Most played dark games

Bleak pressure and hard choices connect these most played dark games, and you feel it in every run. In Rust you gather scraps and raise shelter while other people remain a risk, in DayZ you cross empty settlements looking for supplies while weighing strangers, and in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered you handle paid hunts across sorrowful country where decisions leave a mark.

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1. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

   

   PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.

   59%59% of 2,797,090 Steam reviews are positive800.1KPlayers online now: 800,114Free

2. Phantom Blade Zero

   

   Phantom Blade Zero is a fast, cinematic kungfu action RPG. You play Soul, a warrior framed for his master's murder, with sixty-six days left to live. Hunt assassins through a dark wuxia world, master dozens of weapons, and unravel a conspiracy before your time runs out.

   93%93% of 83,938 Steam reviews are positive557.3KPlayers online now: 557,260$59.99

3. Call of Duty®

   

   The Call of Duty® experience supports Modern Warfare® 4, Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.

   55%55% of 429,072 Steam reviews are positive185.9KPlayers online now: 185,871

4. Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim

   

   Run a shop on a dystopian space station where the best margins live in legal gray zones. Craft, trade and smuggle, judge every customer, and pick which kind of trouble you monetize. Rent rises every week. How far you go to pay it is up to you.

   97%97% of 10,881 Steam reviews are positive182.8KPlayers online now: 182,845$17.99

5. Rust

   

   Rust is a first-person survival shooter set on a harsh island where wildlife, hunger, cold and other players all work against you. You start with almost nothing in hand, scavenge and craft your way up, build a base worth defending, and never quite know who to trust.

   86%86% of 1,179,751 Steam reviews are positive143.9KPlayers online now: 143,920$19.99

6. Slay the Spire 2

   

   The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

   58%58% of 215,147 Steam reviews are positive87.3KPlayers online now: 87,327$24.99

7. NARAKA: BLADEPOINT

   

   A battle royale built on fast-paced melee duels instead of gunfights. You read opponents, land parries and counters, and move fast with wall runs, zips, and a grappling hook. With distinct heroes to learn, it rewards practice and timing.

   69%69% of 344,019 Steam reviews are positive69.7KPlayers online now: 69,695Free

8. Don't Starve Together

   

   Don't Starve Together is a standalone multiplayer expansion to Don't Starve about staying alive in a strange wilderness with friends. You gather, craft, farm and build a base while hunger, darkness and monsters test the group. Playing with friends is a big part of the fun, players keep one shared world going for a long time, and total time in the game can reach hundreds of hours.

   94%94% of 378,458 Steam reviews are positive65.7KPlayers online now: 65,650$14.99

9. Dead by Daylight

   

   Four Survivors try to escape while one Killer hunts them in this asymmetrical horror multiplayer. Each side sees the match differently, each Killer hunts in its own way, and real opponents keep the outcome uncertain. It suits players who want to play with friends and enjoy tense chases.

   78%78% of 694,962 Steam reviews are positive61.8KPlayers online now: 61,832$19.99

10. Hearts of Iron IV

    

    You guide a country of your picking through World War II in this grand strategy wargame. You build industry, shape armies, research weapons, and make political choices where almost every decision can open a new alternate history.

    74%74% of 329,803 Steam reviews are positive57.2KPlayers online now: 57,214$49.99

11. Limbus Company

    

    You manage a crew of twelve Sinners hunting the Golden Boughs through old underground sites in a sprawling bleak city, back in the setting of ProjectMoon's other games. Expect a dark story and turn-based Clashes where you link skill icons to order your units.

    88%88% of 124,079 Steam reviews are positive56.7KPlayers online now: 56,687Free

12. Valheim

    

    Valheim puts you in the Tenth World, a Norse mythology afterlife corrupted by hostile forces, to survive solo or together with friends. You sail to unknown shores, raise and defend longhouses, and take down the Forsaken bosses. Beautiful and atmospheric, it rewards building, exploring, and sailing.

    93%93% of 476,812 Steam reviews are positive55.5KPlayers online now: 55,467$29.99

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