Rank 01Games like Deep Despair
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- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Deep Despair also play
The closest matches to Deep Despair: Terraria, Don't Starve, Core Keeper, The Forest, and Dig or Die. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Deep Despair.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2013
Rank 03- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Verified
- 2024
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- Released: 2020
- Developer: BekkerDev Studio
- Price: $2.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 68% of 155 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Layered underground with hidden depths
- Manual wood processing from logs
- No tutorial or guidance
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Dark
More games like Deep Despair, sliced differently
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Terraria
Why this: Shares procedural generation with Deep Despair.
Core Keeper
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Deep Despair.
More from BekkerDev Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by BekkerDev Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Blood Harvest 3
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Deep Despair.
Deep Despair 2
Why this: Shares procedural generation with Deep Despair.
About Deep Despair
The closest matches to Deep Despair: Terraria, Don't Starve, Core Keeper, The Forest, and Dig or Die. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Deep Despair is your kind of game, the closest matches are Terraria, Don't Starve and Core Keeper — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and dark, and single out its layered world and manual resource processing. 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.
About Deep Despair: Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Is Deep Despair worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 68% of 155 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $2.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 7 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Layered underground with hidden depths
- Manual wood processing from logs
- No tutorial or guidance
- Open ended survival sandbox
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“So when I first played this game I thought it was going to be another fake remake of Minecraft well.... It's exactly that a Minecraft remake. But I will say it has some difrents about the games Although I say this it is a pretty fun game…”
“its just a crappy minecraft rip off so don't bother :I verry disoponted and is verry boring the name of the game is true A DEEP DISPARE BECUSE I WASTED MONEY! lol :I :(”
People who play it also play: Terraria, Don't Starve, Core Keeper
Frequently asked about Deep Despair
Can I run it?
Does Deep Despair run on Steam Deck?
Deep Despair is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Deep Despair cost?
Deep Despair is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Deep Despair?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deep Despair are Terraria, Don't Starve, Core Keeper.
Who developed Deep Despair?
Deep Despair was developed by BekkerDev Studio.