Best Dark Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated dark games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Dark games on Steam.

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Dark Hunting Ground Hunt the monsters that swarm the Dark Hunting Ground, collect the spoils, develop your skills freely and wisely and fight to become the strongest hunter!

Price -30% 9.09€
Rating 8.8
Release 06 Sep 2025
Cronos: The New Dawn A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.

Price -45% 33.23€
Rating 8.3
Release 05 Sep 2025
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel Hordes of Hel is a gripping roguelike horde-survivor game set in the dark realms of Norse Mythology. Fight waves of enemies to earn divine blessings of ancient Viking Deities, explore hostile worlds and face powerful bosses. Become a god-like warrior in this ultimate showdown.

Price -43% 8.68€
Rating 8.0
Release 03 Sep 2025
Sinister Night 2 Nine Streamers enter an ancient Chinese mansion, hoping to attract a huge following and become famous through livestreaming. However, two of them are tragically possessed by evil spirits. These possessed will slaughter their companions, and complete a malevolent ritual of a ghostly wedding.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 31 Aug 2025
Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil Explore the most obscure levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new deceives and mysteries that await you. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.3
Release 28 Aug 2025
Herdling Guide a herd of mysterious creatures on a stirring and beautiful journey into the mountains… and beyond.

Price -42% 13.96€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Aug 2025
Vigil Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 15 Aug 2025
BLACK SOULS Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.

Price 13.79€
Rating 9.2
Release 15 Aug 2025
OFF “I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Aug 2025
Inkshade Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.3
Release 14 Aug 2025
Deadzone: Rogue Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.

Price -20% 20.09€
Rating 8.0
Release 11 Aug 2025
Loan Shark The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Aug 2025
GUNTOUCHABLES Guntouchables is an online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players. You play as a gun-toting group of 'preppers' trying to reclaim the world from an ever-evolving horde of mutants, constantly working to develop new unique ways to kill you.

Price -20% 3.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 07 Aug 2025
Static Dread: The Lighthouse Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

Price 12.79€
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Aug 2025
Gatekeeper Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!

Price -84% 2.44€
Rating 8.2
Release 01 Aug 2025
Dead Take Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

Price 13.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 31 Jul 2025
Achilles: Survivor Thousands of enemies. One survivor. Fight like a demigod, build deadly defenses, and grow stronger after every run in this fast-paced bullet heaven set in mythic Greece.

Price -46% 3.83€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Jul 2025
Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Price -20% 4.71€
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Jul 2025
s.p.l.i.t A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Jul 2025
Bogos Binted? Welcome to a sinful night with the galaxy’s wackiest aliens. Play twisted tabletop games with up to 4 players, devise brilliant strategies, bluff your way to victory, and try not to lose your head - literally.

Price -20% 4.39€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Jul 2025
Ghost Watchers Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses

Price -57% 5.47€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Jul 2025
Luto Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 21 Jul 2025
Who's at the door? You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 18 Jul 2025
The Drifter A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.3
Release 17 Jul 2025