King's Bounty: Dark Side on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Time has come to begin a Dark Journey to the other side of Teana and explore a mysterious region never before seen by royal bounty hunters. King’s Bounty: Dark Side lets you play as the villains in a full standalone campaign with new heroes, dark factions, and a fresh tactical perspective.

King's Bounty: Dark Side is a rpg, strategy and turn-based strategy game developed and published by Fulqrum Publishing.
Released on August 19th 2014 is available on Windows and MacOS in 4 languages: English, Russian, Polish and German.

It has received 1,761 reviews of which 1,294 were positive and 467 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 12.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.00€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified King's Bounty: Dark Side into these genres:

RPG Strategy Turn-Based Strategy Hex Grid Turn-Based Adventure Fantasy Villain Protagonist Singleplayer Female Protagonist Vampire

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP (SP3 required), Vista, 7, 8
Processor: 2.6 GHz and better
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 6600 with 128 Mb VRAM or similar AMD card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compliant

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.7
Processor: 2 GHz Intel CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia or AMD card with 256 Mb VRAM or more

User reviews & Ratings

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Dec. 2025

Loved the Heroes III-style combat. Did not expect to enjoy playing the evil side but I did and I will warn that you'd better be ready to embrace it, because this game is really dark. If you can get over that, the game offers many, many hours of play. Only real issues are that the number of quests becomes unmanageable after a certain point--did I kill all seven dwarves or did I just forget the name of that quest?--and your next objective can be nebulous, meaning you'd better run around looking for characters who will talk to you, because that conversation may be what's holding you up.

Dec. 2025

Geez, 124 hours of play time! It does kind of get dragged out at the end but still enjoyable. Not the best in the series but not the worst. I'm never really one for playing for the "dark side" as it doesn't match with my play style but this game wasn't too jarring. The humor makes it a bit lighter but there are still moments of cringe and unease that can upset some people. A few bugs here and there with a rare crash but very playable. Recommended on sale or part of a bundle.

Oct. 2025

Same idea as the other games, but with a bad guy stance - a vampire, demon, and orc are the trio that colludes to save the world from good. A few unique mechanics that change how the game can be played, like turning prisoners into undead or sacrificing them to summon demons give you a new way to replenish troops in the field.

Oct. 2025

In my opinion, the best game of the series, but it's hard, i don't know if it's the hardest, but it's very hard.

March 2025

Sexy sorceresses & seductive succubi in a solid turn based strategy game. 11/10

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Frequently Asked Questions

King's Bounty: Dark Side is currently priced at 12.99€ on Steam.

King's Bounty: Dark Side is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.99€ on Steam.

King's Bounty: Dark Side received 1,294 positive votes out of a total of 1,761 achieving a rating of 7.10.

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King's Bounty: Dark Side was developed and published by Fulqrum Publishing.

King's Bounty: Dark Side is playable and fully supported on Windows.

King's Bounty: Dark Side is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

King's Bounty: Dark Side is not playable on Linux.

King's Bounty: Dark Side is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for King's Bounty: Dark Side. Explore additional content available for King's Bounty: Dark Side on Steam.

King's Bounty: Dark Side does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

King's Bounty: Dark Side does not support Steam Remote Play.

King's Bounty: Dark Side is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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