Games like Endless Dark
Below are 14 hand-picked alternatives to Endless Dark for fans of strategy, indie, simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Endless Dark also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Endless Dark: An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Rock Star Manager
Top pick for Endless Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Endless Dark.
Manage your own music studio, hire bands, schedule shows and pay your bills.
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Astronaut: The Best
Second-strongest match for Endless Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Endless Dark.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
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CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
Third-strongest match for Endless Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Endless Dark.
CHANGE is an award nominated homeless survival experience set in a randomly created city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items & kindness to develop your character & escape to a new life. Over 7 years of development & over 200 updates so far!
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Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
Ranked #4 for Endless Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Endless Dark.
Come on down to Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop, for all your roguelite spaceship repair simulation needs! WARNING: Untested genre not suitable for people with tentacles for arms or an aversion to dying horrifically. Side effects include improved reading comprehension under pressure and a furry fetish.
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WTF Do You Know?
Ranked #5 for Endless Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Endless Dark.
We just have one question for you... "WTF Do You Know?" I think it might be time for us to find out...
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Curious Expedition 2
Ranked #6 for Endless Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Endless Dark.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
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Heading Out
Ranked #7 for Endless Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Endless Dark.
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
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Curious Expedition
Ranked #8 for Endless Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Endless Dark.
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Endless Dark
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
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Papers, Please
Reviewers of Endless Dark cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Endless Dark.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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SOMA
Reviewers of Endless Dark cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Endless Dark.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Space Station 51
Reviewers of Endless Dark cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Endless Dark.
You are a member of Space Station 51. When you wake up, you find that a zombie virus has broken out on the space station. You need to follow the command of the station master and take a series of actions.
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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.
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Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Endless Dark.
Come on down to Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop, for all your roguelite spaceship repair simulation needs! WARNING: Untested genre not suitable for people with tentacles for arms or an aversion to dying horrifically. Side effects include improved reading comprehension under pressure and a furry fetish.
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Curious Expedition 2
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Endless Dark.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
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Heading Out
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Endless Dark.
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Frequently asked about Endless Dark
- Does Endless Dark run on Steam Deck?
- Endless Dark is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Endless Dark cost?
- Endless Dark is listed on Steam at 6.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Endless Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Endless Dark are Rock Star Manager, Astronaut: The Best, CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience.
- Who developed Endless Dark?
- Endless Dark was developed by Little Light Studios, LLC.
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 Endless Dark.
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