Dark Fantasy
23 games reviewed, ranked by score.
Baldur's Gate 3
Larian's everything-reacts epic
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Bloody Baron alone outwrites most full games
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
A turn-based RPG that parries you straight into grief
Path of Exile
Theory-crafting is the true endgame, with a cliff for an on-ramp
Darkest Dungeon
The Best Stress Simulator Ever Built
Vampire Survivors
Five Euros for the Genre's Founding Snowball
Pillars of Eternity
Obsidian's Infinity Engine Revival Still Earns Its Reputation
The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot
A budget kick-into-spikes sandbox that punches far above its price
MENACE
Suppression and squad fire land hard, the AI just runs and hides
Rubinite
Boss rush that shines, then hides its ending behind no-hit runs
Xenonauts 2
Faithful X-COM tactics, undone by a peace ending nobody asked for
Shards of Order
Time-clock combat that clicks, with no runway past the credits
Arms of God
Fusing five weapons feels great, the circle-running maps don't
Loop Hero
A Brilliant Loop That Eventually Devours Itself
Tears of Metal
Crisp clan warfare, marginal upgrades and no mid-run save
Cursemark
Rune-breaking synergies worth chasing, if the bugs and thin content don't stop you
Dead Weight
Ledge-shoving fights that dazzle, then repeat themselves dry
Hell Maiden
Gorgeous descent into Hell, tripped by run-ending crashes
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Gorgeous, funny adventure undone by soft-locks and a cliffhanger
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Fluid orc hordes shine, then the upgrade tree runs on empty
Sineus Arena Survivors
Sharp horde rush, wrecked by late-wave scaling and spawn bugs
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II
Tighter tactics, but the tech-priest tinkering is gone
Legacy of Kain: Ascendance
A Nosgoth prequel that slides where it should strike