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Games like Deep Nest

If Deep Nest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dragon Kings, RAGMONTON ENDLESS for save indie game and Kuiper Belt Survivor — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Deep Nest: Deep Nest is a fast-paced single player action shooter roguelite where you play a space marine fighting off an endless horde of alien monsters in an infested facility.

2023ActionIndieAdventureEarly Access4.99 USDWindows · macOSby Grumpy Dragon
Deep Nest — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Deep Nest 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. Dragon Kings

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Deep Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    Dragon Kings is a top down action rogue-lite shooter. Power up weapons and drones and annihilate hoards of dragons and dinosaurs.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. RAGMONTON ENDLESS for save indie game

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Deep Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deep Nest.

    Physics-Based Ragdoll Roguelike up to 4 players with Endless action to survive > Get items and discover powerful transformations to increase your power to survive the invading alien horde and save indie games.

    2025Action1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Kuiper Belt Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Deep Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    Kuiper belt survivor is an arcade style bullet heaven, where every run is endless. It brings a unique spin to the bullet heaven genre by making every part of the players weapon arsenal customizable with well over 10,000 unique weapons to build, and unique stats for every enemy.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Void Scrappers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Deep Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deep Nest.

    Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.

    2022Action3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cyberwar: Neon City

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Deep Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    Explore a cyberpunk universe where monkeys rule. Challenge the fearsome Cyber Monkeys as you take on the role of a hero armed with a living shark weapon.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. NIMRODS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Deep Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Genome Guardian

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Deep Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic roguelite turret shooter with macroscopic depth. Survive 6 modes using an astounding array of turrets, perks, mutations and power-ups on this psychedelic journey to the heart of the abyss. Shmup Mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!

    2024ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. SULFUR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Deep Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Deep Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Deep Nest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Nest.

    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 ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Deep Nest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Nest.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Deep Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Deep Nest.

    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 ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deep Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deep Nest.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Deep Nest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deep Nest.

    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. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deep Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deep Nest.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Deep Nest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Nest.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 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 and Adventure with Deep Nest.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Nest.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Deep Nest.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Deep Nest.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Nest.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Void Scrappers

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Deep Nest.

    Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.

    2022Action3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Cyberwar: Neon City

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    Explore a cyberpunk universe where monkeys rule. Challenge the fearsome Cyber Monkeys as you take on the role of a hero armed with a living shark weapon.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. NIMRODS

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. SULFUR

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Nest.

    SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Deep Nest

How much does Deep Nest cost?
Deep Nest is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Deep Nest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deep Nest are Dragon Kings, RAGMONTON ENDLESS for save indie game, Kuiper Belt Survivor.
Who developed Deep Nest?
Deep Nest was developed by Grumpy Dragon.

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 Deep Nest.

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