Games like Core Decay
If Core Decay is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ion Fury, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and Deus Ex: Invisible War — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Core Decay: Travel across a dying Earth and uncover a sinister plot to preserve humanity no matter the cost - even if it means redefining what makes us alive - in an old-school atmospheric immersive sim that explores the nature of consciousness and individuality.
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Ion Fury
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Top pick for Core Decay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Core Decay.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Core Decay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Core Decay.
You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job...
Deus Ex: Invisible War
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Core Decay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Core Decay.
Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
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Ranked #4 for Core Decay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Core Decay.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
Blood West
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Core Decay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Core Decay.
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Core Decay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Core Decay.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
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Ranked #7 for Core Decay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Core Decay.
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
Deus Ex: The Fall
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Core Decay fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Core Decay.
Deus Ex: The Fall is set in 2027– a golden era for science, technology and human augmentation, but also a time of great social divide and global conspiracy. Powerful corporations have seized control from governments and command the drug supply needed by augmented humans to survive.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Core Decay.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Core Decay.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Core Decay.
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 Core Decay.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Core Decay.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Core Decay.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Core Decay.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Core Decay.
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Blood West
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Core Decay.
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Core Decay.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Core Decay.
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
Frequently asked about Core Decay
- What games are most similar to Core Decay?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Core Decay are Ion Fury, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, Deus Ex: Invisible War.
- Who developed Core Decay?
- Core Decay was developed by Ivar Hill, Slipgate Ironworks™ and published by 3D Realms.
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