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Games like The Darkness

2007PlayStation, Xbox

A grim first-person shooter about a mob hitman who gains the supernatural power of the Darkness, wielding demonic tentacles and minions in a gritty New York. Its strong story and atmosphere set it apart.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Dread and tension
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
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In short: Games like The Darkness

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Darkness special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Alan Wake

92 %Match

2010USK 16PC, Xbox, Steam Deck verified89 % positive12.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Darkness: dread and tension, good gunplay as well as a dark atmosphere.

A novelist hunts for his vanished wife in a misty Pacific Northwest town, fighting shadowy possessed foes with flashlight and gun while the pages of a manuscript he doesn't remember writing come true. Its TV-series-style episodic storytelling and eerie atmosphere are the main draw.

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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Dread and tension

An intense first-person shooter that pairs slow-motion gunfights against smart AI soldiers with unsettling supernatural horror centered on the vengeful Alma. Mech sequences and movable cover add variety to its tightly paced, linear scares.

F.E.A.R.

Dread and tension

A first-person shooter that pairs explosive slow-motion firefights against remarkably smart enemy AI with unsettling psychological horror built around the eerie girl Alma. Its destructible gunfights are still held up as a genre benchmark.

Blood

Dread and tension

A brutal 1997 retro first-person shooter where you play vengeful cultist Caleb, mowing down undead and demons. Gothic horror settings, macabre black humor and inventive weapons like the voodoo doll make it a cult classic.

Alan Wake Remastered

Strong, story-driven narrative

An atmospheric psychological horror thriller in which writer Alan Wake fights darkness with light in the small town of Bright Falls, as a story he doesn't remember writing comes true. The remaster brings the TV-series-style storytelling back with upgraded visuals.

Clive Barker's Undying

Dread and tension

An atmospheric horror shooter set in 1920s Ireland, where Patrick Galloway investigates a family curse. First-person gunplay mixes with spellcasting, gloomy manors and a creepy tale penned by Clive Barker.

Clive Barker's Jericho

Dread and tension

A dark horror FPS where you command a squad of supernaturally gifted soldiers, switching between them and their unique powers to destroy an ancient evil in a lost city. Clive Barker's grotesque flesh-and-nightmare imagery defines every level.

Constantine

Dread and tension

A third-person shooter based on the film: as occult detective John Constantine you fight demons with holy weapons like the Cross Shotgun and use magic across Hell and the mortal world.

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