Games like TheDark
If TheDark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Broken World, King Of Swords and Dungeoneer — picked from the ranked list below. 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 TheDark: Single player and online multiplayer survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world, With an open world dungeon system
Players who liked TheDark also play
Steam players who put hours into TheDark 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.
Broken World
WHY THIS
Top pick for TheDark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Early Access with TheDark.
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
King Of Swords
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for TheDark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
Fight to the death. Please follow the description of the updates to see what has been fixed, added and what is not functional or has bugs. This is an early access game. Thank you
Dungeoneer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for TheDark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
Dungeoneer is a nostalgia-invoking action RPG with an old-school style taking inspirations from games like Baldur's Gate, Warcraft, Diablo, and Runescape - complete with a full campaign, end-game difficulty, and multiplayer. Play solo or with up to 4 players in co-op or PvP.
Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for TheDark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
"Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions - Embark on a medieval fantasy survival odyssey. Reclaim the stolen Crown, battle dark forces, and explore diverse lands. Uncover secrets, wield magic, and craft your destiny. Will you become the true champion of Atham?"
Colony Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for TheDark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
V Rising
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for TheDark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Night of the Dead
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for TheDark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Zombie Survival Game Online
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for TheDark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below TheDark at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under TheDark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
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 TheDark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
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 TheDark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
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.
Landlord of the Woods
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under TheDark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Ukrainian ball in search of gas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under TheDark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.
Apewar
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under TheDark on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with TheDark.
Apewar is an online tactical and action FPS/TPS monkey war game adapted from real life. Build your monkey team and fight against your enemies. By playing in a coordinated way, you can have fun and win with a good strategy. Monkeys are strong together!
LoveChoice
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under TheDark on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Free alternatives
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.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
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.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Samsara Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with TheDark.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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Frequently asked about TheDark
- How much does TheDark cost?
- TheDark is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does TheDark have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — TheDark supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to TheDark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TheDark are Broken World, King Of Swords, Dungeoneer.
- Who developed TheDark?
- TheDark was developed by WR3Games.
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 TheDark.
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