--- title: "The Darkness — Belly Score 9.2 | Belly Score" url: https://bellyscore.com/game/the-darkness-2007 description: "The Darkness gets a Belly Score of 9.2/10. BELLY APPROVED" lang: en --- Image: The Darkness (https://base44.app/api/apps/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/files/mp/public/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/9bed82487_TheDarkness.jpg) # The Darkness Belly Score 9.2 Platform PlayStation 3: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/playstation-3, Xbox 360: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/xbox-360 Genre Action: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/action, Horror: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/horror, Shooter: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/shooter, FPS: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/fps Released Jun 25, 2007: https://bellyscore.com/best/year/2007 Developer Starbreeze Studios Publisher 2K Games About Jackie Estacado is a mob hitman having the worst 21st birthday ever. After being marked for death by his own uncle, he becomes the unwilling host to an ancient, demonic entity known as The Darkness. This first-person shooter blends gritty mob warfare with supernatural chaos, forcing you to balance traditional gunplay with grotesque occult powers. You will navigate the seedy underbelly of New York, using shadows to summon impish minions, impale foes, or manifest black holes. It is a dark, cinematic revenge tale where you are the monster, and the only way to survive is to embrace the void. The Belly's Verdict BELLY APPROVED Belly Score Calculation Category Weight Score Weighted Fun Factor 25% 9.8 2.450 Game Play 20% 9.4 1.880 Controls + Feel 15% 8.9 1.335 Creativity + Originality 10% 9.4 0.940 Presentation 10% 8.9 0.890 Content + Staying Power 10% 7.9 0.790 The Belly Factor 10% 9.4 0.940 Total 100% 9.2 Raw weighted sum 9.225 → rounded to 9.2 ### Prediction Results No predictions were made for this game. Vibe Tags Dark: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/dark Intense: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/intense Atmospheric: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/atmospheric Gritty: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/gritty Single-Player: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/single-player Cinematic: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/cinematic Themes Crime: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/crime Supernatural: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/supernatural Occult: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/occult Dark / Grim: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/dark-grim Original Belly Score Video Related Games 9.9 ### FINAL FANTASY VI RPG Super Nintendo Entertainment System · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · iOS · Android · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 Fantasy Dark / Grim Steampunk Epic Emotional Melancholic +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/final-fantasy-6 9.9 ### Half-Life FPS · Action · Adventure Windows · PlayStation 2 · macOS · Linux Sci-Fi Alien Workplace +1 Atmospheric Eerie Intense +2 https://bellyscore.com/game/half-life 9.9 ### Final Fantasy IX RPG · Adventure PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · PC · Android · iOS · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 High Fantasy Medieval Adventurous Whimsical Charming +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/final-fantasy-9 9.9 ### ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE Action · RPG · Adventure PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S Dark Fantasy Mythology Monsters +1 Adventurous Discovery-Driven Atmospheric +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree ### Community Discussion 0 Threads Log in to join the discussion. 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