Darksiders III similar games & best alternatives

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Darksiders III

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.

What works

  • Engaging and challenging combat
  • Beautiful interconnected world design
  • Strong dark fantasy atmosphere
  • Rewarding exploration and puzzles
  • Character development and lore

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of map makes navigation difficult
  • Technical issues including stuttering and bugs
  • Some frustrating boss fights and difficulty spikes
  • Performance optimization problems
  • Limited character customization compared to previous games

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Stray Blade

  • Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

  • AWAKEN - Astral Blade

  • Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • Bleak Faith: Forsaken

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Darksiders III: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026