List of World of Darkness video games

World of Darkness is a series of tabletop role-playing games by White Wolf Publishing and is also the name of their shared setting.[1][2] Several of the tabletop games – primarily Vampire: The Masquerade and Hunter: The Reckoning – have been adapted into video games by different developers, covering several genres including role-playing games, action games, and adventure games. Critical reception of the games has varied, ranging from average to positive,[3][4][5][6] with Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines standing out, being described by video game publications as a cult classic[7][8][9] and a "flawed masterpiece".[10][11][12]

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Video game adaptations of the series began with two Werewolf: The Apocalypse games in the 1990s that were never completed; the first released video game in the series was 2000's Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption, which was followed by three Hunter games in 2002–2003, and Bloodlines in 2004. Following this, no further World of Darkness video games were released in over a decade, with another Werewolf project and the online game World of Darkness started and canceled in the meantime until 2017's World of Darkness Preludes, which was based on Vampire and Mage: The Ascension. Since then, several video games have been developed, including two Werewolf games, a Wraith: The Oblivion game, a sequel to Bloodlines, and multiple other Vampire games.

Vampire: The Masquerade
Title Details
Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption

Original release date:[13][14]
June 7, 2000		 Release years by system:
Notes:
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines

Original release dates:[17][18][19]
  • NA: November 16, 2004
  • EU: November 19, 2004
 Release years by system:
2004 – Microsoft Windows[17]
Notes:
Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York

Original release date:[22][23]
December 11, 2019		 Release years by system:
Notes:
Vampire: The Masquerade – Night Road

Proposed release date:[29]
Q3 2020		 Proposed system release:
Notes:
Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York

Proposed release date:[30]
Q3 2020		 Proposed system release:
  • 2020 – Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[31]
Notes:
  • Developed and published by Draw Distance[31]
  • Visual novel[27]
  • Stand-alone expansion to Coteries of New York[31]
Vampire: The Masquerade – Out for Blood

Proposed release date:[29]
Q1/Q2 2021		 Proposed system release:
  • 2021 – Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, web browsers[29]
Notes:
  • Developed and published by Choice of Games[29]
  • Interactive fiction game[29]
Vampire: The Masquerade – Parliament of Knives

Proposed release date:[29]
Q3/Q4 2021		 Proposed system release:
  • 2021 – Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, web browsers[29]
Notes:
  • Developed and published by Choice of Games[29]
  • Interactive fiction game[29]
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

Proposed release date:[32]
2021		 Proposed system release:
2021 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X[32]
Notes:
  • Developed by Hardsuit Labs and published by Paradox Interactive[33]
  • Action role-playing game[34]
  • Planned to receive two story expansions, and the werewolf-themed expansion "Season of the Wolf"[35]
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong

Proposed release date:[36]
2021		 Proposed system release:
2021 – Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X[37]
Notes:

Hunter: The Reckoning
Title Details
Hunter: The Reckoning

Original release dates:[40][41]
  • NA: May 21, 2002
  • EU: July 5, 2002
 Release years by system:
2002 – Xbox, GameCube[42][43]
Notes:
Hunter: The Reckoning – Wayward

Original release dates:[49][50]
  • NA: September 8, 2003
  • EU: October 17, 2003
 Release years by system:
2003 – PlayStation 2[49]
Notes:
Hunter: The Reckoning – Redeemer

Original release dates:[51][52]
  • NA: October 28, 2003
  • EU: November 21, 2003
 Release years by system:
2003 – Xbox[51]
Notes:
  • Developed by High Voltage Software and published by Vivendi Games[51]
  • Hack-and-slash game[53]

Others
Title Details
World of Darkness Preludes: Vampire and Mage

Original release date:[54]
February 15, 2017		 Release years by system:
2017 – Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows[54][55]
Notes:
  • Developed by White Wolf Entertainment and Fula Fisken[54]
  • Published by White Wolf Entertainment for personal computers and by Asmodee for mobile phones[54][55]
  • A set of interactive fiction games: Vampire: The Masquerade – We Eat Blood and Mage: The Ascension – Refuge[55]
  • The first Vampire: The Masquerade video game to be released in over a decade[55]
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest

Proposed release date:[56]
Q4 2020		 Proposed system release:
2020 – Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows[57]
Notes:
  • Developed by Different Tales and published by Walkabout Games[58]
  • Visual novel role-playing game[56][59]
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood

Proposed release date:[60]
February 4, 2021		 Proposed system release:
2021 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X[60]
Notes:
Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife

Proposed release date:
TBA		 Proposed system release:
TBA
Notes:

Canceled games
Title Details
Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Cancellation date:[63]
1997		 Proposed system release:
PlayStation, Sega Saturn[63]
Notes:
  • Developed by Capcom Production Studio 8[64]
  • Isometric beat 'em up game[64][65]
  • Announced in 1995 as the first in a planned series of video game collaborations between Capcom and White Wolf Publishing[64]
  • Never officially released, although a prototype of the Sega Saturn version was found and shared through the internet[64]
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – The Heart of Gaia

Cancellation date:[66]
January 2000		 Proposed system release:
Personal computers[67]
Notes:
Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Cancellation date:[70][71]
2004–2005		 Proposed system release:
Unknown
Notes:
  • Developed by Troika Games[70]
  • A werewolf-themed follow-up to Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines by the same development team[70]
  • Produced as a playable prototype following the completion of Bloodlines[70]
World of Darkness

Cancellation date:[72]
April 14, 2014		 Proposed system release:
Unknown
Notes:

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