Games like DeadCore
If DeadCore is your kind of game, the closest matches are SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, Clustertruck and DESCENT: A Bunnyhopping Odyssey — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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 →DeadCore is a 2014 first-person precision platformer developed by 5 Bits Games, set in a futuristic world where players ascend a mysterious tower rising from the void. The game combines environmental puzzle-solving with gravity manipulation and limited ammo management, requiring players to master movement mechanics alongside traditional platforming challenges. Reviewers highlight the challenging difficulty and atmospheric presentation, while players describe the experience as both contemplative and intense, noting that the checkpoint system enables short, high-intensity sessions suited to the game's medium length. The speedrun-focused level design rewards exploration with multiple routes per level, and the gun doubles as a tool for platforming and combat. Currently priced at $9.99 USD with 85% positive Steam reviews from over 1,000 players, DeadCore is a solo-only experience that does not officially support Steam Deck play.
About DeadCore: DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
Players who liked DeadCore also play
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SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with DeadCore.
Top pick for DeadCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Like a bastard child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reaction.
Clustertruck
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with DeadCore.
Second-strongest match for DeadCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.
DESCENT: A Bunnyhopping Odyssey
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for DeadCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Mythology based FPS with various movement mechanics. Use bunnyhopping, surfing, and grappling to beat each level quickly.
Impulsion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DeadCore.
Ranked #4 for DeadCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
Dream Swing
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with DeadCore.
Ranked #5 for DeadCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Grapple and air-strafe your way to the top of the Leaderboard in this fast-paced movement-based time trial. Collect as many candies as possible within 5 minutes as you dip and weave around the ruins in the sky. Can you handle the speed?
Neon White
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with DeadCore.
Ranked #6 for DeadCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
POLY IMPULSE
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for DeadCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
POLY IMPULSE is a minimalist fast-paced movement FPS where you will have to shoot colorful polyhedrons to impulse yourself through the level. Speedrunning is not an option, only the fastest with godlike aim will get the SS rank.
Cloudbuilt
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DeadCore.
Ranked #8 for DeadCore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.
Reviewers mention these as similar to DeadCore
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Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with DeadCore.
Reviewers of DeadCore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with DeadCore.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Team Fortress 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of DeadCore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with DeadCore.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DeadCore.
Reviewers of DeadCore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
Antichamber
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DeadCore.
Reviewers of DeadCore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with DeadCore.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DeadCore.
Reviewers of DeadCore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with DeadCore.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
TRON 2.0
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DeadCore.
Reviewers of DeadCore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with DeadCore.
Over 35 levels of challenging gameplay -- Race at the speed of light, fight off computer Viruses and engage in violent digital combat.
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DeadCore.
Reviewers of DeadCore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with DeadCore.
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.
Neon White
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with DeadCore.
Reviewers of DeadCore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DeadCore at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DeadCore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DeadCore.
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 ~50% under DeadCore on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under DeadCore on Steam right now. Shares Action with DeadCore.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DeadCore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DeadCore.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DeadCore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DeadCore.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under DeadCore on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under DeadCore on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DeadCore on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DeadCore.
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.
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 DeadCore.
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 DeadCore.
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 DeadCore.
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 with DeadCore.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DeadCore.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 DeadCore.
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.
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Frequently asked about DeadCore
- Does DeadCore work on Steam Deck?
- DeadCore is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does DeadCore cost?
- DeadCore is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to DeadCore?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DeadCore are SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, Clustertruck, DESCENT: A Bunnyhopping Odyssey.
- Who developed DeadCore?
- DeadCore was developed by 5 Bits Games.
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