Darksiders
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2010
Platforms
Genres
- post-apocalyptic video game
- action-adventure game
- action game*
- adventure game*
- role-playing video game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- PlayStation 3*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · PlayStation 3*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
Series
- Darksiders
Localized titles
- Darksiders
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Russian*
Community tags · historical
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 596*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 439*
- Hack and Slash*
- Votes · historical
- 424*
- Third Person*
- Votes · historical
- 319*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 256*
- Post-apocalyptic*
- Votes · historical
- 240*
- Fantasy*
- Votes · historical
- 220*
- Controller*
- Votes · historical
- 154*
- Action RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 142*
- Puzzle*
- Votes · historical
- 124*
- Action-Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 124*
- Gore*
- Votes · historical
- 111*
- Open World*
- Votes · historical
- 108*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 101*
- Spectacle fighter*
- Votes · historical
- 92*
- Beat 'em up*
- Votes · historical
- 86*
- 3D Platformer*
- Votes · historical
- 86*
- Metroidvania*
- Votes · historical
- 79*
- Character Action Game*
- Votes · historical
- 70*
- Platformer*
- Votes · historical
- 43*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c*
- Processor alternatives
- AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better*
- Memory
- 1GB XP, 2GB Vista / Windows 7 Hard Disk Space: 12GB Video Card: NVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Memory
- 2 GB*
- Processor alternatives
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 2 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck*
- Compatibility category
- Unsupported*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Unsupported*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Silver*
- Reports
- 80*
- Community confidence
- strong*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Vigil Games
Publishers
- THQ
- THQ Nordic*
Release history
- 2010-01-05
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2010-09-23 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2010-09-23*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- 2010-01-05 · PlayStation 3*
- Release date
- 2010-01-05*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- PlayStation 3*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Sep 23, 2010*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 2 fields
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Unsupported*
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Steam Deck
- Compatibility category
- Unsupported*
Specifications 2 · 10 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Name
- Darksiders*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 2* GB
- Release year
- 2,010*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 1 GB*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Processor alternatives
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 2 GB*
Specifications 3 · 14 fields
- Developers · PlayStation 3
- Vigil Games
- Vigil Games*
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Vigil Games
- Vigil Games*
- ESRB classification · PlayStation 3
- ESRB · PlayStation 3
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- Genres · PlayStation 3
- action game
- action game*
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- role-playing video game
- role-playing video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 3
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 3*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · PlayStation 3
- THQ
- THQ*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- THQ
- THQ*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2010-09-23 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2010-09-23*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Release date · PlayStation 3
- 2010-01-05 · PlayStation 3
- Release date
- 2010-01-05*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- PlayStation 3*
Specifications 4 · 34 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 43*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 1,582* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 590* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Vigil Games*
- DLC count · historical
- 0*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 2000000 - 5000000*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- No*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 1,582* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 152* min
- Metacritic score
- 83*
- Name
- Darksiders™*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,328*
- Peak ccu
- 9*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 11,074*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 0.0*
- Publishers
- THQ Nordic*
- Recommendations
- 8,275*
- Store release date · historical
- Sep 23, 2010*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Game website · historical
- http://www.darksiders.com*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Vigil Games
- Vigil Games*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- No*
- Publishers
- THQ Nordic
- THQ Nordic*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Sep 23, 2010*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 5 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 687* min
- Ccu
- 9*
- Developer
- Vigil Games*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 157* min
- Name
- Darksiders*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,328*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 11,074*
- Historical US price
- 1,999* US cents
- Publisher
- THQ Nordic*
- Community tags · historical
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Hack and Slash*
- Third Person*
- Singleplayer*
- Post-apocalyptic*
- Fantasy*
- Controller*
- Action RPG*
- Puzzle*
- Action-Adventure*
- Gore*
- Open World*
- RPG*
- Spectacle fighter*
- Beat 'em up*
- 3D Platformer*
- Metroidvania*
- Character Action Game*
- Platformer*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Community tags · historical
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Hack and Slash
- Hack and Slash*
- Third Person
- Third Person*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Post-apocalyptic
- Post-apocalyptic*
- Fantasy
- Fantasy*
- Controller
- Controller*
- Action RPG
- Action RPG*
- Puzzle
- Puzzle*
- Action-Adventure
- Action-Adventure*
- Gore
- Gore*
- Open World
- Open World*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Spectacle fighter
- Spectacle fighter*
- Beat 'em up
- Beat 'em up*
- 3D Platformer
- 3D Platformer*
- Metroidvania
- Metroidvania*
- Character Action Game
- Character Action Game*
- Platformer
- Platformer*
- Tags votes
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 596*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 439*
- Hack and Slash
- Votes · historical
- 424*
- Third Person
- Votes · historical
- 319*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 256*
- Post-apocalyptic
- Votes · historical
- 240*
- Fantasy
- Votes · historical
- 220*
- Controller
- Votes · historical
- 154*
- Action RPG
- Votes · historical
- 142*
- Puzzle
- Votes · historical
- 124*
- Action-Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 124*
- Gore
- Votes · historical
- 111*
- Open World
- Votes · historical
- 108*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 101*
- Spectacle fighter
- Votes · historical
- 92*
- Beat 'em up
- Votes · historical
- 86*
- 3D Platformer
- Votes · historical
- 86*
- Metroidvania
- Votes · historical
- 79*
- Character Action Game
- Votes · historical
- 70*
- Platformer
- Votes · historical
- 43*
Specifications 6 · 46 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Vigil Games*
- Developers
- Vigil Games*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Metacritic score
- 83*
- Metacritic score
- 83*
- Name
- Darksiders™*
- Name
- Darksiders™*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better Memory: 1GB XP, 2GB Vista / Windows 7 Hard Disk Space: 12GB Video Card: NVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 ) *
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better Memory: 1GB XP, 2GB Vista / Windows 7 Hard Disk Space: 12GB Video Card: NVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 ) *
- Platforms
- windows*
- Platforms
- windows*
- Publishers
- THQ Nordic*
- Publishers
- THQ Nordic*
- Recommendations total
- 8,252*
- Recommendations total
- 8,252*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Sep 23, 2010*
- Store release date · historical
- Sep 23, 2010*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Russian*
- Interface languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Russian*
- Type
- game*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Vigil Games
- Vigil Games*
- Developers
- Vigil Games
- Vigil Games*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c*
- Processor alternatives
- AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better*
- Memory
- 1GB XP, 2GB Vista / Windows 7 Hard Disk Space: 12GB Video Card: NVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c*
- Processor alternatives
- AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better*
- Memory
- 1GB XP, 2GB Vista / Windows 7 Hard Disk Space: 12GB Video Card: NVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- THQ Nordic
- THQ Nordic*
- Publishers
- THQ Nordic
- THQ Nordic*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Sep 23, 2010*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Sep 23, 2010*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Russian*
Specifications 7 · 19 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- partial*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- unsupported*
- Store genres
- Action|Adventure*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 138*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 80*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- silver*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 2* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,010*
- Title
- Darksiders*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Unsupported*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Silver*
- Reports
- 80*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 2 GB*
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