Games like Eldritch
If Eldritch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ziggurat, Tower of Guns and Delver — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its speedrunning potential is high, atmospheric 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.
Get personalized picks →Eldritch is a first-person action game released in 2013 by Minor Key Games, combining roguelike elements with immersive sim design. Set in procedurally generated dungeons inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, the experience emphasizes exploration, spell-combination mechanics, and new-game-plus replayability. Players describe the atmosphere as contemplative and mysterious, with Lovecraftian lore driving the setting and hand-crafted rooms creating coherent dungeons despite procedural generation. Stealth and vertical exploration are key elements, and the game supports speedrunning. Priced at $14.99, Eldritch is verified on Steam Deck and holds an 88% positive review score from over 1,200 Steam reviews, with a short length suited for sit-down sessions.
About Eldritch: Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
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Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Top pick for Eldritch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Tower of Guns
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Eldritch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Tower of Guns is a fast paced first-person-shooter for the twitch gamer... with a few randomized elements to keep it fresh with each playthrough. It's a short burst "Lunch Break FPS"... not unlike Binding of Isaac mixed with Doom 2. Tower of Guns was made by a guy named Joe (with his brother Mike composing the music).
Delver
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Third-strongest match for Eldritch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Delve into the shifting dungeons on your hunt for the Yithidian orb, but getting it might just be the easy part. Delver is a single player first-person action roguelike dungeon crawler, just like you wished they used to make.
Magicraft
WHY THIS
Shares spell combination and procedural generation with Eldritch.
Ranked #4 for Eldritch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.
Streets of Rogue
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Eldritch.
Ranked #5 for Eldritch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Diehard Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Ranked #6 for Eldritch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Eldritch.
Ranked #7 for Eldritch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
The Swindle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Ranked #8 for Eldritch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Eldritch
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Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Reviewers of Eldritch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Eldritch.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Thief
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Reviewers of Eldritch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Eldritch.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Shares speedrunning and procedural generation with Eldritch.
Reviewers of Eldritch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Eldritch.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Eldritch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Eldritch.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Noita
WHY THIS
Shares spell combination and procedural generation with Eldritch.
Reviewers of Eldritch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Minecraft Legends
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Eldritch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Eldritch.
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
Project Dark
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Eldritch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch.
Project Dark is an episodic, narrative-driven audio game that uses binaural sound and "choose your own adventure" style storytelling to immerse players in its varied worlds. Close your eyes, and see.
Pseudoregalia
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Reviewers of Eldritch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Eldritch at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Eldritch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Eldritch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Eldritch on Steam right now. Shares Action with Eldritch.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Eldritch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Eldritch on Steam right now. Shares Action with Eldritch.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Eldritch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Eldritch on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Eldritch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eldritch.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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 Eldritch.
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 Eldritch.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Eldritch.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eldritch.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Eldritch.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eldritch.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Minor Key Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Minor Key Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Super Win the Game
WHY THIS
Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Eldritch. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
NEON STRUCT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Eldritch. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
You are Jillian Cleary: an ex-spy on the run, framed for treason and hunted by your former agency. You must move in secret, survive off the grid, and find a way to clear your name. Old friends and new allies will lend their support; but with the eyes of the world upon you, who can you trust?
You Have to Win the Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Eldritch. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Gunmetal Arcadia
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Eldritch.
Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Eldritch. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
War is coming. How will you serve?
Slayer Shock
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Eldritch. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
A role-playing shooter about hunting vampires in Nebraska. Take missions to patrol the streets, rescue captive humans, and weaken the undead threat. Assemble a team, hunt the vampires, and save your hometown!
Gunmetal Arcadia Zero
WHY THIS
Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Eldritch. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Unrest brews in the city of Arcadia, and a monstrous enemy approaches.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Magicraft
WHY THIS
Shares spell combination and procedural generation with Eldritch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.
Diehard Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Eldritch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
The Swindle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Eldritch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Eldritch.
The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.
Frequently asked about Eldritch
- Is Eldritch verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Eldritch 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 Eldritch cost?
- Eldritch is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Eldritch?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eldritch are Ziggurat, Tower of Guns, Delver.
- Who developed Eldritch?
- Eldritch was developed by Minor Key Games.
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