Best Gothic 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 gothic games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free gothic games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Void War
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Deck of Haunts
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Necrophosis
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Tower of Kalemonvo
Crawl to the top of the TOWER OF KALEMONVO, a hardcore isometric ARPG with randomly generated levels meant for fans of slower paced action games. Fight cultists and monsters, scavenge for magical loot, learn powerful spells and fully customize your stats and skills!
Few Nights More
Few Nights More is a roguelike turn-based RPG based in a world where Vampire Lords seek to conquer lost territories and their place in the world. Design and defend your stronghold, slay your enemies with traps, fulfill your Lord’s true potential, slowly conquering what is rightfully yours.
Grimlord
Grimlord is a Dark Fantasy Action Souls-like RPG - on VR. Awakened in a monastery deep in the Lonely Mountains, you walk in an epic quest as the adventurer standing before the darkness and striving for the light against the tyrannical Grim Lord.
VOIN
Crafted by a solo developer, VOIN is a first-person hack-and-slash. Cleave through hordes of enemies in fast-paced combat. Explore dark fantasy realms filled with secrets and dangers. Discover powerful gear and weapons, and face menacing bosses in your quest to cleanse a broken world.
Trainee Death Simulator
You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.
XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION
LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!! XENOTILT, the sequel to the cult hit, DEMON'S TILT. Get ready for another PINBALL FANTASY. XENOTILT shreds the envelope with face-melting gameplay & graphics.
Death of the Reprobate
Explore a world built from the luscious landscapes, turbulent townscapes and preposterous portraits of real Renaissance paintings. Death of the Reprobate is a Rabelaisian adventure game from the creator of Four Last Things and The Procession to Calvary.
Clock Tower: Rewind
The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.
Journey to Incrementalia
Journey to Incrementalia is an active incremental auto-battler about a necromancer on a short quest. Cast diabolical spells, summon an army and open the gates of hell on your quest to break down 99 walls and reach the lost city of Incrementalia.
KILL KNIGHT
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
Daemonologie
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Halls of Torment
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Desvelado
Turn off the lights, dodge the ghosts and go to sleep as soon as you can in this hand-crafted 2d platform experience! In this vampiric precision platformer you will overcome challenging puzzles and deadly enemies before going to sleep in your cosy coffin.
Vampire Therapist
Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.
Nightmare Kart
Zoom through gothic streets in this horror themed vehicular combat racing game!
Corpse Keeper
Corpse Keeper is a very challenging action-strategy roguelite. You'll need to lead a squad of three corpses to explore the grim and dark medieval world within limited time, build a powerful army of the living dead, and finally kill the demon lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.
Staffer Reborn
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.
No Rest for the Wicked
From Moon Studios, the award-winning developers of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps comes No Rest for the Wicked, a visceral, precision Action RPG set to reinvent the genre.
Most played gothic games on Steam
Take a look at the top gothic games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 14th 2025.
1. Risen
Delve into a gritty, raw and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting or become a powerful mage. Risen is a rpg, open world and gothic game developed by Piranha Bytes and THQ Nordic and published by THQ Nordic. Released on October 02nd 2009 has received 9,840 reviews of which 8,736 were positive and 1,104 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played gothic games.
8.6
8,736
1,104
71
players
2. Nunholy
In a world overrun by vampires, a group of nuns with their own stories have arrived at the Hunters' Guild. They are ready to wield any power—even that of demons—to defeat their enemies. What fate awaits them on this perilous journey? Nunholy is a female protagonist and action roguelike game developed and published by Chowbie. Released on January 16th 2025 has received 3,621 reviews of which 3,252 were positive and 369 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played gothic games.
8.6
3,252
369
64
players
3. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Dracula, weak and yearning release from immortality, must reclaim his powers and defeat Satan. An epic fantasy adventure set in an expansive modern-day world!Awoken after centuries of slumber, weakened and yearning for release from his immortal bonds, Dracula must reclaim his powers and make a pact with Death, to defeat Satan and gain... Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is a action, adventure and vampire game developed by MercurySteam and published by KONAMI. Released on February 25th 2014 has received 5,830 reviews of which 4,930 were positive and 900 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played gothic games.
8.2
4,930
900
53
players
4. Risen 3 - Titan Lords
The world has been abandoned by its gods and is scarred from the rampage of the Titans. Humanity is struggling to regain strength. You, however, have more pressing concerns: your own life has been shattered and you must set off to reclaim what is lost amidst the darkness spreading throughout the world. Risen 3 - Titan Lords is a rpg, open world and gothic game developed by Piranha Bytes and published by THQ Nordic. Released on August 13th 2014 has received 6,113 reviews of which 4,553 were positive and 1,560 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played gothic games.
