Games like Into the Pit
If Into the Pit is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ziggurat 2, Magefall and Bloodshed — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its meta progression feels balanced, challenging and contemplative. 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 Into the Pit: A fast-paced retro-FPS roguelite! As a member of a family of lore-hunting mystics you are summoned to a cursed village, drawn by rumors of a demonic portal. Dark magics have overwhelmed the village, It's up to you to rescue the survivors, grow your powers, and journey forth INTO THE PIT.
Players who liked Into the Pit also play
Steam players who put hours into Into the Pit 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.
Ziggurat 2
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Into the Pit.
Top pick for Into the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Ziggurat is back, and now it's even better! Use powerful weapons and spells to break through hordes of enemies and explore labyrinthine dungeons in this hectic roguelite FPS, while you improve your skills and discover new equipment.
Magefall
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Into the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Into the Pit.
Magic focused FPS rogue-like survivor. Sling powerful spells! Unleash massive explosions! Blast away enemies! Survive the onslaught of elementals utilizing over 70 active and passive spells chosen upon leveling up. Soar above your foes and rain down destruction!
Bloodshed
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a retro mood with Into the Pit.
Third-strongest match for Into the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Bloodshed is a Roguelite Survivors FPS; an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action!
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Into the Pit.
Ranked #4 for Into the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Soulslinger: Envoy of Death
WHY THIS
Shares build variety and meta progression with Into the Pit.
Ranked #5 for Into the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
You are a gunslinger in limbo, involved in a gritty war against "The Cartel", a ruthless organization harvesting souls to break free of the shackles of the afterlife. Grow stronger with each new run, gather the essence of lost souls to take on the biggest threats in this rogue-lite FPS!
HYPERGUN
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Into the Pit.
Ranked #6 for Into the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Fight through waves of alien interlopers and save the world as Dewey Owens in HYPERGUN, a fast-paced roguelite shooter centering around a procedural weapon of questionable effectiveness. Enter the simulation. Build the HYPERGUN!
GUNHEAD
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Into the Pit.
Ranked #7 for Into the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Gunhead is a fast paced strategic roguelike FPS where you take the role of a pirate mech with a gun for a head, looting derelict spaceships filled with monstrous drones made out of bone and steel. Sequel to the 2d roguelite Cryptark.
Battle Shapers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Into the Pit.
Ranked #8 for Into the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Into the Pit.
Battle Shapers is an action-packed, sci-fi FPS roguelite in which you shoot and smash your way through swarms of corrupt robots. Wield powerful weapons, abilities, and game-changing new powers stolen from ruthless Overlords.
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Tower of Guns
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Into the Pit.
Reviewers of Into the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Tower of Guns is a fast paced first-person-shooter for the twitch gamer... with a few randomized elements to keep it fresh with each playthrough. It's a short burst "Lunch Break FPS"... not unlike Binding of Isaac mixed with Doom 2. Tower of Guns was made by a guy named Joe (with his brother Mike composing the music).
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Into the Pit.
Reviewers of Into the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Into the Pit.
Reviewers of Into the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Into the Pit.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Devil Daggers
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Into the Pit.
Reviewers of Into the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.
Heretic + Hexen
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Into the Pit.
Reviewers of Into the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Into the Pit.
Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Into the Pit at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Into the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into the Pit.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Into the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Into the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Action with Into the Pit.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Into the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Into the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Action with Into the Pit.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Into the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into the Pit.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Into the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into the Pit.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Into the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into the Pit.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Into the Pit.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Into the Pit.
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 Into the Pit.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Into the Pit.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Into the Pit.
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 Into the Pit.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Into the Pit.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Into the Pit.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Bloodshed
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a retro mood with Into the Pit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Bloodshed is a Roguelite Survivors FPS; an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action!
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Into the Pit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
GUNHEAD
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Into the Pit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Into the Pit.
Gunhead is a fast paced strategic roguelike FPS where you take the role of a pirate mech with a gun for a head, looting derelict spaceships filled with monstrous drones made out of bone and steel. Sequel to the 2d roguelite Cryptark.
Battle Shapers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Into the Pit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Into the Pit.
Battle Shapers is an action-packed, sci-fi FPS roguelite in which you shoot and smash your way through swarms of corrupt robots. Wield powerful weapons, abilities, and game-changing new powers stolen from ruthless Overlords.
Frequently asked about Into the Pit
- Is Into the Pit verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Into the Pit is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Into the Pit cost?
- Into the Pit is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Into the Pit?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Into the Pit are Ziggurat 2, Magefall, Bloodshed.
- Who developed Into the Pit?
- Into the Pit was developed by Nullpointer Games and published by Balor Games.
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 Into the Pit.
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