IMHO.

Games like Dark Cave

If Dark Cave is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pharaonic, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers and Eldest Souls — 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 Dark Cave: Dark Cave is a third person slasher action game set in a dark fantasy world. Built by one-man development studio Denoriks, powered by the Unreal Engine. Your enemies are ruthless, so survival requires the highest alertness and precision.

2020ActionIndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDWindowsby Anpilov Denis
Dark Cave — Steam game cover

Players who liked Dark Cave also play

Steam players who put hours into Dark Cave 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.

  1. Pharaonic

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dark Cave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Embark on a journey of exploration and violence in the Two Lands of Egypt with Pharaonic! This unforgiving Combat RPG features an streamlined and challenging combat system that will keep you on your toes while fighting for your life!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dark Cave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark Cave.

    WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Eldest Souls

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dark Cave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Blade of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dark Cave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dark Cave.

    Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.

    2021ActionRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dark Cave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Dark Cave.

    Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.

    2014ActionRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dark Cave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dark Cave.

    Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.

    2018Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dark Cave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Immortal Planet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dark Cave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Immortal Planet is an action RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and punishes recklessness. Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet's mystery and escape its curse.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dark Cave at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dark Cave on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Cave.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dark Cave on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Dark Cave on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Cave.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dark Cave on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Cave.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dark Cave on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Cave.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Dark Cave on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Dark Cave on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dark Cave on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Cave.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Dark Cave.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Cave.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Cave.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Dark Cave.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Cave.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Cave.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Pharaonic

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Embark on a journey of exploration and violence in the Two Lands of Egypt with Pharaonic! This unforgiving Combat RPG features an streamlined and challenging combat system that will keep you on your toes while fighting for your life!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Eldest Souls

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blade of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Dark Cave.

    Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.

    2021ActionRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Immortal Planet

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Cave.

    Immortal Planet is an action RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and punishes recklessness. Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet's mystery and escape its curse.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dark Cave

How much does Dark Cave cost?
Dark Cave is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dark Cave?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Cave are Pharaonic, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, Eldest Souls.
Who developed Dark Cave?
Dark Cave was developed by Anpilov Denis and published by Denoriks Entertainment.

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 Dark Cave.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.

29 Games Like Dark Cave — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run