Games like Blade of Darkness
If Blade of Darkness is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crowned In Steel, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers and Mortal Shell II — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Blade of Darkness: Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
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Steam players who put hours into Blade of Darkness also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Crowned In Steel
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Top pick for Blade of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Crush, stab, slice, rend, break, maim and decapitate your enemies in a skill-based action-adventure with brutal combat and full dismemberment.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
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Shares combo based combat and a dark mood with Blade of Darkness.
Second-strongest match for Blade of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
Mortal Shell II
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Third-strongest match for Blade of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.
Mortal Shell
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Shares a bleak mood with Blade of Darkness.
Ranked #4 for Blade of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
The Relic: First Guardian
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Ranked #5 for Blade of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
A dark action RPG rooted in Korean mythology, with brutal, fast combat.
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
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Shares a dark mood with Blade of Darkness.
Ranked #6 for Blade of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
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Ranked #7 for Blade of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
An Oni Gauntlet-wielding samurai makes a stand in Kyoto against the encroaching Genma menace. Through gritty, blood-soaked brawls, he searches for his reason to fight. What fate awaits at the end of his path?
Weird RPG 2
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Shares combo based combat with Blade of Darkness.
Ranked #8 for Blade of Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
An innovative third-person action RPG where you can choose traditional weapons to fight monsters fairly, or activate cheats like godly powers. The unique voice-controlled gear system lets you summon spells or enhance yourself. This is definitely an adventure you've never experienced before!
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
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Shares a challenging mood with Blade of Darkness.
Reviewers of Blade of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
SEVERANCE
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Shares a dark mood with Blade of Darkness.
Reviewers of Blade of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.
Demon's Soulbound
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Reviewers of Blade of Darkness cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Demon's Soulbound is a gay bara adult 3rd person point'n click adventure about domination, bdsm, sex between men and monsters, and serving a demon master.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blade of Darkness at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~67% under Blade of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~53% under Blade of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
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Priced ~47% under Blade of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~70% under Blade of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
How to Fish
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Priced ~67% under Blade of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Noita
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Priced ~47% under Blade of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~93% under Blade of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~80% under Blade of Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blade of Darkness.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Blade of Darkness.
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Frequently asked about Blade of Darkness
- Is Blade of Darkness verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Blade of Darkness is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Blade of Darkness cost?
- Blade of Darkness is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Blade of Darkness?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blade of Darkness are Crowned In Steel, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, Mortal Shell II.
- Who developed Blade of Darkness?
- Blade of Darkness was developed by Rebel Act Studios, Fire Falcom, General Arcade and published by SNEG.
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