The Best Dark Games for Xbox One - Page 3

Update : Tales from Candleforth added at rank #33.
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Cats and the Other Lives (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 l Nintendo Switch

Part interactive fiction, part Felis domesticus adventure, “Cats and the Other Lives” explores the reunion of a broken family from the perspective of their house cat, Aspen.


  • cats
  • dark
  • drama
  • pixel
  • narrative
  • fiction
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • investigation
  • humor
  • interactive
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • story

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Whateverland (2022)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X m PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.


  • dark
  • humor
  • hand-drawn
  • music
  • point-and-click
  • nonlinear
  • multiple-endings
  • turn-based
  • team
  • puzzle
  • narration
  • magic
  • supernatural
  • choices
  • non-linear

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Krimson (2024)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X j Playstation 5

Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.


  • psychological
  • dark
  • platform
  • rhythm
  • horror
  • psychedelic
  • precision
  • abstract
  • 2d
  • thriller
  • demons
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • fantasy

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The Inquisitor (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Jesus did not die on the cross, but came down and unleashed vengeance on all the nonbelievers. 1500 years later, an army of Inquisitors brutally enforce the faith. In this dark fantasy adventure you solve intricate cases and unveil abysmal secrets as Inquisitor Mordimer Madderdin.

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  • fantasy
  • dark
  • detective
  • medieval
  • sword
  • vampire
  • quick-time-event
  • rpg
  • alternate
  • faith
  • dynamic
  • non-linear
  • gothic
  • narrative
  • historical

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Attack of the Earthlings (2018)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.


  • dark
  • humor
  • comedy
  • strategy
  • turn-based

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Prison Simulator (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?


  • conversation
  • first-person
  • crime
  • dark
  • trading
  • sandbox
  • comedy
  • management
  • stealth
  • inventory
  • atmospheric
  • fps
  • open-world
  • simulation
  • realistic

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Oddworld: Soulstorm (2021)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

Oddworld: Soulstorm is the explosive second game in a brand new Oddworld Quintology that tells the continuing story of Abe and his comrades as they discover further crimes against Mudokonkind and look for the spark that will ignite a revolution.


  • platform
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • 2.5d
  • action-adventure
  • 1990s
  • humor
  • lore
  • conspiracy
  • dystopian
  • 2d
  • realistic
  • remake
  • stealth
  • multiple-endings

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Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning (2018)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Join retired salesman rabbit, Hank, and his canine pal, Larry, in part one of this story-driven game series as they use their knowledge of influence and persuasion to make their way through the apocalypse—without having to risk their own skin. With a mixture of dark comedy and the use of real-life influence tactics, this story-driven game puts you behind the wheel of the characters’ choices. Can you convince a timid animal to enter dangerous looting locations? Will you risk your scavenger’s life for more resources? Now with full voice acting!


  • comedy
  • dark
  • loot
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • fiction
  • zombies
  • post-apocalyptic
  • visual-novel
  • lore
  • satire
  • trading
  • interactive
  • story
  • humor

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EchoBlade (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Venture forth in this puzzle-combat dungeon explorer. Blinded and trapped inside a dungeon tower, every sound you make illuminates your path to freedom. Danger lurks around every corner: trapdoors, chambers filled with toxic fumes, and halls patrolled by crusader knights are only the beginning.


  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • medieval
  • experimental
  • dungeon
  • first-person
  • stealth
  • puzzle-combat
  • 3d
  • combat
  • explorer
  • war

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Creepy Tale: Ingrid Penance (2023)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch

As punishment for her transgressions, Ingrid is sent to hell. As she struggles through the darkness that hungers to consume her heart, she makes her way toward redemption. Her fate is in your hands.


  • escape
  • room
  • horror
  • dark
  • narration
  • supernatural
  • puzzle
  • point-and-click
  • drama
  • psychological
  • hand-drawn
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • story

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