Games like Descentium
If Descentium is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eldritch, Berserk Mode and Crawling Lab — 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.
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Players who liked Descentium also play
Steam players who put hours into Descentium 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.
Eldritch
WHY THIS
Top pick for Descentium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Berserk Mode
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Descentium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Berserk Mode is a visceral time-attack fantasy rogue-lite. Become the Berserker and wade into a dungeon battlefield swarming with monsters. Unleash the absurd power of your Beast in a storm of blood and gibs. Prepare to enter Berserk Mode.
Crawling Lab
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Descentium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descentium.
Stock up on ammo, upgrade your guns, defeat the Crawling Queen's minions and escape the lab.
Gatekeeper
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Descentium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Descentium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Immortal Redneck
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Descentium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.
Heavy Bullets
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Descentium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
Tower of Guns
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Descentium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Tower of Guns is a fast paced first-person-shooter for the twitch gamer... with a few randomized elements to keep it fresh with each playthrough. It's a short burst "Lunch Break FPS"... not unlike Binding of Isaac mixed with Doom 2. Tower of Guns was made by a guy named Joe (with his brother Mike composing the music).
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Descentium at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Descentium on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Descentium on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Descentium on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descentium.
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 ~75% under Descentium on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descentium.
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 ~83% under Descentium on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Descentium.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Descentium on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Descentium on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Descentium on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Descentium.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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 Descentium.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
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 Descentium.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descentium.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Descentium.
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. Shares Action with Descentium.
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.).
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Canalside Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Canalside Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Hover Havoc
WHY THIS
Another title from Canalside Studios, the studio behind Descentium. Shares Action and Adventure with Descentium.
Grab 3 friends, 4 controllers and pick your craft... then battle, bump and bounce opponents into ‘hoverific’ submission! A fun fueled pickup 'n play party game; drift through a multitude of arenas in a blur of hover-fueled rampage!
Flux8
WHY THIS
Another title from Canalside Studios, the studio behind Descentium. Shares Indie with Descentium.
As a sentient magnet, enslaved in a factory, you have two options: work or be terminated! However, not all magnets are born to work. Some dream of freedom and choose to rebel. There’s a whole wide world waiting just outside those factory doors… you must remain positive!
Coin-Op Kingdom
WHY THIS
Another title from Canalside Studios, the studio behind Descentium. Shares Indie with Descentium.
Coin-Op Kingdom is a brand new Arcade Tycoon game in a world dominated by anthropomorphic animals. Create your own arcade and customize it to your desires. With dozens of unique arcades to place, and a dynamic event system to keep things fresh, can you become the king of the arcade jungle?
Little Awesome Dudes
WHY THIS
Another title from Canalside Studios, the studio behind Descentium. Shares Indie with Descentium.
Experience life living in your mom’s basement, if you aren’t already! Step into LADS, build a tabletop colony, promote capitalism and defeat spooky enemies!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Gatekeeper
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Descentium.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Frequently asked about Descentium
- How much does Descentium cost?
- Descentium is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Descentium?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Descentium are Eldritch, Berserk Mode, Crawling Lab.
- Who developed Descentium?
- Descentium was developed by Canalside Studios.
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