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Games like Descenders Next

If Descenders Next is your kind of game, the closest matches are Riders Republic, Steep™ and Slopecrashers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and contemplative. 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 Descenders Next: Grab your board and master the mountain! Descenders Next is the ultimate extreme sports game, with sprawling snowy peaks, winding dirt tracks, and tons of parks to conquer. Will you and your friends become the Next Ultimate Descenders?

2025ActionSportsMassively MultiplayerEarly AccessRacing29.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby RageSquid
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Players who liked Descenders Next also play

Steam players who put hours into Descenders Next 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. Riders Republic

    WHY THIS

    Shares score chasing, physics based movement, adventure and a competitive mood with Descenders Next.

    Top pick for Descenders Next fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Massively Multiplayer with Descenders Next.

    Jump into a massive multiplayer playground! Bike, ski, snowboard, or wingsuit across an open world sports paradise where the rules are yours to make or break.

    2023SportsMassively Multiplayer39.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Steep™

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based movement and an epic mood with Descenders Next.

    Second-strongest match for Descenders Next fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Ride a massive open world across the Alps, where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends. Defy and master the mountain alone or with friends on skis, wingsuits, snowboards and paragliders. Record and share your best stunts.

    2016ActionSports29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slopecrashers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Descenders Next.

    Third-strongest match for Descenders Next fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Slopecrashers is an arcade snowboard racer starring a wild crew of animals on a globe-trotting quest to become champions - but someone’s out to ruin their plans! Race solo or with friends, pull off stylish tricks, and use wild power-ups to take down rivals in chaotic, fast-paced action.

    2024ActionSportsIndie17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Endless Summer Surfing Challenge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Descenders Next fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Two player surfing simulation with contests. For an open world surfing adventure with many upgrades see SURFERS CODE with a free demo and release coming soon. Complete the 12 challenge rounds. Compete in timed and scored contests with two players surfing at the same time.

    2022ActionSportsRacing4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Skijoring

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Descenders Next fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Crash into your friends in Skijoring, the unhinged sport of push and pull. Get wild airtime, screen-peek to survive, and embrace co-op chaos in the world's first, best, and only arcade skijorer.

    ActionSportsIndieSteam ↗
  6. Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders

    WHY THIS

    Shares time trials, score chasing, adventure and an intense mood with Descenders Next.

    Ranked #6 for Descenders Next fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Racing with Descenders Next.

    Crash over and over until you master the mountain in the snowy followup to Lonely Mountains: Downhill. Now also including 2-8 person crossplatform multiplayer - work your way down the slopes together as a group, or risk it all in a breakneck race to the base!

    2025SportsIndieRacing24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Board Of The Future

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Descenders Next fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Is it a board? Is it a plane? Is it the coolest, fastest piece of alien technology from the future that you and your friends have ever been riding?

    ActionSportsIndieSteam ↗
  8. BSL Winter Games Challenge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Descenders Next fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Six fast paced winter events, including our latest addition, Ski Jump!

    2018ActionSportsSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Descenders Next

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.

  1. Descenders

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Descenders Next.

    Reviewers of Descenders Next cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Descenders is extreme downhill freeriding for the modern era, with procedurally generated worlds, and where mistakes have real consequences. Will you lead your team to glory and become the next legendary Descender?

    2019ActionSportsRacing24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Shredders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Descenders Next.

    Reviewers of Descenders Next cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Break into the snowboarding event of the year in the hope of scoring a wildcard entry to an exclusive invitational. To prove you’re up to the challenge, master the art of park riding, buttering, rails and massive kickers and earn your place in the world of snowboarding.

    2022ActionSportsSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Riders Republic

    WHY THIS

    Shares score chasing, physics based movement, adventure and a competitive mood with Descenders Next.

    Reviewers of Descenders Next cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Massively Multiplayer with Descenders Next.

    Jump into a massive multiplayer playground! Bike, ski, snowboard, or wingsuit across an open world sports paradise where the rules are yours to make or break.

    2023SportsMassively Multiplayer39.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. skate.

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based movement, mission based progression, action adventure and a competitive mood with Descenders Next.

    Reviewers of Descenders Next cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Sports with Descenders Next.

    Experience improved Flick-It controls, the rich physics based skateboarding gameplay that provides those “only in skate.™“ moments and off-board exploration for full freedom in the online multiplayer world of San Vansterdam.

    2025ActionSportsFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Descenders Next on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Descenders Next on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Descenders Next.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Descenders Next on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Descenders Next on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Descenders Next on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Descenders Next on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Descenders Next on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Descenders Next on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

    2014Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    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 ↗
  3. 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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    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 ↗
  5. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

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

    Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descenders Next.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Descenders Next

Is Descenders Next verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Descenders Next 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 Descenders Next cost?
Descenders Next is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Descenders Next have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Descenders Next supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Descenders Next?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Descenders Next are Riders Republic, Steep™, Slopecrashers.
Who developed Descenders Next?
Descenders Next was developed by RageSquid and published by No More Robots.

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 Descenders Next.

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