King's Bounty: Dark Side

King's Bounty: Dark Side

Fulqrum Publishing · August 19, 2014 · RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Hex Grid, Turn-Based

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King's Bounty: Dark Side costs £0.43 in the United Kingdom, €0.46 in Europe (EUR), $0.52 in the United States, $0.52 in Georgia (USD), CA$0.81 in Canada, A$2.42 in Australia, zł2.82 in Poland, NZ$3.05 in New Zealand and R$3.99 in Brazil right now.

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United Kingdom £0.43 −86% £1.49 £0.43 20
Europe (EUR) €0.46 −86% €1.76 €0.46 22
United Statesyour region $0.52 −86% $1.76 $0.52 24
Georgia (USD) $0.52 −86% $1.76 $0.52 24
Canada CA$0.81 −86% CA$2.35 CA$0.81 20
Australia A$2.42 −87% A$2.42 — 18
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About King's Bounty: Dark Side

✦ AI summary

Lead one of three dark heroes—an Orc warlord, Vampire lord, or Demoness—through turn-based tactical battles and a massive world of quests as you command dark armies and embrace forbidden powers from the villain's perspective. King's Bounty: Dark Side flips the series formula by letting you experience the story from the other side, with new units, abilities, and over 100 quests that reshape how you approach strategy and exploration.

King’s Bounty: Dark Side is a standalone entry in the King’s Bounty series that turns the familiar fantasy world on its head. Instead of fighting against darkness, you take control of it — experiencing the story from the side of villains, outcasts, and forbidden powers.Choose one of three unique dark heroes: an Orc warlord, a Vampire lord, or a Demoness. Each character offers a distinct starting point, personal storyline, and playstyle, shaping how you explore the world, build your army, and approach combat. Their journeys intersect with familiar factions — but this time, the forces of light stand in your way.Exploration unfolds across a large world filled with hostile territories, dangerous creatures, and morally dark choices. Towns, wilderness, and dungeons are packed with quests, secrets, and powerful artifacts, encouraging careful planning and risk-taking as you grow stronger.Combat follows the classic King’s Bounty formula with deep, turn-based tactical battles. Positioning, morale, unit abilities, and spell timing remain crucial, while new dark-themed units, abilities, and spells introduce fresh tactical possibilities. Battles reward preparation and smart decisions rather than brute force.
Dark Side expands progression with new companions, artifacts, and mechanics tied to each hero’s dark origin. Army composition and long-term planning play a central role as enemies grow stronger and encounters become more demanding.By shifting perspective and embracing darker factions, King’s Bounty: Dark Side offers a familiar tactical experience with a distinctly different tone — challenging players to rethink their strategies and explore the world of King’s Bounty from an entirely new angle.
  • Three dark heroes with unique companion systems
Play as an Orc, Vampire, or Demoness — each hero has their own companions, abilities, starting conditions, and progression, shaping a completely different playthrough.
  • New battle companion
A powerful combat companion actively participates in battles, adding a new tactical layer and influencing how encounters unfold.
  • New dark-themed units, artifacts, and Rage abilities
Command new troops, equip powerful artifacts, and unleash devastating Rage skills designed specifically around darker factions and aggressive playstyles.
  • Over 100 new quests and 15 new locations
A massive set of new story quests and side missions tied to the darker regions of Teana, offering fresh challenges and rewards. Explore previously unseen parts of the world, filled with unique enemies, secrets, and tactical encounters never visited by royal bounty hunters.
  • A darker perspective on the King’s Bounty world
Experience the story from the other side of the conflict, where familiar factions become enemies and moral choices take on a darker tone.

King's Bounty: Dark Side — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

King's Bounty: Dark Side is a turn-based strategy game with solid gameplay mechanics, varied armies, and enjoyable content that fans of the series will appreciate, though it falls short of the series' earlier standout entries. Players praise the combat system and synergies, but criticize the empty world design, tedious fetch-quest-heavy storytelling, and repetitive quest design that undermines the "playing the bad guys" premise.

