Dark Fantasy tag
Tag created in June 2017
Dark Fantasy's popularity amongst developers
This chart displays the games released over the years with the Dark Fantasy tag and the percentage of total Steam releases they represent. The releases count conveys the quantity of games published on Steam each year. It usually follows the increasing amount of Steam games released.
The percentage, on the other hand, gives a better view of the trend a tag follows. It shows if, in proportion, the Dark Fantasy tag is getting more or less popular. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).
The Dark Fantasy tag has peaked in 2022, with 459 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 0.13% in 2016 and 0.3% in 2022.
Keep in mind that the current year is not over, so the number of games released will still increase. But the percentage is usually a good estimate.
Dark Fantasy's popularity amongst players
On this chart, you can see the reviews for games associated with the Dark Fantasy tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.
While the review count clearly quantifies the reviews a tag receives, keep in mind that it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. The value normalized as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more revealing, as it gives you the popularity trend for Dark Fantasy tag games.
A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 28 (2010) and 1326 (2020) reviews. Keep in mind that it is the average and not the median, meaning it is heavily influenced by extreme values, like a very successful game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Dark Fantasy tag received between 78% (2010) and 403% (2019) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Dark Fantasy
This chart displays the evolution of the Dark Fantasy tag's games price in USD over time, as well as the percentage of free games in this tag. Don't forget that a price should slowly increase year-on-year just to keep up with inflation.
The median price for Dark Fantasy games peaked in 2014 at 14.99$, and bottomed in 2020 at 7.99$. The free to play ratio peaked in 2020 at 14%, and bottomed in 2023 at 1%.
Positive reviews ratio for Dark Fantasy, per language
This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Dark Fantasy tag games, classed by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The best rating for Dark Fantasy games is 95% for the Thai audience, and the worst is 79% for the Japanese audience.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Gloomhaven | Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG. | 34.99 | 86.6% | Oct 20, 2021 |
  | Animyst | Explore a strange and dark afterlife as the Undead. Inhabit the body of a Skeleton or Fleshy Corpse and build a new life in The Droughts, a giant desert of ancient ruins and occult monsters. Craft powerful spells and befriend or battle other players in a single open online world... | Free | 85.5% | Jul 2, 2018 |
  | Heart in the Dark | In the course of the 3D action adventure Leonidon will fight many battles, in which he has a combat system of 4 elements fire, water, air and earth, each element has more than 28 attacks, besides he has his alchemy skills to support himself | 14.99 | N/A | Nov 5, 2019 |
  | Heidelberg 1693 | Black magic in the age of pike and shot! Reload your musket after every blast in “Heidelberg 1693”, a challenging 2D action adventure set in a dark and twisted vision of Germany in the late 17th century. | 14.99 | 86% | May 21, 2021 |
  | House of Detention | Unique horror with a Deep plot, a lot of characters, great sound effects and a creepy atmosphere of Real Dungeon. Locker Room, Gym, Various Monsters, Atmospheric Music, Meme Scrolls, The Lash of the Spain King and much more! Right Version Included. | 0.99 | 92.1% | May 29, 2020 |
  | Dark Lord: Peacemaker | A dark fantasy classic RPG. Customize your race, gender and class. Gather a party with your favorite companions. Change the fate of the characters and the world with your choices. | 10.99 | 94.7% | Jul 26, 2021 |
  | The Darkest Tales | When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear heads to the far side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia. | 19.99 | 69.9% | Oct 13, 2022 |