7.3
4,553
1,560
34
players
5. The House in Fata Morgana
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity. The House in Fata Morgana is a visual novel, story rich and gothic game developed by NOVECT and published by MangaGamer. Released on May 13th 2016 has received 5,103 reviews of which 4,836 were positive and 267 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played gothic games.
9.1
4,836
267
30
players
6. Lost in Random™
Play the odds in Lost in Random™, a gothic-fairy-tale-inspired action-adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by a roll of the dice. Lost in Random™ is a adventure, action and action-adventure game developed by Zoink and Thunderful and published by Electronic Arts. Released on September 10th 2021 has received 4,638 reviews of which 4,120 were positive and 518 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played gothic games.
8.6
4,120
518
19
players
7. Nightmare Kart
Zoom through gothic streets in this horror themed vehicular combat racing game! Nightmare Kart is a racing, vehicular combat and gothic game developed and published by LWMedia. Released on June 05th 2024 has received 6,613 reviews of which 6,403 were positive and 210 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played gothic games.
9.4
6,403
210
4
players
8. HeXen II
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives. HeXen II is a action, fps and classic game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software. Released on August 03rd 2007 has received 552 reviews of which 438 were positive and 114 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played gothic games.
7.5
438
114
3
players
9. My Lovely Wife
My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators. My Lovely Wife is a fantasy, gothic and atmospheric game developed by GameChanger Studio and Toge Productions and published by Neon Doctrine. Released on June 08th 2022 has received 698 reviews of which 529 were positive and 169 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played gothic games.
7.2
529
169
3
players
10. 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. Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi is a horror, vampire and action game developed by Idol FX and published by Funbox Media Ltd. Released on March 06th 2014 has received 3,026 reviews of which 2,645 were positive and 381 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played gothic games.
8.4
2,645
381
2
players
Best deals on gothic games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of gothic games available on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted gothic games.
1. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Dracula, weak and yearning release from immortality, must reclaim his powers and defeat Satan. An epic fantasy adventure set in an expansive modern-day world!Awoken after centuries of slumber, weakened and yearning for release from his immortal bonds, Dracula must reclaim his powers and make a pact with Death, to defeat Satan and gain... Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is a action, adventure and vampire game developed by MercurySteam and published by KONAMI. Released on February 25th 2014 has received 5,830 reviews of which 4,930 were positive and 900 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. Featuring a massive 97% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for gothic category.
8.2
4,930
900
-97%
29.99€
1.19€
2. My Lovely Wife
My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators. My Lovely Wife is a fantasy, gothic and atmospheric game developed by GameChanger Studio and Toge Productions and published by Neon Doctrine. Released on June 08th 2022 has received 698 reviews of which 529 were positive and 169 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 94% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in gothic games.
7.2
529
169
-94%
14.99€
0.93€
3. Belladonna
Belladonna is a gothic adventure game, twisted and dark. Take the role of a corpse girl rising from the dead in an abandoned laboratory, and unravel the mysteries concerning your own death and reanimation. Belladonna is a point & click, adventure and indie game developed by Neckbolt and published by Plug In Digital and Dear Villagers. Released on February 27th 2015 has received 761 reviews of which 545 were positive and 216 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 90% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in gothic games.
6.9
545
216
-90%
5.69€
0.57€
4. 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. Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi is a horror, vampire and action game developed by Idol FX and published by Funbox Media Ltd. Released on March 06th 2014 has received 3,026 reviews of which 2,645 were positive and 381 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 78% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for gothic games.
8.4
2,645
381
-78%
2.99€
0.66€
5. The 7th Guest VR
The iconic supernatural mystery, The 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology, that delivers an atmospheric story like no other. Explore the foreboding mansion, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets. The 7th Guest VR is a adventure, vr and puzzle game developed and published by Vertigo Games. Released on October 19th 2023 has received 480 reviews of which 452 were positive and 28 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 71% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for gothic games.
8.7
452
28
-71%
29.99€
8.94€
Free gothic games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play gothic games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play gothic games.
1. Nightmare Kart
Zoom through gothic streets in this horror themed vehicular combat racing game! Nightmare Kart is a racing, vehicular combat and gothic game developed and published by LWMedia. Released on June 05th 2024 has received 6,613 reviews of which 6,403 were positive and 210 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free gothic games on Steam.
9.4
6,403
210
4
players