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Games like Skyward Extraction

If Skyward Extraction is your kind of game, the closest matches are Floor44, Bravery and Greed and Striving for Light — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and epic. 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 Skyward Extraction: A light horror roguelike adventure through a post apocalyptic world, with airships.

2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Naughty Clogs
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Airship base and ship upgradesCo op gameplay with friendsDrone scouting is a game changerAtmosphericChallengingEpic

Players who liked Skyward Extraction also play

Steam players who put hours into Skyward Extraction 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. Floor44

    WHY THIS

    Shares permadeath and an atmospheric mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    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 ↗
  2. Bravery and Greed

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Striving for Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and a challenging mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Heroes of Hammerwatch II

    WHY THIS

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

    A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.

    2025ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blightbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    Blightbound is a multiplayer dungeon crawler that tasks three heroes to venture down from their mountain refuge to face the abominations of the Blight - a mysterious and corrupting fog that enshrouds the land.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. KLETKA

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. DunHero

    WHY THIS

    Shares permadeath, roguelite progression, arcade style and an intense mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Din's Curse

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    Din, champion of the gods, has cursed you into a second life of service because you selfishly squandered your first one while causing misfortune to those around you.

    2012ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Skyward Extraction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction on Steam right now. Shares Action with Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction.

    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 Skyward Extraction.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Skyward Extraction.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Skyward Extraction.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck 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. Striving for Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and a challenging mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blightbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    Blightbound is a multiplayer dungeon crawler that tasks three heroes to venture down from their mountain refuge to face the abominations of the Blight - a mysterious and corrupting fog that enshrouds the land.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. KLETKA

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. DunHero

    WHY THIS

    Shares permadeath, roguelite progression, arcade style and an intense mood with Skyward Extraction.

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

    DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Skyward Extraction

Does Skyward Extraction run on Steam Deck?
Skyward Extraction 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 Skyward Extraction cost?
Skyward Extraction is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Skyward Extraction have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Skyward Extraction supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Skyward Extraction?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Skyward Extraction are Floor44, Bravery and Greed, Striving for Light.
Who developed Skyward Extraction?
Skyward Extraction was developed by Naughty Clogs.

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 Skyward Extraction.

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