Stonemachia
Parry, transform into other chess pieces and carve a path through a plague-haunted medieval land.
95% of 1,375 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Games like Tiris
If Tiris scratched a dark and story-driven itch for you, keep reading. These games are worth a look next.
REMEDIUM
The fast-paced twin-stick shooter game in the grim post-apocalyptic Renaissance setting. It had been more than a hundred years since the terrible plague devoured the whole continent and turned almost everyone there in the maddened mutants.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
66% of 68 Steam reviews are positive$17.99Thymesia
A fast, punishing soulslike in a plague-drowned kingdom. Play Corvus, a raven-masked hunter who steals his enemies' plague weapons, parries like a rhythm game and digs through his own broken memories to find out what killed Hermes.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
82% of 8,402 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 41$6.24ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
A dark fantasy metroidvania about a young woman who wakes in a ruined kingdom drowned by a deadly rain. Gorgeous hand-drawn art, a haunting soundtrack by Mili, and endings your choices shape.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
93% of 43,554 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$9.99Thyria
Thyria is an RPG, a unique combination of dynamic exploration, turn-based combat and crafting. Summon and train a team of Guardians, who will accompany Thyria into the minds of the cursed villagers. Help them vanquish their nightmares.
Story-driven, Atmospheric, Hand-drawn
78% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$15.99Death's Door
You are a small crow with office hours for reaping souls, until your assigned soul is stolen and you chase the thief into a realm where nothing dies properly. Expect sharp melee, arrows and magic, strange bosses with their own stories, and a bleak world told with dry, dark comedy.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
92% of 20,620 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 352$19.99Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
A Plague Tale prequel with a new heroine: Sophia, a young plunderer chasing the secrets of her past on the Minotaur's Island. Expect fast melee combat, light-bending puzzles, a sunlit Mediterranean island hiding something ancient, and a story told across two eras. Around twenty hours of myth, swordplay and dread.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
92% of 4,581 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 158$39.99Veritus
Unshroud secrets hidden deep within the dark chambers of the god of shadow’s castle. Persevere through monsters and mysteries lurking in every corner. Prepare to leave camp and journey into the castle’s lonely halls by collecting resources and equipment to make it out alive.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
80% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Alabaster Dawn
Juno wakes up as the last Chosen in a world the curse of Nyx has emptied of gods and people. Her job: bring everyone back. A fast, combo-heavy action RPG with dense puzzles, eight weapons and a ruined world you rebuild as you explore, from the makers of CrossCode.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
94% of 2,252 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$24.99Iris.Fall
A short, striking puzzle adventure in pure black and white. Iris follows a black cat into a crumbling theater, where you flip between light and shadow to turn the world inside out and solve puzzles. It runs about two to three hours, and every frame of it looks like a storybook come to life.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
87% of 2,572 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi is a fantasy adventure game where a sword–wielding Guardian and an arcane Monk must learn to work together to defeat the Void corrupting their home. Explore ruined temples, solve environmental puzzles, rescue spirits, and defeat giant Void monsters!
Story-driven, Atmospheric, Mysterious
76% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Soulstice
Two sisters share one body in Soulstice: Briar swings the sword, Lute's shade tears the veil off enemies. A dark fantasy hack and slash set in a ruined city, with fast combos, vicious bosses and a story about what the two of them gave up to become one.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
75% of 1,866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$39.99Iridescent
Restore the colour. End the plague. Iridescent is a 2D action-adventure set in a world full of charming characters, secrets and sheep people that can do miracles by manipulating colour! Master a parry-based combat system, unlock abilities, discover mysteries, clear dungeons and find the cure.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
90% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like Tiris
Alabaster Dawn
Fight through an empty land with fast combos and eight weapons, solving its puzzles to restore the gods and people a curse took away.
94% of 2,252 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$24.99
The Necromancer's Tale
Decipher a forbidden spellbook, investigate your father's death and keep your necromancy secret in an 18th-century town that would hang you for it.
91% of 979 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$24.99
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
A Plague Tale prequel with a new heroine: Sophia, a young plunderer chasing the secrets of her past on the Minotaur's Island.
92% of 4,581 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 158$39.99
D'LIRIUM
An experimental 2D-shooter with the elements of a horror game. D'lirium brings together some mechanics back from 90s classics.
96% of 987 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
THYSIASTERY
Lead a party of the Brand-marked through shifting dungeon floors, one turn-based fight and one bad roll at a time, where death is permanent and…
79% of 363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$17.49
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences.
80% of 146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.49
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi is a fantasy adventure game where a sword–wielding Guardian and an arcane Monk must learn to work together to defeat the…
76% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Veritus
Unshroud secrets hidden deep within the dark chambers of the god of shadow’s castle. Persevere through monsters and mysteries lurking in every corner.
80% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Thyria
Thyria is an RPG, a unique combination of dynamic exploration, turn-based combat and crafting.
78% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Three heroes take turns climbing a poisoned tower, growing stronger with every defeat until its secrets run out.
92% of 1,014 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99
Moonscars
Hunt the Sculptor through a painterly dark fantasy world, dying, learning and piecing the truth together one fight at a time.
82% of 1,248 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99
Newest games like Tiris
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
A Plague Tale prequel with a new heroine: Sophia, a young plunderer chasing the secrets of her past on the Minotaur's Island.
92% of 4,581 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 158$39.99
Stonemachia
Parry, transform into other chess pieces and carve a path through a plague-haunted medieval land.
95% of 1,375 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Nightfall Empress
A 16‑bit dark fantasy action adventure with metroidvania‑style maps, RPG growth, and hidden secrets.
85% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Alabaster Dawn
Fight through an empty land with fast combos and eight weapons, solving its puzzles to restore the gods and people a curse took away.
94% of 2,252 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$24.99
THYSIASTERY
Lead a party of the Brand-marked through shifting dungeon floors, one turn-based fight and one bad roll at a time, where death is permanent and…
79% of 363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$17.49
Iridescent
Restore the colour. End the plague. Iridescent is a 2D action-adventure set in a world full of charming characters, secrets and sheep people that…
90% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Silly Polly Beast
Shoot, skate and cast forbidden spells through a grim underworld where every bullet counts and the story keeps twisting.
91% of 2,378 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$13.99
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences.
80% of 146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.49
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi is a fantasy adventure game where a sword–wielding Guardian and an arcane Monk must learn to work together to defeat the…
76% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
The Necromancer's Tale
Decipher a forbidden spellbook, investigate your father's death and keep your necromancy secret in an 18th-century town that would hang you for it.
91% of 979 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$24.99
Thyria
Thyria is an RPG, a unique combination of dynamic exploration, turn-based combat and crafting.
78% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Veritus
Unshroud secrets hidden deep within the dark chambers of the god of shadow’s castle. Persevere through monsters and mysteries lurking in every corner.
80% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$6.99