Games like Dread Protocol
If Dread Protocol is your kind of game, the closest matches are RealmWalker, Guns & Dragons and RUNE GUNNER — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Dread Protocol: Dread Protocol is a 3rd-person roguelite blending FTL-style events and navigation with brutal, punishing combat. Explore procedurally generated space stations, carve your path through destructible walls, and dismantle the Federation one station at a time.
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Steam players who put hours into Dread Protocol 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.
RealmWalker
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Top pick for Dread Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Create powerful spell combos and blast through hordes of enemies in RealmWalker. This ARPG roguelite delivers ever changing runs with new abilities, challenging encounters, and procedurally generated worlds.
Guns & Dragons
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Second-strongest match for Dread Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dread Protocol.
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RUNE GUNNER
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Third-strongest match for Dread Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dread Protocol.
RUNE GUNNER is a 1-4 player co-op roguelite shooter where you fuse guns and magic, mix classes mid-run, and break your build in the best way possible.
Rogue Runner
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Ranked #4 for Dread Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Stop running and you die. Combine fluid parkour mechanics with roguelite TPS combat in a procedurally generated world. Master the movement, break the loop, and escape the Machine of Improbability.
Coin Hunter
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Ranked #5 for Dread Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Fight monsters with coins and descend by elevator. In this first-person roguelike, coins are both currency and ammo — survive while deciding whether to spend or shoot.
RIG Riot
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Ranked #6 for Dread Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dread Protocol.
RIG Riot is a roguelike third-person mech-action shooter. Fight increasingly difficult enemies while completing objectives, level up, and choose the Weapons and Volatile Mods that will let you return from your raids victorious. Discover thousands of permanent parts, and build a RIG unlike any other.
Spell Magic
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Ranked #7 for Dread Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Dread Protocol.
Craft, cast, and master magical spells using mathematical concepts. Explore, battle, and solve puzzles in a thrilling adventure that combines arithmetic, geometry, and algebra with fast-paced action and strategy.
The Gun is Good
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Ranked #8 for Dread Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Action roguelike horde shooter. Bullet heaven vs bullet hell. Enter The Astral to slay demons by the thousands, loot and craft powerful guns and items, use the power of runes to get strong enough to defeat the Astral Kings.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dread Protocol at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~87% under Dread Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~60% under Dread Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~50% under Dread Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Protocol.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~73% under Dread Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Dread Protocol.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~80% under Dread Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Protocol.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~87% under Dread Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread Protocol.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~60% under Dread Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
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!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~47% under Dread Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dread Protocol.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Electoral Carnage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with Dread Protocol.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Dread Protocol.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
SCP – Containment Breach
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Warframe
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Dread Protocol.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Path of Exile
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
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Frequently asked about Dread Protocol
- Is Dread Protocol verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Dread Protocol 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 Dread Protocol cost?
- Dread Protocol is listed on Steam at 7.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dread Protocol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dread Protocol are RealmWalker, Guns & Dragons, RUNE GUNNER.
- Who developed Dread Protocol?
- Dread Protocol was developed by Meat Lab.
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 Dread Protocol.
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