Best Gothic Games

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

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

Best Gothic Games rankings

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

9.7

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

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Action · Platformer

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

Dark FantasyGothicVampires+1

ChallengingBrutalPrecision-Focused+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

Fatal Frame

Survival · Horror · Action-Adventure

PlayStation 2 · Xbox · PlayStation 3

SupernaturalOccultGothic+1

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

9.4

Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

Fighting · Action

Arcade · Sega Saturn · PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PSP · PS Vita · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · PC

SupernaturalGothicMonsters+1

Fast-PacedFranticChaotic+2

9.4

Diablo

Action RPG · RPG

Microsoft Windows · Classic Mac OS · PlayStation

Dark FantasyGothicDark / Grim

DarkAtmosphericGritty+2

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

9.3

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

9.2

Touhou 6: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Shooter

Windows

FantasySupernaturalFolklore+1

IntenseFranticChaotic+2

9.1

Devil May Cry 4

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PC

Dark FantasyGothicSupernatural+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.0

Scarlet Hollow

Visual Novel · Horror · Adventure

PC · Mac · Linux

FolkloreSupernaturalGothic+1

MysteriousUnsettlingSuspenseful+2

8.9

Vigil: The Longest Night

Action RPG · RPG · Platformer

PC · Nintendo Switch

Dark FantasyGothicMonsters+1

DarkEerieBrutal+3

8.8

Darkest Dungeon II

Strategy · RPG · Horror

Windows · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Dark FantasyGothicMonsters+1

DarkTenseChallenging+3

6.4

D

Adventure · Horror

3DO · Sega Saturn · PlayStation · MS-DOS · Windows · Macintosh · Linux

SupernaturalGothicDetective / Mystery+1

CreepyEerieAtmospheric+2

4.9

Lords of the Fallen

Action RPG

PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S

Dark FantasyGothicMonsters+1

DarkChallengingBrutal+3

1.7

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Action · Platformer

Nintendo Entertainment System

GothicSupernaturalPsychological+1

WeirdSurrealUnpredictable+2