Recommended Aug 9, 2026
Да бывают и такие жемчужины выходят из под пера наших разрабов. Легенду о рыцаре играл еще школьником и плохо помню, знаю что не прошел. Вот принцесску не допрошел в стиме когда-то потому что там на ласт боссе отобрали имбодракончика. Здесь тоже всё гадал будет ли такая подстава от разрабов и таки да имбоприемы на ласт босса отобрали. Хотя ласт босс оказался лёгким довольно. Да и вообще игра ощущается намного легче прошлых, мб я конечно вырос в своих геймерзких скилах. Хех, без шансов. Текста здесь веселые, но я ловил себя на мысли будто бы писали примерно те же люди что и Санитаров подземелий, но без матов. "Третьего дня" в начале игры постоянно слышал, и Черныш этот еще. Так что такая забавная история, хотя и состоит в большенстве из фетч квестов. Но геймплей так затягивает что и пофиг в общем. Вот мегабоссов не хватает как в прошлых частях, и морских сражений, вроде все на островах, а битв на короблях было штуки 3 за всю игру. Короче игруха топ, и хорни контента навалом, сбор картин отдельное удовольствие. А Кармила вообще красотка жаль даже что так вышло
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Not recommended Sep 7, 2026
King's Bounty: The Legend and Armored Princess are two of my all-time favourites and I simply can not recommend them enough. I've re-played both a couple of times and enjoyed every bit of them both times. Unfortunately this is not any near close to them, or even to Warriors of the North, which left me with mixed feelings, but I still mostly enjoyed it. Dark Side feels mostly as a wasted opportunity. The premise is not bad - playing the "bad guys", the gameplay is the same you remember from the previous versions, game mechanics are the same - you get the idea. But once you get into the game, it simply fails to deliver: ridiculous story, a huge and beautiful but basically empty world. Most of the side characters are simply souless and act absurdly when the story moves on. Quests which get totally bugged because of the mixed storilines, some of them are simply not possible to finish (like the Magical Department - I could not find a third copy of the Life Light scroll anywhere). The way the main story is developed is absolutely just an excuse of an actual script, not even resembling the previous games. The application crashes too often considering its requirements and no - it's not m…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 12, 2026
A great turn-based strategy game with a huge variety of armies, interesting units and plenty of synergies to experiment with. The story is also enjoyable, and the amount of content is impressive. An essential game for the fans of the series and a strong recommendation for anyone who enjoye turn-based strategy. 100% steam achievements Time : 129.5H Completion Difficulty : 7/10 Playthroughs : 3 Missables : Yes - specific fight action DLC Required : Yes Notable requirements : Complete the game with all three classes and one playthrough on impossible, complete a large amount of side content.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 12, 2026
I have three pet peeves with this one: 1. Quests are very, very annoying. For whatever reason, they are never straightforward. Ever. Instead of an interesting story and maybe giving a player the choice of doing things the right way or the lying conniving way (after all, you're the dark overlord, beware, maidens and peasants!), it's just 20 steps of going back and forth between the same places, and then gathering some flowers. Evil overlord. Going around gathering flowers. Orc quests in particular made my eye twitch, because it's endless back and forth, and you can't even threaten them when they ask you to run another mindless errand. 2. The maps are empty. Like, really empty. I got to continent Aranal (or whatever it's name), and it's just... huge forest. With two people, two shops. I'm at a loss to why there are so many buildings, if they all are closed or show "nobody's home" sign when clicked at. It just feels bad, to get a map of a huge continent only to discover there's nothing on it. And there are several continents like that, with barely anything beside generic enemies. Kinda kills the vibe of exploration. 3. Rage abilities are a bit underwhelming, especially AOEs. Sure…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 29, 2026
Good old game .. that worth playing
Recommended Jul 29, 2026
Good game with balanced difficulty

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