Best Gothic Games on Steam
Games with haunted architecture, romantic gloom, curses, shadows, and old-world dread.
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1Darkest Dungeon® - Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Jan 19, 2016
In this game, you can…
- watch a hero snap from stress and start refusing orders or even attacking teammates mid-fight.
- deliberately let the torch go out to change how battles work and gamble for better loot before looting a chest.
- come back from a failed mission diseased and traumatized, then send heroes to the tavern, abbey, brothel, or sanitarium to recover.
- bail out of a dungeon run mid-expedition, turning the rest of the crawl into a constant push-or-retreat decision.
- have a random miniboss like the Collector appear out of nowhere and wreck an expedition that was going fine.
- build parties where each character can only use certain moves from certain positions, so rearranging your lineup changes what anyone can do.
- lose heroes permanently, then recruit replacements and keep the campaign going with the town upgrades you managed to bring back.
2Lies of P - Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.
Sep 18, 2023
In this game, you can…
- split any weapon into blade and handle, then recombine them to make a totally different moveset and special attack.
- run out of heals, then rebuild healing charges by landing successful attacks.
- drain an enemy's stagger first, then still have to find time for a charged heavy before you're allowed to do the critical attack.
- turn a clunky heavy weapon into something fast by putting its blade on a lighter handle.
- perfect-guard strings of attacks until the enemy breaks, then land a charged heavy to open a critical strike.
- take a hit, then win the lost health back by immediately attacking without getting tagged again.
- swap in a mechanical arm tool like a built-in shield, then upgrade it into a whole alternate game plan.
- sprint past rolling boulders, duck into hiding spots, then loop a shortcut back to your checkpoint while a set piece is still pressuring you.
3Blasphemous - Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Sep 10, 2019
In this game, you can…
- unlock fast travel by donating 20,000 Tears of Atonement to a hidden system.
- encounter enemies like shrieking nuns who swing caged captives as weapons, a cursed boy birthing an old man from his chest, and a dead bishop puppeteered by followers.
- bow before towering statues to have your guilt absolved and your death penalty lifted.
- wake up in a field of naked, faceless, masked corpses as the only apparent survivor.
- die, drop your currency, leave a guilt mark on your corpse, then make a tense pilgrimage back to recover it.
- find story clues in item descriptions, cryptic dialogue, corpses, hidden doors, and boss encounters, then piece the plot together yourself.
- learn boss fights by parrying, dodging, and striking only in tiny openings until you beat towering religious monstrosities through timing alone.
- enter New Game+ penances that change your playstyle, then stack on optional challenges that force a completely different approach.
4Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
Jun 18, 2019
In this game, you can…
- kill one monster and walk away with a new spell, a passive boost, or a familiar that fights beside you.
- hit what looks like the ending, then keep going as the castle opens into the real route and more endings.
- eat cooked meals for permanent stat boosts, then hunt rare ingredients to stack those bonuses.
- steal demon powers from enemies and slot them into your build.
- chain high jump and other movement skills to reach places you were never supposed to get to yet.
- learn a weapon technique on one weapon, then use that technique on other weapons of the same type.
- follow a mini-map that marks unopened chests, then start tearing through hidden walls and secret passages to reach them.
- enter a secret 8-bit area inside the castle, with its own rules and a boss fight.
- unlock a built-in randomizer and extra modes like boss rush and boss revenge, plus additional playable characters.
5Halls of Torment - Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Sep 24, 2024
In this game, you can…
- use potions to ban traits, double traits, keep traits for later, or reroll choices until your build clicks.
- descend deeper each run toward a specific Lord, then send unique loot back up so your next attempt starts with a different toolbox.
- manually aim your shots, beams, and cleaves.
- corral a whole mob into a tight cluster, then punch a single attack through it with huge area damage and piercing hits.
- tailor an entire run around a specific quest objective instead of just grinding levels.
- stack gear, traits, and class marks into hybrid builds that completely change how your character fights.
- start a run barely surviving, then ramp into wiping whole screens so enemies can't even reach you anymore.
- fight bosses with telegraphed attacks that force constant repositioning instead of letting you just stand there and trade hits.
- hunt through each underground world for hidden buffs and secrets that change how the map plays.
