Choose Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan
Choose Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan launched in 2015.
Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan vs Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan and Grim Legends 3: The Dark City both land in Adventure, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Adventure, Casual on Steam. Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan (2015) is 1 year older than Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (2016). Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan scores higher on Steam reviews (95.6% positive) than Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (93.9% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
Choose Grim Legends 3: The Dark City if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Grim Legends 3: The Dark City launched in 2016.
Both Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan and Grim Legends 3: The Dark City sit in Adventure and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (95.6% vs 93.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan |  Grim Legends 3: The Dark City | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2016 |
| Genres | Adventure, Casual | Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 95.6% positive (390 reviews) | 93.9% positive (261 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Artifex Mundi | Artifex Mundi |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan (2015) is 1 year older than Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (2016).
- Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan scores higher on Steam reviews (95.6% positive) than Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (93.9% positive).
- Grim Legends 3: The Dark City is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan (14.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Both are Deck Playable.
Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan vs Grim Legends 3: The Dark City — FAQ
- Which is better, Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan or Grim Legends 3: The Dark City?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan sits at 95.6% positive (390 reviews), Grim Legends 3: The Dark City at 93.9% (261). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan or Grim Legends 3: The Dark City first?
- If you want chronology, Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan (2015) came out before Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (2016). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan and Grim Legends 3: The Dark City similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.