The Best Dark Games for Xbox Series X - Page 4

Update : DAVY x JONES added at rank #50.
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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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Krimson (2024)

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

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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early access Nintendo Switch Xbox One j Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X PC Windows

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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Tales from Candleforth (2024)

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

Tales from Candleforth is a collection of fairy tales that were written on top of a forbidden book many years ago to hide its content. Years later, the dark text is bleeding out and onto the pages of the tales, mixing with them and twisting the stories. Discover a 2D world brimming with detail, fully drawn and animated by hand.


  • horror
  • hand-drawn
  • dark
  • conversation
  • surreal
  • lore
  • hidden-object
  • old-school
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • horror-puzzle
  • puzzle
  • fantasy
  • cute

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One Last Breath (2024)

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

One Last Breath tells a story about despair but also about hope. Gaia has the ability to control the environment. Create paths using trunks, summon vines to hang between gaps, and solve puzzles using your powers to save our planet.


  • 2.5d
  • nature
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • scroller
  • puzzle
  • story
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • action-adventure

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Creepy Tale: Ingrid Penance (2023)

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

As punishment for her transgressions, Ingrid is sent to hell. As she struggles through the darkness that hungers to consume her heart, she makes her way toward redemption. Her fate is in your hands.


  • escape
  • room
  • horror
  • dark
  • narration
  • supernatural
  • puzzle
  • point-and-click
  • drama
  • psychological
  • hand-drawn
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • story

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ELDERBORN (2020)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows j

ELDERBORN - a Metal AF* Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. Be that merciless slayer. Uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom. Forge your own destiny! *Action Fantasy.


  • souls
  • dark
  • fantasy
  • swordplay
  • perma-death
  • fight
  • comic
  • hack-and-slash
  • pve
  • dungeon-crawler
  • first-person
  • book

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Faye Falling (2024)

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

Faye Falling is a single-player, story-driven, turn-based RPG. You play as a recently deceased spirit trying to find their way in an afterlife seeped in termoil. It is up to you to save your soul, and every soul, from the great darkness that threatens it.


  • japanese
  • rpg
  • dark
  • philosophical
  • jrpg
  • emotional
  • turn-based
  • story
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • surreal
  • pixel
  • psychological
  • 2d
  • colourful

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Oddworld: Soulstorm (2021)

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

Oddworld: Soulstorm is the explosive second game in a brand new Oddworld Quintology that tells the continuing story of Abe and his comrades as they discover further crimes against Mudokonkind and look for the spark that will ignite a revolution.


  • platform
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • 2.5d
  • action-adventure
  • 1990s
  • humor
  • lore
  • conspiracy
  • dystopian
  • 2d
  • realistic
  • remake
  • stealth
  • multiple-endings

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