Bleak

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Presents a bleak world for the player to explore, one that seems sad, hopeless, depressing, or otherwise where things are or go wrong all the time and getting them right is nigh impossible or come with heavy price.

108

games

platforms

Alternate names: Grim
Name variations: cheerless, hopeless, grimdark

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

WIN 2009-11-05

Disciples II: Guardians of the Light

WIN 2003-06

Veil of Darkness

DOS 1993

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

XBOX 2005-11-04

WIN 2009-12-08

XBOX 2002-03-15

PS2 2004-03-08

WIN 2007-10-30

WIN 2001

Alice: Madness Returns

X360 2011-06-14

Heroes of Newerth

LIN 2010-03-30

Dark Souls

PS3 2011-10-04

The first video game about Bleak was released on August 12, 1992.

Electronic Arts, Midway Games and Superflat Games has published most of these games

Related:
* Serious
* Dark
* Autumnal
* Dystopian
* Cyberpunk
* Desolate
* Overcast

Generally the purpose is to create a sad, hopeless setting that hopefully gives the player some level of helplessness.

Commonly an autumnal setting is also used.

Parent group

Literary mood

Platforms

Windows		42
Linux		17
Mac OS X		7
PS3		5
PS		4
MS-DOS		4
Xbox		4
X360		4
PS2		3
Mac OS Classic		3
Mega Drive		1
Nintendo DS		1
Saturn		1
BeOS		1
N64		1
Amiga AGA		1
Amiga		1
PS Vita		1
PS4		1
Pandora		1
Switch		1
Dreamcast		1
Atari ST		1
GP2X		1
Wii		1

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Bleak

Other (objects, etc.) theme

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