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Games like Doughball Descent

If Doughball Descent is your kind of game, the closest matches are 30XX, Fallback and Angvik 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and funny. 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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About Doughball Descent: Doughball Descent is a Roguelite Puzzle-Platformer about smashing through tiles with your sheer weight as you amass food & items as you traverse the procedurally generated layers of the Food Zigguraut

2022Casual7.99 USDWindowsby Plubsoft
Doughball Descent — Steam game cover
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Cute enemies contrast with brutal gameplayEating turns you into a living wrecking ballSimple mechanics hide deep strategyChallengingContemplativeFunny

Players who liked Doughball Descent also play

Steam players who put hours into Doughball Descent 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.

  1. 30XX

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Doughball Descent.

    Top pick for Doughball Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Fallback

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Doughball Descent.

    Second-strongest match for Doughball Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Angvik 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Doughball Descent.

    Third-strongest match for Doughball Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Angvik 2 is an action roguelike platformer with a unique style. Explore a variety of character builds as you navigate randomized levels, offering new challenges and surprises with each adventure.

    2024ActionIndieRPG5.00 USDSteam ↗
  4. Caveblazers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Doughball Descent.

    Ranked #4 for Doughball Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Spelunky

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Doughball Descent.

    Ranked #5 for Doughball Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

    2013Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Freaky Awesome

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Doughball Descent.

    Ranked #6 for Doughball Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. GoNNER

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Doughball Descent.

    Ranked #7 for Doughball Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.

    2016Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Rogue Legacy 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Doughball Descent.

    Ranked #8 for Doughball Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Doughball Descent at current Steam store prices.

  1. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Doughball Descent on Steam right now.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Doughball Descent on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Doughball Descent on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Doughball Descent on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Doughball Descent on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Doughball Descent on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Superflight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Doughball Descent on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!

    2017ActionSportsIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Refunct

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Doughball Descent on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Doughball Descent.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Caveblazers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Doughball Descent.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Spelunky

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Doughball Descent.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

    2013Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Freaky Awesome

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Doughball Descent.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Rogue Legacy 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Doughball Descent.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Doughball Descent

How much does Doughball Descent cost?
Doughball Descent is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Doughball Descent?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Doughball Descent are 30XX, Fallback, Angvik 2.
Who developed Doughball Descent?
Doughball Descent was developed by Plubsoft.

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 Doughball Descent.

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