Risen 2: Dark Waters
A grim pirate adventure where every island hides secrets and every crew wants something from you.
80% of 3,553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$9.99
Games like Risen
Did Risen leave you in a dark and atmospheric frame of mind? These games could fill that gap nicely.
GreedFall
A story-driven RPG about being a diplomat with a sword. Sail to the island of Teer Fradee, hunt a cure for a plague, and decide by word, trick or blade which factions rise and which fall. A rich plot, memorable companions and choices that genuinely shape how it all ends.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
75% of 18,568 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 94$34.99Of Ash and Steel
An old-school open-world RPG on a once-prosperous island. You play Tristan, a shipwrecked cartographer with no map, no markers and no fighting skill, and claw your way up through the Kingdom of the Seven. Slow, harsh and atmospheric, with 45+ hours of story, two factions and combat you have to actually learn.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
66% of 6,208 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 135$29.99ArcaniA
War covers the southern islands until it finally reaches the idyllic isle of Feshyr. You take on the role as the new nameless hero after your village has been pillaged and destroyed by paladins of the king. Seeking revenge, you soon realize that this cowardly attack did not just happen on a reckless mercenary`s whim.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
57% of 2,285 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$19.99Gedonia
An open world RPG in the spirit of the old classics: build your character any way you like, join factions, clear dungeons, solve puzzles and raise a farmhouse. A huge, atmospheric fantasy world that rewards wandering off the path, and lets you play it differently every time.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
87% of 3,687 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$14.99ELEX
A post-apocalyptic world where magic, guns and plasma rifles share one map. You play Jax, a cold commander who regains his emotions and must pick a side in the war over Elex, the resource that powers people and hollows them out. A huge seamless open world, a jetpack, and choices that factions remember.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
72% of 12,463 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 119$29.99YAR: Forgotten Throne
A story-driven open-world RPG built on Slavic folklore. Pick a Warrior, Volkhv or Archer, explore the darkened lands of Borea, craft, build and fight your way through 100+ quests to find out what is poisoning the forests. Fully voiced, atmospheric, and harder than it looks.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
89% of 1,292 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99Dread Delusion
An open world RPG set on flying continents above a cursed, broken land. Explore mushroom forests and undead mausoleums, charm your way past fights, master strange magic, and let your choices reshape the world. Retro 3D looks, a rich story, and a world that rewards curiosity.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
90% of 5,021 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
A first-person open-world RPG set in a dark take on Arthurian legend, 600 years after Arthur's fall. Explore three large zones, build any kind of fighter, mage or sneaky archer, and shape a branching story with choices that decide Avalon's future.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
87% of 34,487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 750$44.99Drova - Forsaken Kin
A 2D action RPG where Celtic myth meets grim dark fantasy. You arrive in a world whose captured spirits are furious, pick a side between two factions, and claw your way up from nobody with deliberate, stamina-hungry combat. No quest markers, just a handcrafted open world that rewards anyone who reads it closely.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
93% of 9,662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 122$24.99Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call
A mercenary fantasy action-RPG set in the war-torn Vale of Vahrin, where insect-like khraiax swarm the streets and something worse stirs below. Build a classless fighter who mixes bows, axes, fireballs, potions and traps, then hunt bounties and dig into handcrafted maps full of secrets.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
70% of 620 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$34.99Svarog's Dream
A Slavic-myth action RPG where death is a fresh start. You are a soul that keeps taking new bodies, in an open world that changes with your choices. Battle gods or side with them, explore, cook, take out a loan, and try not to think about the debt collectors.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
89% of 906 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$21Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
You are the first warrior ever to claw your way back out of death, in a war-torn fantasy world built on 10,000 years of lore. Mix warrior, rogue and mage into your own class, tear through hordes with magic and steel, and finish fights with brutal Fateshift kills. A huge, colorful, story-rich RPG with hundreds of hours in it.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
78% of 6,388 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 158$39.99
Cheaper than Risen
YAR: Forgotten Throne
Choose your class, explore the poisoned lands of Borea, and uncover the darkness behind a Slavic fantasy tale.
89% of 1,292 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
Gedonia
A classic open world fantasy RPG about exploring a huge world, shaping your own character and uncovering its mysteries.
87% of 3,687 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$14.99
Exiled Kingdoms
Chase an inheritance across a grim open world of dungeons, traps and quests that reward the choices you make.
91% of 1,094 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$7.99
The Quest
The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement, turn based combat and intricate quests.
86% of 508 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Eredia: The Diary of Heroes
A dark fantasy non-linear JRPG with innovative new concepts.
