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King's Bounty: Dark Side

King's Bounty: Dark Side

Time has come to begin a Dark Journey to the other side of Teana and explore a mysterious region never before seen by royal bounty hunters. King’s Bounty: Dark Side lets you play as the villains in a full standalone campaign with new heroes, dark factions, and a fresh tactical perspective.

Released Aug 19, 2014 Developer Fulqrum Publishing Platforms Windows · Mac RPGStrategyTurn-Based StrategyHex GridTurn-Based
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

73.5%positive1,761 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great game for Heroesish style game and the story is great, I love this game!”

— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Old game, but tactic is still fun to play with, Spin ur mind to pass the tough game.”

— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“King's Bountry: Dark Side is a tactical RPG that is best described as Heroes of Might and Magic, but you only play as a single hero. I didn't spend a lot of time with this one but it's clear that by this point the series was in trouble. The first two games were great, Warriors…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

125playing at last check
15724-hour peak
1,271all-time peak
0 250 500 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 454 avg · Sep 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

37achievements
18.3%median completion
3.1%rarest: Professor
54.2% of players 54.0% of players 46.7% of players 42.9% of players 39.9% of players 39.2% of players 38.7% of players 37.9% of players 36.9% of players 36.2% of players 30.0% of players 29.7% of players 28.5% of players 27.3% of players 26.3% of players 23.9% of players 22.6% of players 22.2% of players 18.3% of players 18.1% of players 16.1% of players 14.7% of players 14.2% of players 13.7% of players 10.2% of players 9.9% of players 9.8% of players 9.2% of players 9.0% of players 9.0% of players 8.4% of players 6.7% of players 5.9% of players 4.7% of players 3.9% of players 3.5% of players 3.1% of players 54.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
54.2%Bane of Life — Deal a total of 100,000 damage points
54.0%Heartless — Lose 1,000 troops
46.7%Fighter — Destroy 100 enemy troops
Rarest badges of honor
3.1%Professor — Get the achievements High Mage, Mad Courage, Reckless Fighter
3.5%The Sky’s the Limit — Increase all improvable attributes of your troops to level 3
3.9%Mad Courage — Defeat the Spirit of Light in the final battle without using your Spell Book.

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.

$12.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$12.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US12.99 USD
EU12.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia18.95 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,500 JPY
Brazil41.99 BRL
China52.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

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Oct 20, 2022
King's Bounty: Dark Side is a part of Fulqrum Publisher Sale!

Greetings everyone! We are so happy to announce that the Fulqrum Publisher Sale just started and King's Bounty: Dark Side is a part of it with an amazing discount! ALL of Fulqrum Publishing's games ar

Aug 10, 2021
King's Bounty Franchise Bundle now available!

Listen up heroes! Right now, for a limited time you can buy a King's Bounty Franchise Bundle, that includes all of the King's Bounty titles as well as pre-order for King's Bounty II and save 10%! The

Jul 03, 2020
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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRPG, Strategy
Player tagsRPG · Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Hex Grid · Turn-Based · Adventure · Fantasy · Villain Protagonist · Singleplayer · Female Protagonist · Vampire (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Polish, German
Achievements37
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

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