Satisfying God of War-style combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The combat is brutal and satisfying—mixing hack-and-slash action with meaningful upgrades and abilities.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Darksiders™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%Vigil Games2010Hack and Slash · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A solid Zelda-meets-God-of-War action-adventure with great art and combat, but this original version is plagued by crashes and bugs on modern PCs. Play the bundled Warmastered Edition instead.
Great for
Fans of God of War-style combat and Zelda-style dungeons and puzzles who don't mind old-school design
Main risk
The original version crashes or won't launch on modern PCs, and broken achievements and softlock bugs can cost progress
What players love
Engaging story and lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Story: Well written and believable, with plot twists and omg moments throughout.”
Steam review · 34.4 h played ↗
Zelda-style dungeons, puzzles and exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Darksiders is probably the closest series to 3D LoZ I can think of, if that's your bag.”
Steam review · 94.4 h played ↗
Striking comic-book art style and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The art style is bold and dark, inspired by comic books, and it gives the game a unique identity that still looks amazing today.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Great voice acting and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The soundtrack and voice acting (especially War’s voice) add so much weight and seriousness to the experience.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and won't launch on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Games trash more back tracking than a side scroller game and it will crash on you over 20 times”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
Repetitive combat, boring and padded
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This had to have been one of the most repetitive games I've ever played.”
Steam review · 20.2 h played ↗
Warmastered Edition is the better version
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“You get the Warmastered edition with this, so just play that one - there's no reason to come back to this one.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs, softlocks and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Stuck on the Black Throne door bug. No prior saves. Game over.”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Broken achievements
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“At least this version is cooked because if it isn't the first thing you open in Steam the achievements won't work.”
Steam review · 29.9 h played ↗
Too many puzzles and endless backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“back tracking simulator with a ton of boring puzzles and waves after waves of the same enemies!”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c
ProcessorAMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
Memory1GB XP, 2GB Vista / Windows 7
GraphicsNVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )
Storage12GB
Recommended
OSWindows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c
ProcessorAMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
Memory2GB XP, 3GB Vista / Windows 7
GraphicsNVIDIA (GeForce GTS 240) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD3870 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )
Storage12GB
OSWindows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c
ProcessorAMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
Memory1GB XP, 2GB Vista / Windows 7
GraphicsNVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )
Storage12GB
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