Games like Risk the Dark
If Risk the Dark is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dunjungle, Legend of Dungeon and Heavy Bullets — 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 Risk the Dark: Risk the Dark is an action-filled top-down roguelite set in harrowing darkness. Struggle to escape a shadowy, monster-infested cave while battling threat after threat. Using a variety of weapons, melee, as well as interactions with NPCs and items, light your way and Risk the Dark.
Players who liked Risk the Dark also play
Steam players who put hours into Risk the Dark 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.
Dunjungle
WHY THIS
Top pick for Risk the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Legend of Dungeon
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Risk the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
Heavy Bullets
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Risk the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
Hades
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Risk the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
RAD
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Risk the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Risk the Dark.
RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.
BELOW
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Risk the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
Dandy Ace
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Risk the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Dandy Ace is an over the top action game that follows this fabulous magician seeking to combine and use his magical cards, fighting and looting his way to defeat the Green-Eyed Illusionist and free himself from a cursed mirror.
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Risk the Dark fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Risk the Dark at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Risk the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Risk the Dark.
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 ~55% under Risk the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
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 ~59% under Risk the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action with Risk the Dark.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Risk the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Risk the Dark.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Risk the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Risk the Dark.
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 ~55% under Risk the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Risk the Dark.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~91% under Risk the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
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 ~73% under Risk the Dark on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Risk the Dark.
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 Risk the Dark.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dunjungle
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Hades
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Dandy Ace
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Dandy Ace is an over the top action game that follows this fabulous magician seeking to combine and use his magical cards, fighting and looting his way to defeat the Green-Eyed Illusionist and free himself from a cursed mirror.
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Risk the Dark.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Frequently asked about Risk the Dark
- How much does Risk the Dark cost?
- Risk the Dark is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Risk the Dark?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Risk the Dark are Dunjungle, Legend of Dungeon, Heavy Bullets.
- Who developed Risk the Dark?
- Risk the Dark was developed by CafPain.
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 Risk the Dark.
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