20 Best Dark Fantasy Games All Time

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There are many styles within a genre that you can take. A great example are “dark fantasy” titles that love to make things more twisted as you play. Here are some examples of that.

Let’s start with a Metroidvania title with a slightly darker take.

Hollow Knight focuses on an adventurer who goes to a buried kingdom searching for treasure and truth. They’ll have to take on the various denizens of the deep to survive and make allies with the bugs and other creatures there.

The game is hailed as one of the best indie titles ever created, and tons of additional content has been tacked onto the main game. Each with a unique spin on what was done previously. While we may not know when Silksong will release, it’s likely to be just as good as the original.

Imagine a world where darkness is everywhere and has been unleashed for a hundred years. That is the world that Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous – Enhanced Edition puts you in. A horde of demon lords and their minions were let loose upon the world, and despite the noble actions of many, they have not been stopped.

That is where you come in. You must raise an army to defeat them and return the world to a peaceful state. But what path will you take to make that happen? There are multiple options before you, so choose the one you feel is best and bring the world to a new era.

When you hear that a “miracle” has happened in a nation, you think immediately of happy thoughts and that people were “blessed” by it. But in Blasphemous, the opposite is true. The game occurs in a cursed realm beyond recognition, and only a tortured soul can bring things back to where they were.

As “The Penitent One,” you must do all you can to work through the cursed world, defeat monsters along the way,