Games like Crimson Dawn
If Crimson Dawn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, Spellbook Demonslayers and Vampire Survivors — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and chill. 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 Crimson Dawn: Crimson Dawn is a roguelite horde survival game with RPG elements. Recruit mercenaries and survive 5 stages by fighting the hordes of evil. Unlock more characters and weapons with unique abilities. Carve your path to stop the hordes of evil once and for all!
Players who liked Crimson Dawn also play
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Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood
WHY THIS
Shares wave based survival with Crimson Dawn.
Top pick for Crimson Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Slash and survive a typical workday as Dracula's overworked and underappreciated servant! You'll have a bloody good time as you rampage through New Orleans to find fresh victims for your narcissistic boss.
Spellbook Demonslayers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Second-strongest match for Crimson Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Slay endless hordes of demons to protect the Cosmic Library! Steal their abilities, find powerful equipment, and unlock the secrets of each spellbook to become unstoppable! Will you be able to destroy the demonic legion?
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Crimson Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares procedural progression and an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Ranked #4 for Crimson Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Elemental Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Ranked #5 for Crimson Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Grind, die, upgrade, repeat in this auto-attacking roguelite/RPG! Transform into an enemy-blender with your fave attacks made devastating with equipment, party members, and elemental evolutions. Survive to earn gems to unlock areas, permanent upgrades, characters, and god-like summons.
Halftime Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Crimson Dawn.
Ranked #6 for Crimson Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Dawn.
SURVIVE COUNTLESS HORDES, BE A ONE MAN ARMY, DIE AND RETURN STRONGER. Halftime Heroes is a Survival Rogue Action RPG game with short and intense matches where you learn spells, level up, acquire loot and fight bosses. Each time you die you may upgrade or unlock several features.
Scarlet Tower
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Crimson Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Hunt during the day, be hunted during the NIGHT! Scarlet Tower is a gothic horror casual game with roguelike and RPG elements, like talent trees, classes, familiars and more!
Keeper's Toll
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Ranked #8 for Crimson Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Delve into Keeper’s Toll, an action-packed roguelite brimming with challenge and despair. Survive against an onslaught of relentless hordes and grueling bosses with skill-based ARPG gameplay. Embrace the darkness and cleanse these cursed lands.
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Soulstone Survivors
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Crimson Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Crimson Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Spellbook Demonslayers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Reviewers of Crimson Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Slay endless hordes of demons to protect the Cosmic Library! Steal their abilities, find powerful equipment, and unlock the secrets of each spellbook to become unstoppable! Will you be able to destroy the demonic legion?
Rogue: Genesia
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Crimson Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Crimson Dawn.
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
Boneraiser Minions
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Reviewers of Crimson Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares procedural progression and an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Reviewers of Crimson Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crimson Dawn at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Crimson Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crimson Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crimson Dawn.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Crimson Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crimson Dawn.
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 ~75% under Crimson Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Dawn.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crimson Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crimson Dawn.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Crimson Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crimson Dawn.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Crimson Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Crimson Dawn.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crimson Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crimson Dawn.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Crimson Dawn.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crimson Dawn.
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?
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 Crimson Dawn.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crimson Dawn.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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 Crimson Dawn.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crimson Dawn.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood
WHY THIS
Shares wave based survival with Crimson Dawn.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Slash and survive a typical workday as Dracula's overworked and underappreciated servant! You'll have a bloody good time as you rampage through New Orleans to find fresh victims for your narcissistic boss.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares procedural progression and an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Halftime Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Crimson Dawn.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Dawn.
SURVIVE COUNTLESS HORDES, BE A ONE MAN ARMY, DIE AND RETURN STRONGER. Halftime Heroes is a Survival Rogue Action RPG game with short and intense matches where you learn spells, level up, acquire loot and fight bosses. Each time you die you may upgrade or unlock several features.
Keeper's Toll
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crimson Dawn.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Crimson Dawn.
Delve into Keeper’s Toll, an action-packed roguelite brimming with challenge and despair. Survive against an onslaught of relentless hordes and grueling bosses with skill-based ARPG gameplay. Embrace the darkness and cleanse these cursed lands.
Frequently asked about Crimson Dawn
- Does Crimson Dawn run on Steam Deck?
- Crimson Dawn 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 Crimson Dawn cost?
- Crimson Dawn is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Crimson Dawn?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crimson Dawn are Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, Spellbook Demonslayers, Vampire Survivors.
- Who developed Crimson Dawn?
- Crimson Dawn was developed by Purple Lake.
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