News2025-08-04

Fatekeeper looks like a spiritual successor to Dark Messiah, but where's the kick?

BC
Brendan Caldwell Rock Paper Shotgun
864 articlessince 2015Active
Read original article →
Worth reading?
Be the first to weigh in
Writer
Top genres
AdventureRPGFPS
Writes forRock Paper Shotgun · Eurogamer View profile →
Fatekeeper
GAMESubject
Fatekeeper
Genres · adventure, hack_and_slash, rpg
Release · Jun 2, 2026
Developer · Paraglacial
PC
10 articles 11 writers 1 reviews
Brendan on this game
1 pieces on Fatekeeper since 2015
Indexed · 11 writers · 10 pieces · 1 reviews
Also mentionsDarkDarkseriesPParaglacialcompanyTHQ NordicTHQ Nordiccompany
Also covering

Other writers on Fatekeeper

All writers →
RM

Ryan McCaffrey

IGN · 19 Nov
1
Pieces
JM

Jody MacGregor

PC Gamer · 2 Aug
1
Pieces
RL

Rick Lane

Eurogamer · 19 Nov
1
Pieces
AB

Andrej Barovic

Destructoid · 21 May
1
Pieces
AS

Arka Sarkar

Destructoid · 1 Jun
1
Pieces
Also covering

Other writers on Dark

All writers →
SM

Scott McCrae

GamesRadar+ · 9 Oct
22
Pieces
BK

Ben Kerry

2 Mar
22
Pieces
EE

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Rock Paper Shotgun · 14 Aug
21
Pieces
RR

Robert Ramsey

Push Square · 7 Oct
19
Pieces
RN

Rory Norris

PC Gamer · 14 Jul
19
Pieces
More from Brendan Caldwell

Other recent pieces

All by Brendan Caldwell →
Rock Paper Shotgun·4 Jun
The best racing games on PC
feature
Rock Paper Shotgun·28 Apr
The best Final Fantasy games on PC
featureonFinal Fantasy
Final Fantasy
Rock Paper Shotgun·18 Mar
The best games like Dark Souls you should play next
featureonDark Souls
Dark Souls
Rock Paper Shotgun·2 Mar
The best roguelike games on PC
featureonHades II
Hades II
Rock Paper Shotgun·31 Oct 2025
Europa Universalis 5 review
reviewonEuropa Universalis V
Europa Universalis V
Community

What readers think of this piece

No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
Log in to add a comment.