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Games like Darksiders™

If Darksiders™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darksiders™, Darksiders Warmastered Edition and 异世界生存指南 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere is strong, combat is satisfying and power fantasy. 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.

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About Darksiders™: Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell. In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth.

2010ActionAdventureMetacritic 83Windowsby Vigil Games
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Players who liked Darksiders™ also play

Steam players who put hours into Darksiders™ 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.

  1. Darksiders™

    WHY THIS

    Shares backtracking, puzzle solving and a grim mood with Darksiders™.

    Top pick for Darksiders™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell. In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth.

    2010ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Darksiders Warmastered Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Second-strongest match for Darksiders™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell.

    2016ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 异世界生存指南

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Third-strongest match for Darksiders™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    【Real and authentic CRPG】 Online, a unique adventure game! Each character has a distinctive image and skills, with unique styles of movements. Players can work together to encircle powerful fantasy legendary creatures, obtain fantasy ingredients,

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Ranked #4 for Darksiders™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    The ultimate DARKSIDERS II experience! 1080p native resolution. Reworked and tuned game balancing and loot distribution. Improved Graphic Render Engine for even higher visual quality, lighting and shadows. Improved and reworked level, character and environment graphics.

    2015ActionAdventureRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Project MIKHAIL: A Muv-Luv War Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Ranked #5 for Darksiders™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Set on an Earth where mankind is being steadily annihilated by the alien invaders known as the BETA, Project MIKHAIL lets you pilot a Tactical Surface Fighter in the war to save humanity!

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. LIZARDS MUST DIE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Darksiders™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. BIOMUTANT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Darksiders™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Darksiders™.

    BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.

    2021ActionRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Darksiders III

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Ranked #8 for Darksiders™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.

    2018ActionAdventureRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Darksiders™

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Legend of Zuri

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Darksiders™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Darksiders™.

    The Legend of Zuri is a "pick a path" style raunchy adventure with over 180 CG images. Will the Princess Zuri remain unsullied or will she experience something unmentionable? That depends on which paths you choose!

    2020Adventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Devil May Cry HD Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Darksiders™.

    Reviewers of Darksiders™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Darksiders™.

    The popular stylish action games Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition return in one collection!

    2018Action29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a grim mood with Darksiders™.

    Reviewers of Darksiders™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.

    2008ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. God of War

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Reviewers of Darksiders™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Legacy of Kain: Ascendance

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Reviewers of Darksiders™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Enter the dark world of Nosgoth – Ascendance is a fast paced, 2D action platformer built around fluid combat, vertical movement, vampiric powers, and skill-driven play.

    2026ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. NieR:Automata™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Reviewers of Darksiders™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Darksiders™.

    NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.

    2017ActionRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Original War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Darksiders™ cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.

    2014StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Immortals Fenyx Rising

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Reviewers of Darksiders™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Immortals Fenyx Rising brings grand mythological adventure to life. Play as Fenyx on a quest to save the Greek gods.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Darksiders™.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Vigil Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Vigil Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Another title from Vigil Games, the studio behind Darksiders™. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    The ultimate DARKSIDERS II experience! 1080p native resolution. Reworked and tuned game balancing and loot distribution. Improved Graphic Render Engine for even higher visual quality, lighting and shadows. Improved and reworked level, character and environment graphics.

    2015ActionAdventureRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Darksiders Warmastered Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Darksiders™.

    Another title from Vigil Games, the studio behind Darksiders™. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell.

    2016ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Darksiders™

    WHY THIS

    Shares backtracking, puzzle solving and a grim mood with Darksiders™.

    Another title from Vigil Games, the studio behind Darksiders™. Shares Action and Adventure with Darksiders™.

    Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell. In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth.

    2010ActionAdventureSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Darksiders™

Does Darksiders™ work on Steam Deck?
Darksiders™ is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
What games are most similar to Darksiders™?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Darksiders™ are Darksiders™, Darksiders Warmastered Edition, 异世界生存指南.
Who developed Darksiders™?
Darksiders™ was developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ Nordic.

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 Darksiders™.

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