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Games like Dome Keeper

If Dome Keeper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Reforged TD - Tower Defense, Streets of Rogue and Ship Miner — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its balance and efficiency, meaningful strategic choices and tight spiritual successor. 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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Dome Keeper is a post-apocalyptic action indie game released in 2022 by Bippinbits and published by Raw Fury, currently priced at $17.99 USD and verified to run on Steam Deck. The game combines base defense with colony management and mining mechanics, tasking players with digging for resources while defending against waves of alien monsters using various gadgets and equipment upgrades. Steam reviews indicate 93% positive reception from over 10,800 players, who describe the experience as atmospheric, cozy, dark, and grim. Reviewers highlight the unique gameplay loop that emphasizes balance and efficiency, with meaningful strategic choices driving replayability in this challenging long-form roguelike adventure.

About Dome Keeper: Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

2022ActionIndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby Bippinbits
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Players who liked Dome Keeper also play

Steam players who put hours into Dome Keeper 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. Reforged TD - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dome Keeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dome Keeper.

    Single or multiplayer tower defense with high replay value. Build and upgrade towers, use special items and discover the extensive talent tree for your characters and towers. Ideal for strategists!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Streets of Rogue

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ship Miner

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dome Keeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dome Keeper.

    Action mining game with retro aesthetics and roguelike elements. Collect minerals from procedurally generated asteroids, improve your ship and survive The Anomaly, an unknown entity threatening The Galaxy. Can a simple miner stop The Anomaly and save everyone?

    2026ActionEarly AccessSteam ↗
  4. No Heroes Here 2

    WHY THIS

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

    A group of non-adventurers is the last hope in defending the castle in this chaotic co-op tower defense game with roguelike features. With up to 4 players, your party must organize the castle, work as a team to craft ammo, and shoot at enemies to protect your kingdom!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Star Devil

    WHY THIS

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

    Star Devil is a Sci-fi Station Survival Roguelike Game with dynamic alien infection. Playable in both single player and split-screen co-op.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. CRYPTARK

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dome Keeper.

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

    Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Celestis

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dome Keeper.

    Ranked #7 for Dome Keeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dome Keeper.

    Celestis is a real-time strategy game where the goal is to take control of the procedural galaxy by capturing stars.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Ocean Keeper Co-op Drill Multiplayer

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dome Keeper.

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

    Dive into the Ocean Keeper – a cooperative roguelike where four survival miners defend their Mech Spider, fight with endless hordes of monsters, and dig for resources. Team up with your friends, upgrade between waves, and survive the deep caves, full of treasures… if you can.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dome Keeper

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. Wall World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Dome Keeper.

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

    Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

    2023ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dome Keeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dome Keeper.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. SteamWorld Dig

    WHY THIS

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

    SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Risk of Rain (2013)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dome Keeper.

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

    Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. One Step From Eden

    WHY THIS

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

    Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Dome Keeper.

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

    SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?

    2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Kingdom Two Crowns

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dome Keeper.

    Reviewers of Dome Keeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dome Keeper.

    Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Mining Mechs

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dome Keeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dome Keeper.

    Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual0.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Dome Keeper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dome Keeper.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Dome Keeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dome Keeper.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Dome Keeper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dome Keeper.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Dome Keeper on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dome Keeper.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Dome Keeper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dome Keeper.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Dome Keeper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dome Keeper.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Dome Keeper on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dome Keeper.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Dome Keeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dome Keeper.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Dome Keeper.

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Dome Keeper.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Bippinbits

Other recommendable Steam games by Bippinbits, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Of Mice and Moggies

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Dome Keeper.

    Another title from Bippinbits, the studio behind Dome Keeper. Shares Indie with Dome Keeper.

    Catch cute little animals in this logic puzzle game. Keep coming up with new ways to trap them or play them off against each other. To catch a lizard you have to think like a lizard!

    2021Indie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Bippinbits, the studio behind Dome Keeper. Shares Action and Indie with Dome Keeper.

    Operate your planetary defense cannon to fend off an interplanetary invasion from the comfort of your cozy bunker. You’re here to stay, so obey your superiors, press the right buttons, and sip your daily tea ration - it's good for you.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Band Together

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Bippinbits, the studio behind Dome Keeper. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dome Keeper.

    Assemble a band of music-playing animals and roam the land to help grumpy creatures rediscover their joy. Each run features unique, procedurally generated music based on the bandmates you choose, as you complete quests and meet quirky characters along the way.

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dome Keeper

Is Dome Keeper verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Dome Keeper 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 Dome Keeper cost?
Dome Keeper is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Dome Keeper have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Dome Keeper supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Dome Keeper?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dome Keeper are Reforged TD - Tower Defense, Streets of Rogue, Ship Miner.
Who developed Dome Keeper?
Dome Keeper was developed by Bippinbits and published by Raw Fury.

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