World of Darkness ''World of Darkness'' is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with '' Vampire: The Masquerade'', '' Werewolf: The Apoca ...

'' is a series of

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, and the name of their shared setting. Several of the tabletop games – primarily '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' and '' Hunter: The Reckoning'' – have been adapted into video games by different developers, covering genres including

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, action games, and adventure games. Critical reception of the games has varied, ranging from average to positive, with '' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'' standing out, being described by video game publications as a

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and a "flawed masterpiece". Video game adaptations of the series began in the 1990s with unreleased '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse'' and '' Mage: The Ascension'' games; the first released video game in the series was '' Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption'' in 2000, which was followed by three ''Hunter'' games in 2002–2003, and ''Bloodlines'' in 2004. No further ''World of Darkness'' video games were released in over a decade, during which another ''Werewolf'' project and the online game ''

'' were started and canceled, until 2017's '' World of Darkness Preludes'', which was based on ''Vampire'' and ''Mage''. Since then, several video games have been developed, including two ''Werewolf'' games, two '' Wraith: The Oblivion'' games, '' Bloodlines 2'', and other ''Vampire'' games.

''Vampire: The Masquerade''

''Hunter: The Reckoning''

Others

Canceled games

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