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Dark fantasy

Fiction genre theme

39

platforms

Sub-genre that includes elements of both fantasy and horror, usually being more heavy on fantasy.

Notable people involved: Denis Dyack, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Kevin Schilder, John Romero and John Carmack

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PlayStation)

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

PS1 1999-07-31

Hellfire (Windows)

WIN 1997-11-24

Alone in the Dark 2 (MS-DOS)

Alone in the Dark 2

Disciples III: Renaissance (Windows)

Disciples III: Renaissance

WIN 2009-12-11

Warlock's Quest (Macintosh OS Classic)

Warlock's Quest

Diablo II (Macintosh OS Classic)

MAC 2000-06-29

Diablo (PlayStation)

PS1 1998-03-27

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (Game Boy Color)

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

GBC 2001-06-27

Dark Souls II (Windows)

WIN 2014-04-24

Heretic (MS-DOS)

DOS 1994-12-23

Alone in the Dark 2 (NEC PC9801)

Alone in the Dark 2

Diablo (Windows)

WIN 1996-12

Related:
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Parent groups

Fantasy, Horror

Related groups

Fiction genre
Occult, Dark fantasy

Games by year

The first Dark fantasy video game was released on September 26, 1986.

Blizzard, Infogrames, Eidos and Atari published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows	35
Linux	16
Mac OS Classic	11
MS-DOS	9
PS2	8
PS3	6
PS	5
X360	5
Switch	4
Mac OS X	4
PS4	3
Pandora	3
Dreamcast	3
C64	2
Amiga	2
PS5	2
NEC PC9801	2
3DO	2
FM Towns	2
Xbox	2
GameCube	2
Xbox One	2
Mega Drive	1
Arcade	1
Famicom Disk System	1
BSD	1
Saturn	1
Atari Falcon	1
Xbox Series X	1
Amiga AGA	1

Most common companies

Blizzard	13
Infogrames	13
Eidos	7
Namco Bandai	7
Atari	6
Konami	6
Arrow Micro-Techs	4
Red Hook Studios	4
Square Enix	3
CI Games	3
Take 2 Interactive	3
Activision	3
From Software	3