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Games like Dead Estate

If Dead Estate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Versus Purgatory, Baby Redemption and Risk the Dark — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its addictive achievement hunting, atmospheric and funny. 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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About Dead Estate: Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.

2021ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Milkbar Lads
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Steam players who put hours into Dead Estate 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. Versus Purgatory

    WHY THIS

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

    Versus Purgatory is a micro-roguelike shoot-em-up with mind-bending gameplay in which you delve into a dungeon, controlling two characters at the same time.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Baby Redemption

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dead Estate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.

    Baby Redemption is a high paced rogue-like shooter where you have to save babies in glorious intense slow-motion action. Weapons, bullets, babies, fun and bullet-time. What more do you need?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Risk the Dark

    WHY THIS

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

    Risk the Dark is an action-filled top-down roguelite set in harrowing darkness. Struggle to escape a shadowy, monster-infested cave while battling threat after threat. Using a variety of weapons, melee, as well as interactions with NPCs and items, light your way and Risk the Dark.

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access10.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Headbangers in Holiday Hell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dead Estate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.

    Christmas. Christmas never changes. Soon those overzealous little freaks will swarm the city led by that bearded maniac. But this time, we fight back. Inspired by Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Beavis&Butthead's heavy metal comedy, this is twin-stick mayhem like you've never experienced before.

    2020ActionIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Last Strand

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dead Estate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.

    The Last Strand is randomly generated twin stick shooter. You will play a pirate trying to escape a boat and seek vengeance, fighting enemies, helping NPC, discovering secrets and finding items.

    2025ActionIndie13.00 USDSteam ↗
  6. Skycliffs

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dead Estate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.

    Skycliffs is an action shooter roguelike dungeon crawler with fast-paced top-down platforming. Jump and dash across sky islands, fight loads of monsters, and get upgrades to survive the many dangers of your journey. Will you be strong enough to reach and defeat the keeper of this floating world?

    2022ActionIndieEarly Access6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Girl

    WHY THIS

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

    Rogue Girl is a roguelike game that will immerse you in an exciting adventure, where you will play as a beautiful devil girl called upon to fight an army of sinister zombies. Your path of progress depends on your decisions. Various types of enemies, random rooms, and skills.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Enter The Lost Chamber

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore dungeons, battle hordes of monsters, and defy fate in “Enter The Lost Chamber,” an action-packed pixel art roguelike. Discover new challenges, collect powerful weapons, and prepare to face the final boss at any time. Dive into the darkness!

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dead Estate

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Resident Evil

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Estate.

    Reviewers of Dead Estate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead Estate.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Enter the Gungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Dead Estate.

    Reviewers of Dead Estate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.

    Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Minecraft Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dead Estate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead Estate.

    Fight your way through an exciting action-adventure game, inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in the Minecraft universe!

    2021ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Dead Estate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Estate.

    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 ~67% under Dead Estate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Dead Estate on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Estate.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Dead Estate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Dead Estate on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Estate.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Dead Estate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Estate.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Dead Estate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Estate.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Dead Estate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Estate.

    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 ↗

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 Dead Estate.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Dead Estate.

    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 ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dead Estate

Is Dead Estate verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Dead Estate 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 Dead Estate cost?
Dead Estate is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dead Estate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Estate are Versus Purgatory, Baby Redemption, Risk the Dark.
Who developed Dead Estate?
Dead Estate was developed by Milkbar Lads and published by 2 Left Thumbs.

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 Dead Estate.

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