Games like Identifile: Desktop Dungeon
If Identifile: Desktop Dungeon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rogue Runner, Talas and Eternal Sword Tomb — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fast paced arena combat, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon: Become the ultimate desktop cursor in a deeply infected operating system! Navigate folders like dungeon rooms, delete viruses, and level up with EXEs in this action-packed roguelike.
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Rogue Runner
WHY THIS
Top pick for Identifile: Desktop Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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.
Talas
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Identifile: Desktop Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.
Eternal Sword Tomb
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Identifile: Desktop Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
No chosen one, only a mortal soul. In this hardcore cultivation Roguelike, found a sect and forge a legacy across generations. Fall in battle to become a Sword Soul that protects those who follow. Master the Five Elements, defy fate, and turn every death into a step toward a greater awakening.
Void Reaver
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Identifile: Desktop Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Inventory management meets bullet heaven. In this sci-fi roguelite, your backpack determines your fate. Master the art of item layout to create game-breaking synergies and turn a humble arsenal into a screen-clearing storm of destruction. Collect 300+ items and annihilate the Void.
Hell Bug
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Identifile: Desktop Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Hell Bug is a simple roguelite shooter where you build a swarm of chaos from the remains of your enemies. Designed as a basic arcade style experience, you focus on crushing mutant bugs and unlocking defeated bosses' children, as powerful new allies. Each bug has a story, some shouldn't be told.
Guns & Dragons
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Identifile: Desktop Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Dragons? Magic? Who cares? Fight with overwhelming firepower in this co-op FPS roguelite. Fight, choose, grow stronger. Science vs. magic. Fight enemies in dungeons, pick runes and artifacts to craft your build, use materials to expand your base, develop deadlier weapons, and take down dragons.
Recall Rogue
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Identifile: Desktop Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
The knowledge roguelite. Answer questions to hit harder, skip them to die faster. The deeper you go, the more the dungeon punishes ignorance. Bosses shrug off everything but proven knowledge. 98 decks, 7 languages, 67,000 real facts. Guilt-free gaming.
Cavern
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Identifile: Desktop Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Experiment, Explore, and Swap in Cavern, a roguelike sandbox. All objects in the world can be swapped out at will. Swap slimes into harmless pots, turn enemy projectiles into countless health potions, and discover hidden interactions to conquer the ever-changing depths of Mirror Cavern.
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The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares item collection, boss fights and an immersive mood with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Reviewers of Identifile: Desktop Dungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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Undertale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Reviewers of Identifile: Desktop Dungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Risk of Rain 2
WHY THIS
Shares build variety and an intense mood with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Reviewers of Identifile: Desktop Dungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Ancient Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Reviewers of Identifile: Desktop Dungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Ancient Dungeon VR is a fast-paced roguelite dungeon crawler built for VR. Explore procedurally generated dungeons, slash enemies, collect loot, and unlock upgrades in immersive physics-based combat. Play solo or co-op with up to 4 players.
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Reviewers of Identifile: Desktop Dungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling, procedural generation, retro and an intense mood with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Reviewers of Identifile: Desktop Dungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Identifile: Desktop Dungeon at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Identifile: Desktop Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Identifile: Desktop Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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?
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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Identifile: Desktop Dungeon.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about Identifile: Desktop Dungeon
- Does Identifile: Desktop Dungeon run on Steam Deck?
- Identifile: Desktop Dungeon 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 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon cost?
- Identifile: Desktop Dungeon is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Identifile: Desktop Dungeon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Identifile: Desktop Dungeon are Rogue Runner, Talas, Eternal Sword Tomb.
- Who developed Identifile: Desktop Dungeon?
- Identifile: Desktop Dungeon was developed by Gearbyte Games.
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