Games like Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series
If Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dungeons & Dragons: Krynn Series, Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three and Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two — 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 Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series: Unleash your imagination into a vast, savage world, sun-scorched and wind-scraped. This series contains the radiant classics, Dark Sun: Shattered Lands, and Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Krynn Series
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Top pick for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Return to the first fantasy role-playing epic set in the legendary Dragonlance game world of Krynn. This immortal pack includes Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn and The Dark Queen of Krynn.
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Second-strongest match for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
This package celebrates the elements of the AD&D video games that you know and love - vast dungeons and beautiful locations to explore, a wide variety of monsters to slay, quests to complete, adventurers to assemble and worlds to be saved.
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Third-strongest match for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
The Forgotten Realm Archives - Collection Two brings a healthy mix of “Gold Box” and nostalgia goodness to your PC, along with a combination of adventure builders, turn-based and real-time role-playing gameplay.
Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft Series
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Ranked #4 for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Step into a world of gothic and Egyptian horror and adventure, set in the campaign setting of Ravenloft. This series of entrancing horrors includes Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession and its sequel, Ravenloft: Stone Prophet.
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Ranked #5 for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
The Forgotten Realms Archive - Collection One allows you to journey through the set of adventures: the Eye of the Beholder trilogy, a collection of first-person, real-time role-playing games.
The Temple of Elemental Evil
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat, resource management and a dark mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Ranked #6 for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Years ago a demoness’s elemental cult ruled from a temple near Nulb until the Circle of Eight razed it. Now bandits stalk Hommlet and dark forces gather at the ruins. In this classic party‑based D&D RPG, unmask their true purpose and confront the reborn evil before chaos engulfs the land.
Silver Box Classics
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat, resource management and a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Ranked #7 for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
This collection brings back a gathering of adaptations of the events in the first four Dragonlance role-playing modules, at the beginning of the War of the Lance. These are the first video games adaptations of D&D that started it all.
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
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!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Streets of Rogue
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Moonring
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
Lily's Well
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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More from Strategic Simulations
Other recommendable Steam games by Strategic Simulations, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Another title from Strategic Simulations, the studio behind Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
The Forgotten Realms Archive - Collection One allows you to journey through the set of adventures: the Eye of the Beholder trilogy, a collection of first-person, real-time role-playing games.
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Another title from Strategic Simulations, the studio behind Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
The Forgotten Realm Archives - Collection Two brings a healthy mix of “Gold Box” and nostalgia goodness to your PC, along with a combination of adventure builders, turn-based and real-time role-playing gameplay.
Dungeons & Dragons: Krynn Series
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Another title from Strategic Simulations, the studio behind Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Return to the first fantasy role-playing epic set in the legendary Dragonlance game world of Krynn. This immortal pack includes Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn and The Dark Queen of Krynn.
Fantasy General
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Another title from Strategic Simulations, the studio behind Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Fantasy General invites you to enter a world of heroes, swords, magic and beasts. You must lead your army into battle with the Shadowlord’s forces and defeat each of his lieutenants across varying terrain and battlefields.
Pacific General
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Another title from Strategic Simulations, the studio behind Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
Silver Box Classics
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat, resource management and a challenging mood with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
Another title from Strategic Simulations, the studio behind Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
This collection brings back a gathering of adaptations of the events in the first four Dragonlance role-playing modules, at the beginning of the War of the Lance. These are the first video games adaptations of D&D that started it all.
DragonStrike
WHY THIS
Another title from Strategic Simulations, the studio behind Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
The FIRST-EVER dragon combat simulator! This is DragonStrike, where the deadly skies above the Dragonlance game world of Krynn explode before your very eyes. The first-person viewpoint propels you into a fully animated, 3D world of action and excitement! To the skies brave knight - and victory!
Star Command (1988)
WHY THIS
Another title from Strategic Simulations, the studio behind Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series. Shares RPG with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
STAR COMMAND offers the thrill of the best sci-fi novels, and then some. In this epic multiple-character role-playing game, you don't just read about the adventure — you live it!
Frequently asked about Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series
- Does Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series work on Steam Deck?
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series cost?
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series are Dungeons & Dragons: Krynn Series, Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three, Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two.
- Who developed Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series?
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series was developed by Strategic Simulations and published by SNEG.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun Series.
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