Games like The Dark Queen of Mortholme
If The Dark Queen of Mortholme is your kind of game, the closest matches are Argyle Manor, Book 1: Away From The Sun, Luce Spenta and Cage of Roses — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and challenging. 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 →The Dark Queen of Mortholme is a short, hard single-player action game released in 2025 by Mosu and published by Monster Theater. Players take on the role of the final boss, defending their stronghold against a hero who repeatedly returns after being defeated. Reviewers highlight the game's AI-adaptation system where the hero learns and counters player attacks, requiring mastery of boss-pattern-recognition and boss-pattern-learning mechanics. The narrative-driven experience is described by players as atmospheric and emotionally challenging, with reviewers noting the overall tone as bleak and dark. Branching dialogue choices reshape the dynamic between queen and hero, leading to multiple endings that encourage exploration of different relationship trajectories. The game holds an 84% positive rating from 1562 Steam reviews, is priced at $4.99 USD, and is verified for Steam Deck play.
About The Dark Queen of Mortholme: You are the final boss, the Dark Queen of Mortholme, unrivaled in power. A hero invades and is easily crushed. Yet, they keep returning. A short-form indie game about an unusual bond, perspectives, and the beauty of change.
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Argyle Manor, Book 1: Away From The Sun
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Top pick for The Dark Queen of Mortholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Luce Spenta
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Shares dialogue choices, achievement hunting, narrative driven and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Second-strongest match for The Dark Queen of Mortholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
A gothic psychological visual novel where you decide who deserves forgiveness… and who deserves condemnation. Explore the lives of five souls, confront unsettling truths, and make choices that will shape your ultimate fate. Every choice is a reflection. Every judgment carries a sentence.
Cage of Roses
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Shares dialogue choices, multiple endings, dark fantasy and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Third-strongest match for The Dark Queen of Mortholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
Herald of Moira
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Ranked #4 for The Dark Queen of Mortholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Explore the region of Rosevale, craft potions through alchemy, lead an investigation against five suspects, and uncover the truth behind a massacre in this semi-open world gothic fantasy RPG.
Cold Blooded
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Ranked #5 for The Dark Queen of Mortholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Cold Blooded is a gripping third-person action survival horror game that lets players take the role of Amy, a determined and highly resourceful skilled fighter, who must battle for her life against an alien invasion taking over the planet.
SVETIK
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Ranked #6 for The Dark Queen of Mortholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
SVETIK is a dark top-down RPG where your only source of light is a living being. Svetik remembers your words, changes over time, and may leave you in complete darkness. Can you restore the sun if the light itself stops trusting you?
Depression Quest
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Shares a bleak mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Ranked #7 for The Dark Queen of Mortholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
A Space for the Unbound
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Ranked #8 for The Dark Queen of Mortholme fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
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Shares boss fights and a challenging mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Reviewers of The Dark Queen of Mortholme cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Rogues Like Us
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Reviewers of The Dark Queen of Mortholme cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Rogues Like Us is a hack n' slash rogue-lite unlike any other! Stand against a resurging threat by yourself or with a friend in local co-op. Collect weapons, armor, enchantments, and more by exploring dangerous locales and defeating powerful bosses! Stop the constructs, save the town.
Nother: an indie souls-like
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Reviewers of The Dark Queen of Mortholme cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Reviewers of The Dark Queen of Mortholme cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
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.
ELDEN RING
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Shares boss fights and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Reviewers of The Dark Queen of Mortholme cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Reviewers of The Dark Queen of Mortholme cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Dark Queen of Mortholme at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~80% under The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
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 The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
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 and Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Dark Queen of Mortholme.
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Frequently asked about The Dark Queen of Mortholme
- Is The Dark Queen of Mortholme verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Dark Queen of Mortholme 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 The Dark Queen of Mortholme cost?
- The Dark Queen of Mortholme is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Dark Queen of Mortholme?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Dark Queen of Mortholme are Argyle Manor, Book 1: Away From The Sun, Luce Spenta, Cage of Roses.
- Who developed The Dark Queen of Mortholme?
- The Dark Queen of Mortholme was developed by Mosu and published by Monster Theater.
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