The Best Dark Games for Xbox Series X - Page 3

Update : Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter added at rank #17.
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Evil Wizard (2023)

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Evil Wizard is a humor-filled action RPG that puts you in the shoes of a former Final Boss. Rise from defeat, rediscover long lost powers, and fight to reclaim your castle from an army of so-called heroes.


  • villain
  • protagonist
  • dark
  • humor
  • cartoony
  • metroidvania
  • magic
  • rpg
  • comedy
  • action-adventure
  • hack-and-slash
  • dungeon-crawler
  • action
  • rogue-like
  • top-down

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Super Dark Deception (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Death awaits you once again in Super Dark Deception, a fun 2D reimagining of the hit horror maze game, Dark Deception!


  • horror
  • runner
  • humor
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • cartoony
  • lore
  • anime
  • pixel
  • top-down
  • retro
  • demons
  • rpg
  • arcade
  • cute

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Selfloss (2024)

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Selfloss is an emotional exploration game filled with rich lore, set in a whale-worshipping, Slavic-inspired world. Embark on the journey of the healer, Kazimir, and his magical staff as he fights a mysterious Miasm in search of a ritual to cure his wounded soul.


  • dark
  • fantasy
  • whale-worshiping
  • emotional
  • lore
  • slavic
  • metroidvania
  • puzzle
  • post-apocalyptic
  • magic
  • atmospheric
  • stylized
  • medieval
  • action-adventure
  • exploration

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Dark Light (2022)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X

Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.


  • souls
  • metroidvania
  • platform
  • cyberpunk
  • dark
  • gore
  • post-apocalyptic
  • horror
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • violent
  • zombies
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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Beholder 3 (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.


  • dystopian
  • political
  • choices
  • dark
  • point-and-click
  • simulation
  • lgbtq
  • multiple-endings
  • humor
  • management
  • isometric
  • nonlinear
  • atmospheric

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Whateverland (2022)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X m PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.


  • dark
  • humor
  • hand-drawn
  • music
  • point-and-click
  • nonlinear
  • multiple-endings
  • turn-based
  • team
  • puzzle
  • narration
  • magic
  • supernatural
  • choices
  • non-linear

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Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows (2024)

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Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.


  • dark
  • america
  • comic
  • humor
  • 1990s
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • detective
  • emotional
  • book
  • hand-drawn
  • cartoony
  • interactive
  • anime
  • drama

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Krimson (2024)

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Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.


  • psychological
  • dark
  • platform
  • rhythm
  • horror
  • psychedelic
  • precision
  • abstract
  • 2d
  • thriller
  • demons
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • fantasy

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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Remaster (2023)

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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a full 3D remake of the first game in the legendary Wizardry series of RPGs.


  • rpg
  • dark
  • dungeon-crawler
  • old-school
  • party
  • werewolves
  • character
  • fantasy
  • dragon
  • documentary
  • magic
  • turn-based
  • vampire
  • demons
  • customization

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Chasm: The Rift Remaster (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.


  • shooter
  • first-person
  • fps
  • dark
  • hero
  • 1990s
  • old-school
  • gore
  • retro
  • violent
  • surreal
  • sci-fi

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