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Games like DarkFighter

If DarkFighter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Overfall, Black Book and Space Prison — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its replay focused progression, atmospheric and challenging. 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 DarkFighter: A round based light RogueLike game with three gameplay modes: find the goddess statue, purify the earth, or equip and defeat the minions of the Black Emperor. Along the way, you may encounter a lost knight, a divine dragon from a foreign land, and fight against the ultimate demon king, Hades.

2025StrategyIndieAdventureRPGCasual1.99 USDWindowsby 清泉工作室
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Steam players who put hours into DarkFighter 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. Overfall

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with DarkFighter.

    Top pick for DarkFighter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.

    Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Black Book

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with DarkFighter.

    Second-strongest match for DarkFighter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.

    “Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Space Prison

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with DarkFighter.

    Third-strongest match for DarkFighter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with DarkFighter.

    Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.

    2024StrategyAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with DarkFighter.

    Ranked #4 for DarkFighter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.

    Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Deep Sky Derelicts

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with DarkFighter.

    Ranked #5 for DarkFighter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.

    Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. MISTOVER

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with DarkFighter.

    Ranked #6 for DarkFighter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with DarkFighter.

    ''MIST-ical' RPG with expeditions for finding the key to survival. Choose your next step wisely and keep in mind that your every move will change the future. Create your own 'Corps' and explore through various regions in the Pillar of Despair: forests, lakes, mountains, cities, cathedrals, castles, and much more.

    2019StrategyAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  7. HELLCARD

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with DarkFighter.

    Ranked #7 for DarkFighter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.

    Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure8.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Kyvir: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with DarkFighter.

    Ranked #8 for DarkFighter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.

    Kyvir: Rebirth is a single player card game that combines elements of RPG, deck building, and roguelike gameplay. This game features an original dual deck mechanism, hundreds of distinctive items, skills, and cards for you to experiment with.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to DarkFighter

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. OCTOPATH TRAVELER™

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of DarkFighter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with DarkFighter.

    Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers.

    2019RPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of DarkFighter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with DarkFighter.

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. OCTOPATH TRAVELER II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with DarkFighter.

    Reviewers of DarkFighter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with DarkFighter.

    This game is a brand-new entry in the OCTOPATH TRAVELER series, the first installment of which was initially released in 2018 and sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

    2023RPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DarkFighter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with DarkFighter.

    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 ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DarkFighter on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with DarkFighter.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DarkFighter on Steam right now. Shares Casual with DarkFighter.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DarkFighter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

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

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DarkFighter on Steam right now. Shares Casual with DarkFighter.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DarkFighter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with DarkFighter.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DarkFighter on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with DarkFighter.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about DarkFighter

How much does DarkFighter cost?
DarkFighter is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to DarkFighter?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DarkFighter are Overfall, Black Book, Space Prison.
Who developed DarkFighter?
DarkFighter was developed by 清泉工作室.

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 DarkFighter.

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