Games like The Darkness II
If The Darkness II is your kind of game, the closest matches are GUTTED: Infested Crypts, Homefront and Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and emotional. 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 Darkness II is a 2012 first-person action game developed by Digital Extremes and published by 2K, available for $29.99 USD and playable on Steam Deck. Players control a mobster haunted by grief, channeling demonic powers in a supernatural revenge story that blends crime drama with horror elements. Combat combines dual-wielding firearms with demon tentacle abilities that can execute swarms of enemies and regenerate health, while a relic system rewards exploration with character upgrades. Reviewers highlight the cel-shaded art style as visually distinctive, and players describe the combat as feeling like a power fantasy. The challenging campaign is short but impactful, with reviewers noting it centers on themes of grief and vengeance that give the experience emotional weight. The game also supports online co-op. It holds a 90 percent positive rating from 3,614 Steam reviews.
About The Darkness II: An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
Players who liked The Darkness II also play
Steam players who put hours into The Darkness II 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.
GUTTED: Infested Crypts
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Top pick for The Darkness II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
Homefront
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with The Darkness II.
Second-strongest match for The Darkness II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
The Rock Map Pack is Now Available! Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Darkness II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 is signature Black Ops across a cinematic single-player Campaign, a best-in-class Multiplayer experience and with the epic return of Round-Based Zombies.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with The Darkness II.
Ranked #4 for The Darkness II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.
Killing Floor
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Shares a grim mood with The Darkness II.
Ranked #5 for The Darkness II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
Painkiller: Recurring Evil
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with The Darkness II.
Ranked #6 for The Darkness II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Battle never ceases in the realm known as Hell. This time around it's a battle for the freedom of your very soul. Will you be able to escape from the prison hidden in the darkest deepest chasm of Hell? Do you have enough courage to travel through the most dangerous and twisted areas, infamous for their unsafety, even among demons...
Quake 4
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Shares a dark mood with The Darkness II.
Ranked #7 for The Darkness II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.
Call of Duty®: WWII
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Darkness II.
Ranked #8 for The Darkness II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Call of Duty®: WWII - a breathtaking experience that redefines World War II.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Darkness II at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under The Darkness II on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~67% under The Darkness II on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under The Darkness II on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Darkness II on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~67% under The Darkness II on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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Priced ~50% under The Darkness II on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
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 The Darkness II.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
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 The Darkness II.
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.
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BioShock™ 2 Remastered
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkness II.
Another title from Digital Extremes, the studio behind The Darkness II. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
In BioShock 2, you step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as you explore through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.
BioShock® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkness II.
Another title from Digital Extremes, the studio behind The Darkness II. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.
Homefront
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with The Darkness II.
Another title from Digital Extremes, the studio behind The Darkness II. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
The Rock Map Pack is Now Available! Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force.
Dark Sector
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with The Darkness II.
Another title from Digital Extremes, the studio behind The Darkness II. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.
Soulframe
WHY THIS
Another title from Digital Extremes, the studio behind The Darkness II. Shares Action with The Darkness II.
From the creators of Warframe emerges a new Fantasy Action RPG. Forge your legend with blade, bow, and magick as you lead the charge against a world-devouring corruption.
Frequently asked about The Darkness II
- Does The Darkness II run on Steam Deck?
- The Darkness II is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Darkness II cost?
- The Darkness II is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Darkness II have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Darkness II supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Darkness II?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Darkness II are GUTTED: Infested Crypts, Homefront, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6.
- Who developed The Darkness II?
- The Darkness II was developed by Digital Extremes and published by 2K.
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