6ASTLIBRA Revision - Confront time and fate in the 2D action RPG, Astlibra Revision. Explore meticulously crafted worlds, fight brutal boss battles, and upgrade your skills to take down enemies lurking around every corner.
Oct 13, 2022
In this game, you can…
- balance a scale by placing random items on it to earn passive bonuses from your loadout
- level up every weapon, shield, and armor piece until it unlocks permanent passives and free bonuses
- hit an ending, then have the story keep going into new regions, new acts, and even a postscript that adds new mechanics
- cast magic by inputting commands in real time while the fight keeps moving
- build stamina by attacking, spend it on possession skills, then chain air combos, counters, and dashes without losing momentum
- watch boss fights shift into bullet-hell patterns, then change forms mid-battle and hit you with new rhythms
- solve progression puzzles with unexpected tools, like using a bow and arrow where swords and clubs don't work
7Alice: Madness Returns - Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.
Jun 17, 2011
In this game, you can…
- grow to towering size and crush enemies that get too close.
- trigger a sixth-sense vision that reveals invisible platforms, then use that new path to push deeper into the level.
- use your weapons to activate mechanisms and platforms, so the right combat tool can also be the key to moving forward.
- glide with your dress to extend jumps across broken platforms.
- shrink down to slip through tiny entrances and reach hidden areas.
- chain a double-jump into a float, then keep stringing jumps across gaps that shouldn't be crossable.
- fight with a lineup of named weapons like a machine-gun Pepper Grinder, a hammer-like Hobby Horse, timed Clockwork Bombs, and a Teapot Cannon.
- shift out of 3D exploring into side-scrolling stretches and motion-heavy sliding sequences as a change of pace.
8Devil May Cry HD Collection - The popular stylish action games Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition return in one collection!
Mar 13, 2018
In this game, you can…
- swap combat styles mid-combo, then chain them with weapon and gun swaps on the fly for totally different routes through the same fight.
- play the entire campaign as Vergil instead of Dante, with his own moveset and approach to every mission.
- juggle enemies in midair with gunfire, then leap up after them and slash them back down.
- transform into a demon state on demand, then burn through a fight with a completely different speed and moveset.
- learn which weapons and attack types specific demons hate, then win fights by exploiting those matchups instead of mashing.
- explore a spooky mansion-like island, backtrack through locked rooms, and solve small investigations that turn into full-on demon brawls.
- fight bosses that come back later with new moves and new arenas, turning rematches into escalating set pieces.
- enter Bloody Palace and try to survive a massive gauntlet of fights in a single run for hours at a time.
- unlock a soundtrack vault and listen to the game's music right from the main menu.
9Brutal Legend - Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.
Feb 26, 2013
In this game, you can…
- summon your car by playing a guitar solo, then jump straight back into a chase or a fight.
- ride with Lemmy Kilmister and hunt boar-bikes by stunning them with bass notes.
- turn fans into a resource by luring them to geysers with merch, then spending them to deploy troops.
- drive a hot rod across an open world while the soundtrack blasts from an in-game music player.
- use guitar solos to buff allies, cripple enemies, and conjure objects mid-battle instead of just dealing damage.
- get your gear and car upgraded by Ozzy Osbourne, who runs the forge like a mechanic.
- build a battle stage, capture fan geysers, and command an army while still fighting on foot in third person.
- escort a tour bus the size of a house while demonic bikers attack, turning the road into a moving siege.
- ride a fire-breathing sabertooth panther mount with a passenger, using it to tear across the map.
10Gothic II: Gold Edition - Gothic II: Gold Edition brings together the excitement of Gothic II and the add-on Night of the Raven to your fingertips!
Nov 29, 2005
In this game, you can…
- beat someone up, steal their quest item, then cast a memory-loss spell so they forget it happened.
- knock someone out, loot their house, and leave them alive.
- carry a severed head in your inventory and watch it rot over time, changing its icon.
- sneak into an area way too early, get chased out by orcs, then return later and wipe the place clean.
- follow a mysterious blue light to an ancient tomb guarded by undead warriors.
- open a chest that spawns skeletons that summon more skeletons.
- pick berries, hunt animals, gut them, brew potions, forge weapons, and scrape together enough gold to finally upgrade your gear.
- use transformation scrolls to turn into a dragon snapper or shadowbeast and bulldoze areas that would otherwise kill you.
