Dark Lord

A kingdom management game with card-based decisions and dark humor

Undead Fox · Published by LTG Studio · Released Aug 15, 2024

Adventure Casual Simulation Strategy Free To Play

Reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 215
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 1; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 2 years ago; Sep 11, 2024
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 760; 4 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Dark Lord?

You rule a medieval realm as the Dark Lord in a single-player narrative strategy game. You develop territories, fortify your stronghold, and manage advisors whose loyalties can shift as your choices shape the story. Community Stories lets you play adventures written by other players or create and share your own using an editor.

For you if...

+you enjoy balancing competing resources through binary decisions
+you like stories about political scheming and betrayal

Not for you if...

−you want action-focused gameplay rather than text-based choices
−you prefer freeform role-playing without strict resource limits

What players say

89% of 215 reviews are positive

Players praise the story and the variety added by city development and advisor management. Repetitive trial and error draws complaints, with achievement hunting singled out as tedious.

Screenshots and trailer

Dark Lord system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 760, 4 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11+ x64 bit
Processor: 4 Cores / 2.5 GHz+
Graphics: GeForce GTX 760
Storage: 4 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Dark Lord have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Dark Lord run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 26
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese.

Does Dark Lord use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam