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Games like Dark Raider

If Dark Raider is your kind of game, the closest matches are Diehard Dungeon, bit Dungeon III and Blasphemous — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Dark Raider: When every apocalypse strikes at the same time, three heroes rise to save their doomed world! Raid hundreds of dungeons, hack through waves of enemies, and defeat powerful bosses in this new take to the Hack & Slash RPG genre.

2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDWindowsby UNREAL DARK STUD
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Steam players who put hours into Dark Raider also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Diehard Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Raider.

    Top pick for Dark Raider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. bit Dungeon III

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Dark Raider.

    Second-strongest match for Dark Raider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    bitDungeonIII is a 2d action adventure game with rogue-lite elements. Randomly generated overworld and dungeons. Make allies with other players or kill them for their precious inventory items. Discover random items that greatly enhance and affect your character.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blasphemous

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dark Raider.

    Third-strongest match for Dark Raider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. CARRION

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Dark Raider.

    Ranked #4 for Dark Raider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Infernax

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Raider.

    Ranked #5 for Dark Raider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Prodeus

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dark Raider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dark Devotion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Raider.

    Ranked #7 for Dark Raider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. BUTCHER

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Dark Raider.

    Ranked #8 for Dark Raider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dark Raider at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Dark Raider on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Dark Raider on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Raider.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Dark Raider on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Dark Raider on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Raider.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Dark Raider on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Raider.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Dark Raider on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Dark Raider on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Dark Raider on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Raider.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Raider.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Supper

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Raider.

    The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Diehard Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Raider.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. bit Dungeon III

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Dark Raider.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    bitDungeonIII is a 2d action adventure game with rogue-lite elements. Randomly generated overworld and dungeons. Make allies with other players or kill them for their precious inventory items. Discover random items that greatly enhance and affect your character.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blasphemous

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dark Raider.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. CARRION

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Dark Raider.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Infernax

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dark Raider.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Raider.

    Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dark Raider

How much does Dark Raider cost?
Dark Raider is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dark Raider?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Raider are Diehard Dungeon, bit Dungeon III, Blasphemous.
Who developed Dark Raider?
Dark Raider was developed by UNREAL DARK STUD and published by Moment Interactive Limited.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Dark Raider.

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