Rank 01Why this
Shares backtracking with Despair: Blood Curse.
- $5.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
Games like Despair: Blood Curse
- 21 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Despair: Blood Curse also play
The closest matches to Despair: Blood Curse: 深空七号 Deep Space 7, Connection: The Nightmare Within, Rabbit Hole, Ground Zero, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares puzzle solving with Despair: Blood Curse.
- $7.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
Rank 03Why this
Also Third-Person Shooter and Survival Horror, like Despair: Blood Curse.
- $7.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- 2022
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Ground Zero
Why this: Shares backtracking and puzzle solving with Despair: Blood Curse.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Why this: Also Survival Horror and Gore, like Despair: Blood Curse.
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Daymare: 1998
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Inventory Management, like Despair: Blood Curse.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Despair: Blood Curse
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Also Third-Person Shooter and Survival Horror, like Despair: Blood Curse.
- 78% of 82 reviews
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Also Survival Horror and Gore, like Despair: Blood Curse.
- 96% of 12,717 reviews
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Also Third-Person Shooter and Inventory Management, like Despair: Blood Curse.
- 67% of 1,273 reviews
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: Crimson Sequence
- Price: $11.99checked Nov 7
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 79% of 53 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Backtracking with secrets
- Oppressive atmosphere with decaying environments
- Save system with a unique twist
- Atmospheric
- Bleak
- Dark
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Resident Evil
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Despair: Blood Curse.
BloodRayne (Legacy)
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Gore, like Despair: Blood Curse.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Despair: Blood Curse at current Steam store prices.
Nightmare of Decay
Why this: Shares backtracking and puzzle solving with Despair: Blood Curse.
Putrefaction
Why this: Also Blood and Gore, like Despair: Blood Curse.
Dead Beacon
Why this: Shares backtracking with Despair: Blood Curse.
DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Despair: Blood Curse.
Vampyr
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Despair: Blood Curse.
Obscure
Why this: Also Survival Horror and Gore, like Despair: Blood Curse.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Despair: Blood Curse, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
死寂（Deathly Stillness）
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Gore, like Despair: Blood Curse.
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Why this: Also Blood and Gore, like Despair: Blood Curse.
About Despair: Blood Curse
The closest matches to Despair: Blood Curse: 深空七号 Deep Space 7, Connection: The Nightmare Within, Rabbit Hole, Ground Zero, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Despair: Blood Curse is your kind of game, the closest matches are 深空七号 Deep Space 7, Connection: The Nightmare Within and Rabbit Hole — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, bleak and dark, and single out its backtracking and enemy stunning. 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.
About Despair: Blood Curse: A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. When Anna's mother passes away from a sudden illness, she receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth?
Is Despair: Blood Curse worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 79% of 53 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $11.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Backtracking with secrets
- Oppressive atmosphere with decaying environments
- Save system with a unique twist
- Story explores grief and guilt
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“[h1]Pros:[/h1] ✅ [b]Gameplay is somewhat enjoyable.[/b] ✅ [b]Looks nice.[/b] ✅ [b]Achievements.[/b] [h1]Cons:[/h1] ❌ [b]If the game had cost around 4 euros, I would have recommended it, but at the current price, I can't.[/b] ❌ [b]Enemies…”
“Despair: Blood Curse is an incredibly basic "Survival Horror experience", that consists of the following formula... Move through the same looking environments, collect a key item, bait an enemy, shoot, run around, shoot again, collect the…”
People who play it also play: 深空七号 Deep Space 7, Connection: The Nightmare Within, Rabbit Hole
Frequently asked about Despair: Blood Curse
Can I run it?
Does Despair: Blood Curse run on Steam Deck?
Despair: Blood Curse is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Despair: Blood Curse cost?
Despair: Blood Curse is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Despair: Blood Curse?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Despair: Blood Curse are 深空七号 Deep Space 7, Connection: The Nightmare Within, Rabbit Hole.
Who developed Despair: Blood Curse?
Despair: Blood Curse was developed by Crimson Sequence.