Games With a Stark & Strange Atmosphere

Fantastical lands in muted colors. Alien worlds. Vast empty streets. Surreal landscapes. Strange skyboxes. Dream logic. Feeling lost and isolated. Creeping dread. Dark nights of the soul.

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208 Games

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9: The Last Resort
9: The Last Resort
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy
Another World
Another World
Armored Core: For Answer
Armored Core: For Answer
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Arx Fatalis
Arx Fatalis
Ascendancy
Ascendancy
Axiom Verge
Axiom Verge
Azrael's Tear
Azrael's Tear
Bad Mojo
Bad Mojo
Baroque
Baroque
Beton Brutal
Beton Brutal
Betrayer
Betrayer
BioForge
BioForge
Blackout
Blackout
Blade Runner
Blade Runner
Blade Warrior
Blade Warrior
Bleak Faith: Forsaken
Bleak Faith: Forsaken
Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet
Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet
Capsized
Capsized
Captain Blood
Captain Blood
Chakan: The Forever Man
Chakan: The Forever Man
Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess
Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess
Chu-Teng
Chu-Teng
The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children
Classic Game
Classic Game
Clive Barker's Undying
Clive Barker's Undying
Cloud Climber
Cloud Climber
Cosmology of Kyoto
Cosmology of Kyoto
Creaks
Creaks
Cryostasis
Cryostasis
D
D
Dark Earth
Dark Earth
Darkest Dungeon
Darkest Dungeon
The Dark Eye
The Dark Eye
Darklands
Darklands
The Dark Mod
The Dark Mod
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Dark Seed
Dark Seed
Dark Souls
Dark Souls
Dark Souls II
Dark Souls II
Dark Souls III: The Ringed City
Dark Souls III: The Ringed City
The Dark Spire
The Dark Spire
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Darkwood
Darkwood
Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition
Demon's Crest
Demon's Crest
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls
Deus Ex Machina
Deus Ex Machina
Devil Daggers
Devil Daggers
Devilman
Devilman
Diablo
Diablo
The Dig
The Dig
Don't Starve
Don't Starve
Doom 64
Doom 64
Drakengard
Drakengard
Dreams to Reality
Dreams to Reality
Dreamweb
Dreamweb
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
Dune
Dune
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou
Ecco the Dolphin
Ecco the Dolphin
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Eternal Ring
Eternal Ring
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
Fallout
Fallout
Fatum Betula
Fatum Betula
Faxanadu
Faxanadu
Fear & Hunger
Fear & Hunger
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
Fibrillation HD
Fibrillation HD
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure
Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Half-Life
Half-Life
Harvester
Harvester
Hellnight
Hellnight
Hexcraft: Eventide Sigil
Hexcraft: Eventide Sigil
Hexcraft: Harlequin Fair
Hexcraft: Harlequin Fair
Hired Guns
Hired Guns
Hiversaires
Hiversaires
Hylics
Hylics
Hylics 2
Hylics 2
Ico
Ico
Ico
Ico
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Immercenary
Immercenary
Incision
Incision
Inquisitor
Inquisitor
Kairo
Kairo
Kingpin: Life of Crime
Kingpin: Life of Crime
King's Field: Additional I
King's Field: Additional I

2 Comments

Lehuan

1 year ago

Looks like we made some pretty similar aesthetic lists. Mine's a bit more specific than yours, but feel free to check it out if you wanna add more games to yours.

cowboyjosh

7 months ago

Great list!! If you're taking suggestions I would consider That Night, Steeped By Blood River. Maybe more in the abstract/surreal direction than what you're looking for but it jumped instantly to mind when I saw the list description.
MendelPalace

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