Rank 01Why this
Shares meta progression with Striving for Light: Survival.
- $12.59 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Games like Striving for Light: Survival
- 19 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
Players who liked Striving for Light: Survival also play
The closest matches to Striving for Light: Survival: Striving for Light, God Of Weapons, Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors, Conquest Dark, and Spell Disk. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Shares wave based survival and build variety with Striving for Light: Survival.
- $5.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
Rank 03Why this
Shares bullet hell and permadeath with Striving for Light: Survival.
- $6.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2024
Rank 04 
Conquest Dark
Why this: Also Rogue-lite and Rogue-like, like Striving for Light: Survival.
Rank 05 
Spell Disk
Why this: Shares weapon variety and wave based survival with Striving for Light: Survival.
Rank 06 
Heretical
Why this: Shares permadeath and build variety with Striving for Light: Survival.
Rank 07 
Rank 08 
Nautical Survival
Why this: Shares bullet hell and weapon variety with Striving for Light: Survival.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Striving for Light: Survival
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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- 2God Of Weapons
Shares wave based survival and build variety with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 85% of 2,210 reviews
- 3Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors
Shares bullet hell and permadeath with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 59% of 404 reviews
- 4
- 5Spell Disk
Shares weapon variety and wave based survival with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 93% of 473 reviews
- 6
- 7
- 8Nautical Survival
Shares bullet hell and weapon variety with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 99% of 141 reviews
- 9
- 10Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors
Shares permadeath and wave based survival with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 80% of 1,460 reviews
- 11
- 12
- 13Wildkeepers Rising
Shares weapon variety and permadeath with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 84% of 64 reviews
- 14Deathless: Survivors
Also Arena Shooter and Rogue-lite, like Striving for Light: Survival.
- 64% of 111 reviews
- 15
- 16Call of Sentinels
Shares bullet hell and wave based survival with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 78% of 58 reviews
- 17
- 18Artifact Seeker: Resurrection
Also Rogue-lite and Hack and Slash, like Striving for Light: Survival.
- 75% of 162 reviews
- 19
- 20
- 21Talented
Shares wave based survival and skill progression with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 91% of 1,062 reviews
- 22
- 23Ascend to ZERO
Also Perma Death and Hack and Slash, like Striving for Light: Survival.
- 84% of 789 reviews
- 24Vampire Survivors
Shares procedural generation with Striving for Light: Survival.
- 98% of 126,214 reviews
- Released: 2023
- Developer: Igniting Spark Games
- Price: $3.74−25%checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 79% of 71 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, RPG, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
Players highlight
- Build variety without traditional unlocks
- Competitive leaderboards for high score chasing
- Excellent value for the price with hours of content
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Intense
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Why this: Also Hack and Slash and Action RPG, like Striving for Light: Survival.
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Why this: Shares procedural generation with Striving for Light: Survival.
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Why this: Also Arena Shooter and Rogue-lite, like Striving for Light: Survival.
Free alternatives
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Realm of the Mad God Exalt
Why this: Shares permadeath and procedural generation with Striving for Light: Survival.
Skillshot City
Why this: Also Rogue-lite and Rogue-like, like Striving for Light: Survival.
Halls of Torment: Prelude
Why this: Shares permadeath and build variety with Striving for Light: Survival.
Bendy: Lone Wolf
Why this: Shares survival management and permadeath with Striving for Light: Survival.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Striving for Light
Why this: Shares meta progression with Striving for Light: Survival.
Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors
Why this: Shares bullet hell and permadeath with Striving for Light: Survival.
Spell Disk
Why this: Shares weapon variety and wave based survival with Striving for Light: Survival.
Achilles: Survivor
Why this: Shares wave based survival and build variety with Striving for Light: Survival.
About Striving for Light: Survival
The closest matches to Striving for Light: Survival: Striving for Light, God Of Weapons, Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors, Conquest Dark, and Spell Disk. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Striving for Light: Survival is your kind of game, the closest matches are Striving for Light, God Of Weapons and Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and intense, and single out its build variety and bullet hell. 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.
About Striving for Light: Survival: Striving for Light: Survival brings the exploration of infinite expanding skill trees to the arena survival roguelite genre. Unlock new characters, weapons, skills and maps, slay hordes of monsters and take on massive boss fights.
Is Striving for Light: Survival worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 79% of 71 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 3 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Build variety without traditional unlocks
- Competitive leaderboards for high score chasing
- Excellent value for the price with hours of content
- Leaderboards for high scores
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Funny concept although it has been killed by an absolute onslaught &* on-screen chaos. There is literally no way for you to tell what's going on the screen at some point of the game. Suddenly your skills are absolutely unnecessary; the…”
“This game will NOT give you + projectile damage. Just letting you know. Oh and nevermind the fact that at one point, even if you go all range damage, the "reroll node" thingy will ONLY give your melee mods. Nevermind that melee is broken…”
People who play it also play: Striving for Light, God Of Weapons, Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors
Frequently asked about Striving for Light: Survival
Can I run it?
Is Striving for Light: Survival verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Striving for Light: Survival is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Striving for Light: Survival cost?
Striving for Light: Survival is listed on Steam at 3.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Striving for Light: Survival have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Striving for Light: Survival supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Striving for Light: Survival?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Striving for Light: Survival are Striving for Light, God Of Weapons, Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors.
Who developed Striving for Light: Survival?
Striving for Light: Survival was developed by Igniting Spark Games.