Games like Deep Despair
If Deep Despair is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crashlands, Terraria and Planet Explorers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its no tutorial or guidance, atmospheric and challenging. 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.
Get personalized picks →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!
Players who liked Deep Despair also play
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Crashlands
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Deep Despair.
Top pick for Deep Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Deep Despair.
Second-strongest match for Deep Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Planet Explorers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Third-strongest match for Deep Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Force of Nature
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Deep Despair.
Ranked #4 for Deep Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Tinkerlands
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Ranked #5 for Deep Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Ranked #6 for Deep Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Necesse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Ranked #7 for Deep Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Core Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Ranked #8 for Deep Despair fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
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Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Deep Despair.
Reviewers of Deep Despair cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a dark mood with Deep Despair.
Reviewers of Deep Despair cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Deep Despair cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Deep Despair.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Deep Despair cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Deep Despair.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Minecraft Legends
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Deep Despair.
Reviewers of Deep Despair cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Deep Despair.
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Deep Despair at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deep Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Deep Despair on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Despair.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deep Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Deep Despair.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deep Despair on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Deep Despair.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deep Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deep Despair on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deep Despair on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Deep Despair.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Deep Despair.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Deep Despair.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 Deep Despair.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Deep Despair.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Despair.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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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
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind Deep Despair. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Blood Harvest 2
WHY THIS
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind Deep Despair. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
A HARDCORE platform game with lots of enemies, blood and explosions!
Super Blasting Boy
WHY THIS
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind Deep Despair. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.
Deep Despair 2
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind Deep Despair. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Despair.
Deep Despair 2 is an open world survival adventure action game with procedural generation and complete freedom of action: building, crafting, hunting, farming, livestock, brewing, cooking, traveling, fight, and more.
Risk of Pain
WHY THIS
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind Deep Despair. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Risk of Pain is a hardcore puzzle platformer that challenges you to complete many challenging levels. Use parkour, wit and luck to avoid dying! Are you ready to take a risk?!
Deep Despair 3
WHY THIS
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind Deep Despair. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Deep Despair 3 is an open-world survival action-adventure with RPG elements! Fight, survive, dig, build, explore vast worlds, engage in farming, breed animals, gather resources, and level up to the max!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Crashlands
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Deep Despair.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Deep Despair.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Tinkerlands
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Necesse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Core Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deep Despair.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Frequently asked about Deep Despair
- 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 Crashlands, Terraria, Planet Explorers.
- Who developed Deep Despair?
- Deep Despair was developed by BekkerDev Studio.
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