89% of 46 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
Arx Fatalis
Fight, sneak and puzzle your way through a sunless underground world where every choice shapes the ending.
87% of 2,469 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$4.99
9th Dawn II
A large scale fully openworld RPG full of fast-paced action, dungeon crawling, with single or multiplayer adventures!
81% of 164 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Ravensword: Shadowlands
From the award winning studio that brought you Ravensword: The Fallen King and Aralon: Sword and Shadow, comes Ravensword: Shadowlands.
65% of 167 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Divine Divinity
A 2002 role-playing classic from Larian: hack-and-slash combat, a huge open Rivellon to explore, and a classless system with 96 skills that lets you…
87% of 3,650 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$5.99
Sacred Gold
A huge open-world action RPG from 2004, complete with its expansion.
85% of 4,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 70$9.99
Lawless Lands
Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy…
88% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Hidden gems like Risen
The Lantern of the Laughless Saint
An open world RPG about a strange island where everyone arrived chasing the same dream.
90% of 1,720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$19.99
YAR: Forgotten Throne
Choose your class, explore the poisoned lands of Borea, and uncover the darkness behind a Slavic fantasy tale.
89% of 1,292 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
The RPG
Raid a fantasy dungeon that doubles as a tourist attraction, while a glitching dragon unravels the game around you.
85% of 869 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$14.99
Svarog's Dream
A soul drifting from body to body through a mythic open world, where every death reshapes the story and the ending is yours to decide.
89% of 906 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$21
Breath of Life
Breath of Life - a dark third-person action RPG. You are an Incarnation, born from the Void to tread where the dead cannot rest.
79% of 115 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Dread Delusion
Wander strange floating continents, talk or fight your way past danger, and let your choices change a cursed land.
90% of 5,021 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99
Drova - Forsaken Kin
A 2D action RPG where Celtic myth meets grim dark fantasy. You arrive in a world whose captured spirits are furious, pick a side between two…
93% of 9,662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 122$24.99
Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call
A mercenary fantasy action-RPG set in the war-torn Vale of Vahrin, where insect-like khraiax swarm the streets and something worse stirs below.
70% of 620 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$34.99
The Bloodline
Forge your own path through a brutal open-world fantasy, from village builder to sword-wielding visionary facing the Unforgiven.
82% of 3,813 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$19.99
Gedonia
A classic open world fantasy RPG about exploring a huge world, shaping your own character and uncovering its mysteries.
87% of 3,687 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$14.99
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
Rebuild a quake-shattered town, delve the Runebarrows for loot, and follow a simple hunt into a story that reaches far beyond it.
85% of 2,103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Fight through a grim open world of four warring kingdoms, learning every enemy's moves the hard way while an old god's shadow spreads.
71% of 1,585 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$34.99
Newest games like Risen
The Lantern of the Laughless Saint
An open world RPG about a strange island where everyone arrived chasing the same dream.
90% of 1,720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$19.99
Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call
A mercenary fantasy action-RPG set in the war-torn Vale of Vahrin, where insect-like khraiax swarm the streets and something worse stirs below.
70% of 620 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$34.99
YAR: Forgotten Throne
Choose your class, explore the poisoned lands of Borea, and uncover the darkness behind a Slavic fantasy tale.
89% of 1,292 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
Breath of Life
Breath of Life - a dark third-person action RPG. You are an Incarnation, born from the Void to tread where the dead cannot rest.
79% of 115 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Of Ash and Steel
An old-school open-world RPG on a once-prosperous island. You play Tristan, a shipwrecked cartographer with no map, no markers and no fighting…
66% of 6,208 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 135$29.99
The RPG
Raid a fantasy dungeon that doubles as a tourist attraction, while a glitching dragon unravels the game around you.
85% of 869 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$14.99
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Wander a broken Avalon where every build, choice and ending is yours to shape.
87% of 34,487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 750$44.99
Age of Reforging: The Freelands
Take odd jobs, gather a squad, and shape your own legend across an open medieval land where every choice leaves a mark.
71% of 2,351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 41$29.99
Avowed
A first-person fantasy RPG in the Living Lands, an island humming with old magic and sick with a plague that defies reason.
76% of 12,840 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 134$49.99
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Live Henry's story in a richly detailed 15th-century open world where every choice leaves a mark.
93% of 148,113 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11,161$59.99
Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Fight through a grim open world of four warring kingdoms, learning every enemy's moves the hard way while an old god's shadow spreads.
71% of 1,585 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$34.99
Drova - Forsaken Kin
A 2D action RPG where Celtic myth meets grim dark fantasy. You arrive in a world whose captured spirits are furious, pick a side between two…
93% of 9,662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 122$24.99