Games like DeAnima
If DeAnima is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deadzoned, Ad Iterum and GnollHack — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 DeAnima: DeAnima is a brutal yet rewarding dungeon crawler steeped in classic roguelike tradition. Set in a sprawling, medieval dungeon, you embody a lone wanderer seeking the fabled Crown of Nivek.
Players who liked DeAnima also play
Steam players who put hours into DeAnima 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.
Deadzoned
WHY THIS
Top pick for DeAnima fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with DeAnima.
Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based action Roguelike. Blast your way through zones battling the beasts, bandits, and monsters that stalk the blackouts. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the gear you stumble upon to survive and save the fate of the planet!
Ad Iterum
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for DeAnima fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with DeAnima.
Ad Iterum is a turn-based top-down 2D roguelike set in a decaying, ever-shifting world. Flesh is fragile, but you can hack it. Enhance your body, embrace mutations, or form ancient blood pacts. Descend into the depths, scavenge what’s left of humanity, and crawl back...if you can. Kill. Die. Repeat.
GnollHack
WHY THIS
Shares dungeon crawling, roguelike progression, roguelike and a punishing mood with DeAnima.
Third-strongest match for DeAnima fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with DeAnima.
The modern way to play NetHack
Sword of Fargoal
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for DeAnima fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with DeAnima.
In this classic roguelike, released in 1983 for the Commodore 64 by Epyx, search the dark depths of a twisted dungeon, teeming with fiendish enemies and dangerous traps, for the legendary Sword of Fargoal, the only thing that can defeat the evil wizard Umla.
Jupiter Hell Classic
WHY THIS
Shares procedural dungeons, roguelike progression, retro and an atmospheric mood with DeAnima.
Ranked #5 for DeAnima fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with DeAnima.
Jupiter Hell Classic is the demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake of a famous 1993 FPS shooter. Rip and Tear!
Approaching Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DeAnima.
Ranked #6 for DeAnima fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with DeAnima.
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
Path of Achra
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with DeAnima.
Ranked #7 for DeAnima fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with DeAnima.
Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...
Quest of Dungeons
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with DeAnima.
Ranked #8 for DeAnima fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with DeAnima.
Quest of Dungeons is a turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look. By playing as either a Warrior, Wizard, Assassin or Shaman you have to traverse dungeons, defeat enemies and loot everything you can in order to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DeAnima at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DeAnima on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with DeAnima.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under DeAnima on Steam right now. Shares Action with DeAnima.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DeAnima on Steam right now. Shares Action with DeAnima.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under DeAnima on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with DeAnima.
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 ~70% under DeAnima on Steam right now. Shares Action with DeAnima.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DeAnima on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with DeAnima.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DeAnima on Steam right now. Shares Action with DeAnima.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under DeAnima on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with DeAnima.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with DeAnima.
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 Adventure with DeAnima.
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. Shares Action with DeAnima.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with DeAnima.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with DeAnima.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with DeAnima.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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!
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about DeAnima
- How much does DeAnima cost?
- DeAnima is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to DeAnima?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DeAnima are Deadzoned, Ad Iterum, GnollHack.
- Who developed DeAnima?
- DeAnima was developed by Steelgaze Studio.
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