Games like Demon Strikes Back
If Demon Strikes Back is your kind of game, the closest matches are I HUMAN MACHINE, Dead Cells and Going Under — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its affordable price point, fast paced combat loops and atmospheric. 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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I HUMAN MACHINE
WHY THIS
Top pick for Demon Strikes Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
I Human machine:against machine or be one 2D Rougelike Pixel Action Game, for PC
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Second-strongest match for Demon Strikes Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Going Under
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Third-strongest match for Demon Strikes Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.
VOIN
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Ranked #4 for Demon Strikes Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Crafted by a solo developer, VOIN is a first-person hack-and-slash. Cleave through hordes of enemies in fast-paced combat. Explore dark fantasy realms filled with secrets and dangers. Discover powerful gear and weapons, and face menacing bosses in your quest to cleanse a broken world.
EdgeOfTheAbyssAwaken
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Ranked #5 for Demon Strikes Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
"Edge of the abyss Awakening" is an adventure game that combines third-person, action, Roguelite and RPG strategy selection. Players can match different weapons, entries and talents to form various gameplays for adventurous challenges. You can play solo or in teams of up to three people.
Anomaly Agent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Ranked #6 for Demon Strikes Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
Dark Devotion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Ranked #7 for Demon Strikes Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
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.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Ranked #8 for Demon Strikes Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Demon Strikes Back at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Demon Strikes Back on Steam right now. Shares Action with Demon Strikes Back.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Demon Strikes Back on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Demon Strikes Back on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Demon Strikes Back on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Demon Strikes Back.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Demon Strikes Back on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Demon Strikes Back.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Demon Strikes Back on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Demon Strikes Back.
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 ~88% under Demon Strikes Back on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Demon Strikes Back.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Demon Strikes Back on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Demon Strikes Back.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Wires And Whiskers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
SCP – Containment Breach
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Going Under
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.
Anomaly Agent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Demon Strikes Back.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Strikes Back.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Frequently asked about Demon Strikes Back
- How much does Demon Strikes Back cost?
- Demon Strikes Back is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Demon Strikes Back?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Demon Strikes Back are I HUMAN MACHINE, Dead Cells, Going Under.
- Who developed Demon Strikes Back?
- Demon Strikes Back was developed by WildPlanet and published by Gamirror Games.
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