Games like Striving for Light: Survival
If Striving for Light: Survival is your kind of game, the closest matches are Striving for Light, Astral Ascent and Brotato — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and intense. 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 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.
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Striving for Light
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a contemplative mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Top pick for Striving for Light: Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
Astral Ascent
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Second-strongest match for Striving for Light: Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Third-strongest match for Striving for Light: Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
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.
Children of Morta
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Ranked #4 for Striving for Light: Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
God Of Weapons
WHY THIS
Shares wave based survival, build variety, survival and an intense mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Ranked #5 for Striving for Light: Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Embark on a thrilling journey in God of Weapons, an action roguelike where you must ascend the tower of Zhor to reclaim the last light for the world. To survive the monster onslaught on each tower's level, you'll need to obtain and carefully organize weapons and accessories in your inventory.
Dungeon Souls
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Ranked #6 for Striving for Light: Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Legend of Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Striving for Light: Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Ranked #8 for Striving for Light: Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Now reimagined and expanded in the new Mormo's Curse update, The Swords of Ditto is a roguelite action RPG that creates a unique adventure for each new hero of legend in the relentless fight against the evil Mormo.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Striving for Light: Survival
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Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Reviewers of Striving for Light: Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Reviewers of Striving for Light: Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
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!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Reviewers of Striving for Light: Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Striving for Light: Survival at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Striving for Light: Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
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 ~47% under Striving for Light: Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Striving for Light: Survival.
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 ~60% under Striving for Light: Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
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 ~74% under Striving for Light: Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Striving for Light: Survival.
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 ~47% under Striving for Light: Survival on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Striving for Light: Survival.
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 ~74% under Striving for Light: Survival on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Striving for Light: Survival.
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 ~74% under Striving for Light: Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Striving for Light: Survival.
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 ~47% under Striving for Light: Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Striving for Light: Survival.
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 with Striving for Light: Survival.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Striving for Light: Survival.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Striving for Light: Survival.
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 Striving for Light: Survival.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
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!
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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.
Striving for Light
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a contemplative mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
Astral Ascent
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
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.
Children of Morta
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Striving for Light: Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.
Now reimagined and expanded in the new Mormo's Curse update, The Swords of Ditto is a roguelite action RPG that creates a unique adventure for each new hero of legend in the relentless fight against the evil Mormo.
Frequently asked about Striving for Light: Survival
- 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, Astral Ascent, Brotato.
- Who developed Striving for Light: Survival?
- Striving for Light: Survival was developed by Igniting Spark Games.
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 Striving for Light: Survival.
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