Games like THE DARK DWELLERS
If THE DARK DWELLERS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Solateria, Death's Gambit: Afterlife and Blasphemous 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and contemplative. 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 THE DARK DWELLERS: In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique weapons, learn devastating Blood Magic spells and attempt to end The Maddening Curse.
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Solateria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Top pick for THE DARK DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Second-strongest match for THE DARK DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Third-strongest match for THE DARK DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for THE DARK DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Ranked #5 for THE DARK DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Minoria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Ranked #6 for THE DARK DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Ranked #7 for THE DARK DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Ranked #8 for THE DARK DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Reviewers of THE DARK DWELLERS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Moonscars
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Reviewers of THE DARK DWELLERS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Reviewers of THE DARK DWELLERS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Reviewers of THE DARK DWELLERS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with THE DARK DWELLERS.
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.
Dark Devotion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Reviewers of THE DARK DWELLERS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below THE DARK DWELLERS at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under THE DARK DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under THE DARK DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE DARK DWELLERS.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under THE DARK DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DARK DWELLERS.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under THE DARK DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under THE DARK DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under THE DARK DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under THE DARK DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
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.
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 THE DARK DWELLERS.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 THE DARK DWELLERS.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Minoria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with THE DARK DWELLERS.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Frequently asked about THE DARK DWELLERS
- How much does THE DARK DWELLERS cost?
- THE DARK DWELLERS is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to THE DARK DWELLERS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside THE DARK DWELLERS are Solateria, Death's Gambit: Afterlife, Blasphemous 2.
- Who developed THE DARK DWELLERS?
- THE DARK DWELLERS was developed by COLNELIUS.
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