Best Dark Steam Games on Sale

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Monstrum Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 May 2015
The Music Machine A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

Price -37% 3.18€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 May 2015
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Price -88% 1.25€
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Apr 2015
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.

Price -68% 12.83€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Apr 2015
World of Subways 4 – New York Line 7 The series "World of Subways" features some of the most interesting Subway Routes of the world for the PC. Once again World of Subways 4 comes back to New York, perhaps the most exciting city in the world. The whole gaming world takes place in the 70ies/80ies and is created in its typical look.

Price -78% 4.55€
Rating 6.6
Release 23 Mar 2015
Shelter 2 As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.

Price -87% 3.38€
Rating 8.2
Release 09 Mar 2015
Tormentum - Dark Sorrow TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.

Price -64% 3.60€
Rating 9.0
Release 04 Mar 2015
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Every world needs its heroes. However unlikely they may seem. Join Wilbur, Ivo, Nate and Critter in another classic point-and-click adventure in the wicked world of Aventásia. Help them fulfill their destiny. A destiny as yet unwritten.

Price -93% 2.39€
Rating 8.6
Release 19 Feb 2015
Decay: The Mare Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…

Price -94% 0.34€
Rating 7.4
Release 13 Feb 2015
Lucius II Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.

Price -57% 8.79€
Rating 6.1
Release 13 Feb 2015
SUNLESS SEA LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Price -95% 1.04€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Feb 2015
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?

Price -57% 8.62€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Dec 2014
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

Price -24% 5.97€
Rating 7.0
Release 13 Nov 2014
The Moon Sliver You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

Price -34% 1.33€
Rating 7.2
Release 28 Oct 2014
The Evil Within Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

Price -85% 3.15€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Oct 2014
Disney•Pixar Toy Story 3: The Video Game In Toy Story 3: The Video Game help Buzz, Woody and the rest of the Toys ensure no toy gets left behind. Dive into all new heroic adventures in Story Mode or let your imagination run wild in the exiting new open world of Toy Box Mode! Come and play to infinity…and beyond!

Price -34% 12.98€
Rating 6.9
Release 06 Oct 2014
Damned Damned is a randomized online horror game for up to 5 players (4 survivors and 1 monster). You’ll be able to play as one of four people trapped in different haunted places (hotels, hospitals, etc).

Price -2% 8.61€
Rating 6.9
Release 06 Oct 2014
Silence of the Sleep You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Price -95% 0.27€
Rating 7.1
Release 01 Oct 2014
Neverending Nightmares Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Price -73% 4.09€
Rating 7.4
Release 26 Sep 2014
Doorways: The Underworld Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Price -77% 2.26€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Sep 2014
The Journey Down: Chapter Two Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!

Price -94% 0.76€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Aug 2014
Gods Will Be Watching Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Price -86% 1.45€
Rating 6.9
Release 24 Jul 2014
Claire Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation.

Price -68% 3.17€
Rating 6.3
Release 07 Jul 2014
Black Mirror I Black Mirror is a dark adventure game that details the aftermath of the tragic death of William Gordon. Playing as his grandson Samuel players must unveil the truth behind the events of that fateful, stormy night.

Price -89% 1.13€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Jun 2014
Munin Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

Price -92% 0.40€
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Jun 2014
Murdered: Soul Suspect MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

Price -96% 0.87€
Rating 8.4
Release 05 Jun 2014
The Fall Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.

Price -91% 0.90€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 May 2014
Monochroma Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.

Price -88% 2.42€
Rating 7.1
Release 28 May 2014
DreadOut DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.

Price -85% 2.29€
Rating 7.5
Release 15 May 2014
Realms of the Haunting Forged in the Beginning and protected by the Seven Seals, there lies a place where thought and creation intertwine. The center for all realms of existence, it is the balancing force between good and evil, man and spirit. A focal point for all energies, and the one element that has kept the consuming nature of darkness at bay... Until now.

Price -91% 0.27€
Rating 7.3
Release 24 Apr 2014
Oknytt Oknytt is an old school point-and-click adventure game where the player takes the role of a small, seemingly insignificant creature, leading it through a dark world filled with beings and areas inspired by Swedish folklore, in search of a place to belong.

Price -49% 2.59€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Apr 2014
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD This sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow reveals the story of the Belmonts as they battle destiny across generations to discover their true fate. Trevor Belmont, knight of the Brotherhood of Light, embarks on an epic quest to avenge his mother who was killed by his father Gabriel.

Price -72% 3.37€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Mar 2014
Cloudbuilt Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.

Price -49% 9.68€
Rating 8.2
Release 20 Mar 2014
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi It is a misty evening in the year of our lord 1912. The Pattersons, a poor but proud aristocratic family of the British nobility, and some of their closest friends, arrive at the castle Malachi residence of a wealthy Romanian Count.

Price -75% 0.74€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Mar 2014
Year Walk Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.

Price -63% 2.20€
Rating 8.7
Release 06 Mar 2014
Thief Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.

Price -96% 0.82€
Rating 7.3
Release 27 Feb 2014

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