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Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
77 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“[u][b]Initial Thoughts:[/b][/u] I have just completed Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It is a quirky, flawed, yet a fun experience. This game hates modern Windows OS’s. You will run into frequent crashes, without…”
“A must play/own for any self-respecting RPG enjoyer. A classic from the times when Ubisoft used to make actual games. A TES-like game set in the HOMM's universe. A win-win combo. Dark Messiah is a gem!”
“All the praise people give this game is an understatement. They're absolutely right. It's clearly the predecessor to Dishonored. It offers gameplay with absolute freedom to approach every situation in many ways (though…”
18 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“[u][b]Initial Thoughts:[/b][/u] I have just completed Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It is a quirky, flawed, yet a fun experience. This game hates modern Windows OS’s. You will run into frequent crashes, without…”
“All the praise people give this game is an understatement. They're absolutely right. It's clearly the predecessor to Dishonored. It offers gameplay with absolute freedom to approach every situation in many ways (though…”
“Wish there was next game or remake, for me this game feels like watching movie in cinema. Love story, love gameplay and how there are few ways to progress lvl area.”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This game is like, what if Oblivion was a linear game with funni ragdoll physics from half-life 2 and made on Source engine, this game is fantastic and very goofy, i love it! I recommend doing a Kick only run, the…”
“It's actually quite a lot of fun for an old game, diolog is pretty funny and aged somewhat well, for 2 dollars this is pretty good! highly recommand giving it a playthrough, so far I am enjoying it”
“Such a good game even after ages Fun combat, beautiful locations, nice narrative and Xana of course”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“For dirt cheap of 1 dollar i bought this weird combo of dishonored /rpg game. just buy it you wont regret it. i have never seen this good combat with so many options in other games. stupidly creative. runs like…”
“Best Pound ive ever spent. Fun game with multiple endings and funny source ragdoll jank. Would strong recommend.”
“It's actually quite a lot of fun for an old game, diolog is pretty funny and aged somewhat well, for 2 dollars this is pretty good! highly recommand giving it a playthrough, so far I am enjoying it”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Best Pound ive ever spent. Fun game with multiple endings and funny source ragdoll jank. Would strong recommend.”
“Great story and replayability, solid combat but has aged poorly. A remake would be nice”
“Enjoyed it when i was a kid and still enjoy it to this day. great game”
23 of the 102 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“[u][b]Initial Thoughts:[/b][/u] I have just completed Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It is a quirky, flawed, yet a fun experience. This game hates modern Windows OS’s. You will run into frequent crashes, without…”
“Great game, but they need to give this game little bit of love it keeps crashing and you need community patch to even play it.”
“Full of funny bugs and constantly crashing. 😂 Cheesy Story, brilliant combat gameplay.”
16 of the 102 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“[u][b]Initial Thoughts:[/b][/u] I have just completed Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It is a quirky, flawed, yet a fun experience. This game hates modern Windows OS’s. You will run into frequent crashes, without…”
“Solid game, 7.5/10, extremely buggy and also has compatibility issues, you need to follow a tutorial on how to fix the game before you play it, but once you do it's a pretty enjoyable experience”
“This game is quality. It might need a compatibility fix with newer hardware, but this game has a swagger that Ubisoft lost. I like the combat because it's deep, and requires you to think. If you enjoyed Dying Light,…”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Wish there was next game or remake, for me this game feels like watching movie in cinema. Love story, love gameplay and how there are few ways to progress lvl area.”
“Great game, but they need to give this game little bit of love it keeps crashing and you need community patch to even play it.”
“Solid game, 7.5/10, extremely buggy and also has compatibility issues, you need to follow a tutorial on how to fix the game before you play it, but once you do it's a pretty enjoyable experience”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I was not excpecting this game to be that good and joy to play but turns out it was very fun, story was quite good i did fill there been few "fillers" part that lucked any convo or any intercation or something story…”
“Pretty good game, with good combat, however i have some issues with it, like how its so slow to switch to other spells/weapons so its useless to make combos, other than that its a good game. really love the maps in this…”
“A kinda flawed and buggy game, but pretty enjoyable. Combat can be nice but can devolve to just kicking enemies to their deaths. Towards the end of the game it was crashing quite a lot, saving constantly is a must if…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Full of funny bugs and constantly crashing. 😂 Cheesy Story, brilliant combat gameplay.”
“+If you are 35 years or older, you will have a deep heartwarming nostalgic glow from playing another game on the Source engine. +Published before the 2023 Biden era legislation that banned hot women in video games. +Be…”
“biggest issue is the missing 5th ending. sareth is a true harem lord with magical good girl leanna and the loyal lustful demon girl xana. that's assuming xana is even a woman. demons be doing crazy butt stuff ngl.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Download the mod manager, the advanced SDK and the restoration mod and you'll get it to work on modern systems. Took me 20 minutes, worth it for this one of a kind game, though it can be a bit difficult.”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“The Big Trouble in Little China of video games. I'm never not having a blast when I play. Badass battlemage adventure power fantasy and physics fun house with incredibly satisfying combat. Perfectly balances being challenging and rewarding but fun first and foremost, never…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“This is my 2nd or 3rd playthrough. Honestly this game was way ahead of it's time, and while considerably linear, it's still big enough to get stumped once in a while, and the combat is fun. Came out 5 years before Skyrim and somehow it looks and plays better. These developers…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · First-Person · Action · Fantasy · Swordplay · Dark Fantasy · Adventure · Magic · Classic · Singleplayer · Stealth · Multiple Endings (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Valve Anti-Cheat enabled · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Official site | http://www.darkmessiahmightandmagic.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: AMD Athlon™, Pentium® 2.4 GHz, 512MB RAM, 128MB video card, 7GB HDD Space, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection Recommended: AMD Athlon™, Pentium® 3.0 GHz, 256mb dx9 video card, 7GB HDD Space, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection