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

IntenseFast-PacedAdrenaline-Fueled+3

9.8

Community

10.0

1 rating

The House in Fata Morgana

Visual Novel · Horror · Adventure

Microsoft Windows · iOS · Nintendo 3DS · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch

GothicSupernaturalPsychological+1

MysteriousEmotionalMelancholic+2

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

Hotline Miami

Action · Shooter

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 5 · Android

CrimePsychologicalSurreal+1

IntenseFast-PacedBrutal+3

9.7

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Action · Adventure · Horror

PlayStation · PC · Nintendo 64 · Dreamcast · GameCube · PSP · PlayStation 3 · PS Vita

ZombiesPost-ApocalypticPsychological+1

CreepyTenseAtmospheric+3

9.7

RimWorld

Simulation · Strategy

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiSpaceNature / Wilderness+1

Open-EndedChaoticChallenging+3

9.7

Inscryption

Strategy · Puzzle · Adventure

PC · Linux · Mac · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

PsychologicalSurrealDark / Grim

MysteriousCreepyUnsettling+3

9.7

Library Of Ruina

RPG · Strategy · Simulation

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

DystopianDark / GrimPsychological+1

DarkChallengingStrategic+3

9.7

Dead Space

Action · Survival

PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

CreepyTenseIntense+3

9.7

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Action · RPG · Action-Adventure

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · New Nintendo 3DS · Wii U · Xbox One · iOS · Nintendo Switch

Dark / GrimSurrealPsychological+1

CreepyDarkChallenging+3

9.7

Community

10.0

1 rating

Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut

Visual Novel · Horror · Adventure

PC · macOS · Linux · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox

PsychologicalSurrealDark / Grim+1

MysteriousCreepyUnsettling+3

9.7

SILENT HILL 2

Horror · Action-Adventure

PlayStation 5 · PC

PsychologicalSupernaturalDark / Grim+1

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

9.7

LISA: The Painful

RPG · Adventure

PC · Mac · Linux · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Android

Post-ApocalypticDark / GrimPsychological+1

DarkBleakUnsettling+3

9.7

Community

9.7

1 rating

Full Metal Daemon Muramasa

Visual Novel · Adventure

PC

Dark FantasyRobots / MechsPsychological+1

DarkIntenseThought-Provoking+3

9.7

Dishonored

Action · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

SteampunkDystopianSupernatural+1

ImmersiveDarkStrategic+3