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Low fantasy

Fiction genre theme

Sub-genre of fantasy that downplays the fantastic elements (e.g. magic) while still retaining the general fantasy theme.

88
games
32
platforms
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior (MS-DOS)
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior
DOS 1988
Targhan (Amstrad CPC)
Targhan
CPC 1990
Thief: Deadly Shadows (Xbox)
Thief: Deadly Shadows
XBOX 2004-05-25
Rastan (Amstrad CPC)
Rastan
CPC 1988
Targhan (Atari ST)
Targhan
ST 1989
Rastan (Apple IIGS)
Rastan
IIGS 1990
Blade Warrior (Amstrad CPC)
Blade Warrior
CPC 1988
Jill of the Jungle (MS-DOS)
Jill of the Jungle
DOS 1992
Thief: The Dark Project (Windows)
Thief: The Dark Project
WIN 1998-11-30
Hundra (MSX)
Hundra
MSX 1988
Blackthorne (MS-DOS)
Blackthorne
DOS 1994-12-19
Barbarian (MS-DOS)
Barbarian
DOS 1989
Implied: naturalistic (not enforceable) or rare magic (not enforceable)
Low fantasy downplays the fantasy elements, even almost completely subduing magic, epic aspects, and even putting them in a real-world setting or something closely related to it. These are likely considered more realistic and grittier representations of fantasy genre overall, even in comparison to dark fantasy in terms of the latter.

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Parent group

Fantasy

Games by year

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The first Low fantasy video game was released in 1982.

Palace Software, Infogrames and Eidos published most of these games.

Related sites

Related article at TV Tropes
Wikipedia article

Platforms

Windows 12
MS-DOS 11
Amstrad CPC 7
Linux 6
ZX Spectrum 6
C64 5
Atari ST 4
Amiga 4
MSX 3
Mac OS Classic 2
C16/Plus4 2
Atari 400/800 2
Mac OS X 2
Electron 2
BBC 2
Apple II E 2
X360 1
MSX2 1
Xbox 1
GBA 1
Apple IIGS 1
Astrocade 1
32X 1
iOS 1
PS 1
Android 1
Arcade 1
GBC 1
SNES 1
PS2 1

Most common companies

Palace Software9
Infogrames5
Eidos5
Silmarils4
Versus Evil4
Superior Software4
Taito4
Dinamic3
ThreeGates Studio3
Imagine3
Interplay3
Epic MegaGames3
SSI3
Psygnosis2
Aterdux Entertainment2