Games like Descent
If Descent is your kind of game, the closest matches are Descent 2, Overload and Descent 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its immersive, nostalgic and stressful. 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 Descent: Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds and six degrees of freedom.
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Steam players who put hours into Descent 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.
Overload
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Descent.
Second-strongest match for Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent.
A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever.
Descent 3
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Descent.
Third-strongest match for Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent.
The vertigo continues as the highly anticipated sequel to Descent I and II takes the mind-bending, pulse-pounding experience to another level!
STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Descent.
Ranked #4 for Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent.
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
Desecrators
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Descent.
Ranked #5 for Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent.
Desecrators is a retro six-degrees-of-freedom shooter set in a 41st-century galaxy where outlaw hovercraft pilots plunder deep-space installations. Loot destructive weapons and powerful upgrades to take on the ultimate heist: the legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Descent.
Ranked #6 for Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent.
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Descent.
Ranked #7 for Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent.
Volition's classic is back. Descent: FreeSpace is the quintessential old school space shooter. With a deep story, great graphics and engaging battles against fighters to capital ships it keeps you moving. Breakout that flight stick and enroll with the Grand Terran Alliance today.
Battlezone 98 Redux
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Descent.
Ranked #8 for Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent.
One of the greatest sci-fi strategy games of all time returns with remastered visuals, online multiplayer and near unlimited mod content from Steam Workshop. Experience thrilling first person action and acclaimed RTS in this explosive alternate vision of the 1960s space race.
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Quake
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Overload
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Descent.
Reviewers of Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent.
A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever.
System Shock
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Descent.
Reviewers of Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Descent.
Reviewers of Descent cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Descent at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent.
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 ~65% under Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent.
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.
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.
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 with Descent.
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 with Descent.
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.
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 with Descent.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descent.
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.).
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Frequently asked about Descent
- Does Descent run on Steam Deck?
- Descent is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Descent cost?
- Descent is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Descent have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Descent supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Descent?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Descent are Descent 2, Overload, Descent 3.
- Who developed Descent?
- Descent was developed by Parallax and published by Interplay Inc..
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