King's Bounty: Dark Side
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2014
Platforms
Genres
- tactical role-playing game
- adventure game*
- role-playing video game*
- strategy video game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Engines
- TheEngine
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- RPG*
- Strategy*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- German*
Community tags · historical
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 122*
- Strategy*
- Votes · historical
- 105*
- Turn-Based Strategy*
- Votes · historical
- 59*
- Hex Grid*
- Votes · historical
- 46*
- Turn-Based*
- Votes · historical
- 44*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 28*
- Fantasy*
- Votes · historical
- 25*
- Villain Protagonist*
- Votes · historical
- 15*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 8*
- Female Protagonist*
- Votes · historical
- 8*
- Vampire*
- Votes · historical
- 5*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows XP (SP3 required), Vista, 7, 8*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.6 GHz and better*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- nVidia GeForce 6600 with 128 Mb VRAM or similar AMD card*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0c*
- Storage
- 8 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- DirectX 9.0c compliant*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 14*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Softclub
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- 1C-Softclub*
Publishers
- 1C Company
- Fulqrum Publishing*
Release history
- 2014-08-14
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2014-08-19
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2014-08-18 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2014-08-18*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Aug 19, 2014*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 8 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- 2.6 GHz and better*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- nVidia GeForce 6600 with 128 Mb VRAM or similar AMD card*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Name
- King's Bounty: Dark Side*
- Release year
- 2,014*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 2.6 GHz and better*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- nVidia GeForce 6600 with 128 Mb VRAM or similar AMD card*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 1 GB*
Specifications 2 · 6 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- 1C-Softclub
- 1C-Softclub*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- role-playing video game
- role-playing video game*
- strategy video game
- strategy video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Fulqrum Publishing
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2014-08-18 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2014-08-18*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 32 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 37*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 1,276* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- DLC count · historical
- 1*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 200000 - 500000*
- Store genres
- RPG*
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 1,313* min
- Metacritic score
- 73*
- Name
- King's Bounty: Dark Side*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 467*
- Peak ccu
- 107*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 1,294*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 1.94*
- Publishers
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Recommendations
- 1,336*
- Store release date · historical
- Aug 19, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- German*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Fulqrum Publishing
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Store genres
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Fulqrum Publishing
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Aug 19, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- German*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 1,678* min
- Ccu
- 107*
- Developer
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- RPG*
- Strategy*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,299* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- German*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 736* min
- Name
- King's Bounty: Dark Side*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 467*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 200,000 .. 500,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 1,294*
- Historical US price
- 1,299* US cents
- Publisher
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Community tags · historical
- RPG*
- Strategy*
- Turn-Based Strategy*
- Hex Grid*
- Turn-Based*
- Adventure*
- Fantasy*
- Villain Protagonist*
- Singleplayer*
- Female Protagonist*
- Vampire*
- Store genres
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Languages
- English*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- German*
- Community tags · historical
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Strategy*
- Hex Grid
- Hex Grid*
- Turn-Based
- Turn-Based*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Fantasy
- Fantasy*
- Villain Protagonist
- Villain Protagonist*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Female Protagonist
- Female Protagonist*
- Vampire
- Vampire*
- Tags votes
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 122*
- Strategy
- Votes · historical
- 105*
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Votes · historical
- 59*
- Hex Grid
- Votes · historical
- 46*
- Turn-Based
- Votes · historical
- 44*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 28*
- Fantasy
- Votes · historical
- 25*
- Villain Protagonist
- Votes · historical
- 15*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 8*
- Female Protagonist
- Votes · historical
- 8*
- Vampire
- Votes · historical
- 5*
Specifications 5 · 25 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Store genres
- RPG*
- Strategy*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Metacritic score
- 73*
- Name
- King's Bounty: Dark Side*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows XP (SP3 required), Vista, 7, 8 Processor: 2.6 GHz and better Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce 6600 with 128 Mb VRAM or similar AMD card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compliant *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $12.99*
- Publishers
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Recommendations total
- 1,323*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Aug 19, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English, Russian, Polish, German*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Fulqrum Publishing
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Store genres
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows XP (SP3 required), Vista, 7, 8*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.6 GHz and better*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- nVidia GeForce 6600 with 128 Mb VRAM or similar AMD card*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0c*
- Storage
- 8 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- DirectX 9.0c compliant*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Fulqrum Publishing
- Fulqrum Publishing*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Aug 19, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Russian*
- Polish*
- German*
Specifications 6 · 15 fields
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- RPG|Strategy*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 4,187*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- moderate*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 14*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,014*
- Title
- King's Bounty: Dark Side*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 14*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
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