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Games like Sporeborn Dark

If Sporeborn Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nobody Sleeps Tonight, TOXICANT and Floor44 — 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 Sporeborn Dark: Break out of a maze surrounded by darkness, infested with growths and filled with hideous monsters. Explore the randomly generated locations of the experimental zone to find something that will help you delay your doom. A dark, atmospheric, scary top-down horror roguelike

2024ActionIndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDWindowsby ValiantLight
Sporeborn Dark — Steam game cover

Players who liked Sporeborn Dark also play

Steam players who put hours into Sporeborn Dark 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. Nobody Sleeps Tonight

    WHY THIS

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

    a survival horror game about finding your friend who disappears at night in a strange forest hiding a sinister secret.

    2024ActionIndieSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. TOXICANT

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Sporeborn Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sporeborn Dark.

    TOXICANT offers a sinister twist on the survival horror genre, featuring randomized levels and roguelike elements.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Floor44

    WHY THIS

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

    Floor44 is a hardcore luckiness detector kinda game with randomly generated maps, the goal is to make it to the top floor. You can rely on your skills to reach floor30, but you'll need more than that to make it to Floor44.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Teleglitch: Die More Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sporeborn Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sporeborn Dark.

    In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.

    2013ActionIndie3.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Backrooms Project

    WHY THIS

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

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. March of the Living

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sporeborn Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sporeborn Dark.

    Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. HyperParasite

    WHY THIS

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

    A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dreadhalls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sporeborn Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sporeborn Dark.

    You are trapped deep inside a massive dungeon. Explore it, survive it and find a way to escape. Your only weapons will be stealth, your own courage, and a faint light. Dreadhalls is an intense and scary experience, not for the faint of heart. You have been warned!

    2017IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sporeborn Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sporeborn Dark.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sporeborn Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sporeborn Dark.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Sporeborn Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sporeborn Dark.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sporeborn Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sporeborn Dark.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sporeborn Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sporeborn Dark.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Sporeborn Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sporeborn Dark.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Sporeborn Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sporeborn Dark.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sporeborn Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sporeborn Dark.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Sporeborn Dark.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  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 Sporeborn Dark.

    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 Sporeborn Dark.

    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 Sporeborn Dark.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sporeborn Dark.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sporeborn Dark

How much does Sporeborn Dark cost?
Sporeborn Dark is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sporeborn Dark?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sporeborn Dark are Nobody Sleeps Tonight, TOXICANT, Floor44.
Who developed Sporeborn Dark?
Sporeborn Dark was developed by ValiantLight.

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