The Best Dark Games for Xbox Series X - Page 4

Update : Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter added at rank #17.
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Tales from Candleforth (2024)

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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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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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ELDERBORN (2020)

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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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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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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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Death or Treat (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Mac OS (Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch) Playstation 4

The Halloween spirit is missing! Play as Scary and help him save HallowTown. "Death or Treat" is a 2D action-roguelite and hack & slash, with handpainted environments and traditional animation. Explore all the worlds and defeat hordes of enemies using different weapons and skills.


  • rogue-like
  • hack-and-slash
  • souls
  • dark
  • cartoony
  • fantasy
  • 2d
  • hand-drawn
  • inventory
  • colourful
  • 1990s
  • management
  • steampunk
  • combat
  • cute

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REDACTED (2024)

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Playstation 5 j Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One

In [REDACTED], a fast-action isometric roguelike, a shadowy agent watches Black Iron Prison spiral into chaos. As one of the last guards, fight through monsters, rivals, and reanimated corpses of your fellow guards to escape the penitentiary alive.


  • rogue-like
  • shooter
  • dark
  • stylized
  • first-person
  • isometric
  • fps
  • 3d
  • comedy
  • action
  • survival
  • comic
  • humor
  • hack-and-slash
  • zombies

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Nocturnal Visitors (2024)

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

Investigate morally grey crimes in this fantasy thriller in where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.


  • horror
  • magic
  • 2d
  • casual
  • colourful
  • crime
  • adventure
  • rpgmaker
  • alternate
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • single-player
  • story

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EchoBlade (2022)

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Venture forth in this puzzle-combat dungeon explorer. Blinded and trapped inside a dungeon tower, every sound you make illuminates your path to freedom. Danger lurks around every corner: trapdoors, chambers filled with toxic fumes, and halls patrolled by crusader knights are only the beginning.


  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • medieval
  • experimental
  • dungeon
  • first-person
  • stealth
  • puzzle-combat
  • 3d
  • combat
  • explorer
  • war

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The Devil Within: Satgat (2024)

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Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.


  • souls
  • dark
  • metroidvania
  • scroller
  • arts
  • post-apocalyptic
  • demons
  • martial
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • exploration
  • controller-support
  • 2d

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