  | Soulace | Soulace takes you on an audio-visual journey through the afterlife. Inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead, it provokes reflection on the mystery of dying. Immerse yourself in magical worlds and uniquely sculpted meditative environments! | 12.99 | 70% | Jun 20, 2021 |
  | Memories of Fireflies | Confront your darkness in Memories of Fireflies, a Voxel-based Puzzle Platformer which takes place in a dark and dangerous world that you must venture to discover its secrets. Overcome challenges, enemies and puzzles to get even deeper in this dangerous world. | 4.99 | N/A | Oct 29, 2020 |
  | The Cruel Dreamer Marchosias | Join Wolf on their mission to right the atrocity committed against their family. Together with the mysterious entity 'IV', Wolf will brave the monsters lurking in the shadows, explore long-forgotten ruins and solve mysterious puzzles in order to reach an ancient castle located between worlds. | 10.99 | N/A | Jun 24, 2022 |
  | Necore Tower - Redux Edition | Fight your way up a Tower corrupted by a foul use of magic, survive simple yet dangerous switch puzzles and discover the events that lead into "Necore: The Thunder King", in this Story Focused Action RPG! | 2.99 | N/A | Oct 20, 2021 |
  | Death Realm | Once you enter the Death Realm, you are bound to abandon hope. Do you think you can take on the most powerful? | 12.99 | 25% | Jul 7, 2021 |
  | Royal Legends: Marshes Curse Collector's Edition | The people of Libertyville are in danger! Evil and witchcraft are gaining strength to carry out an insidious plan to take over the city. Help the authorities stop the Swamp Witch and save innocent people! | 6.99 | N/A | Jan 4, 2022 |
  | The Tales of Bayun | Can a flat world resting on the backs of three demon bears live in peace? Of course not! Immerse yourself in the universe of the dark Slavic legends, explore the characters' stories and make difficult choices that affect the course of events. Bayun the Cat will help you. If you're lucky, that is. | 8.99 | 84% | Feb 15, 2023 |
  | God Souls | 《God Souls》 is a 3D hardcore action game based on Nordic mythology. The main content of the game is invigorating and exciting combat, and it has combined a variety of elements and ability development systems. | 4.99 | 87.8% | Dec 1, 2022 |
  | Revenge of the Orcs: Flag of Conquest | A fantasy visual novel about the end of an era when humans and orcs are at war. Driven by a burning desire for revenge, one orc hoists a flag of rebellion. Soon, it will become a flag of conquest! | 14.99 | 81% | Aug 11, 2022 |
  | Fading Light: Antiworld | The post-war world of nuclear explosion has trapped you in a dark circulated antiworld. Armed only with a faint flashlight and antimatter collector, you have to generate enough energy and hold on till the first sight of the morning light. Hurry, but be careful, it's rumored that you are not alone... | 9.99 | N/A | Oct 24, 2022 |
  | Pumpkin Ripper | Pumpkin Reaper is a dark fantasy hack and slash game with fluid and dynamic combat. Play with the pumpkin ripper, annihilating everything in front of you. Use the scythe to slash all your enemies in an arena system, increasing your score with each attempt. | 2.99 | 76.9% | Dec 16, 2022 |
  | Thy Creature | A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」! | 19.99 | 80% | Nov 15, 2022 |
  | Overlord™ | Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic? | 4.99 | 93.9% | Oct 26, 2007 |
  | With Good Intentions | "With good intentions" is a nonlinear visual novel. Escape from a cursed monastery, win over its mighty Overlord, save your love and uncover the mysteries of time itself! | 14.99 | 70.8% | Oct 20, 2022 |
  | MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures | Descend into the darkest dungeons, lure enemies into brutal traps and free the spirits of fallen heroes! Morph between unique dungeon creatures to survive and drive back the evil forces of the underworld. | 9.99 | 84.4% | Dec 13, 2017 |
  | Tainted Grail: Conquest | A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon. | 19.99 | 91.3% | May 27, 2021 |
  | Twisted: A Dark Fairytale | A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known. | 9.99 | N/A | Nov 18, 2020 |
  | the Line | The Line is a rogue-like / dungeon crawler with a turn-based combat system. The main object is to stand out the long line for resettlement from the oppressive east segment of the city. | 3.99 | 65.2% | Dec 7, 2017 |