Games like Catacomb Kids
If Catacomb Kids is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legend of Dungeon, Spelunky 2 and Dungeon Souls — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, hypnotic 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 Catacomb Kids: Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
Players who liked Catacomb Kids also play
Steam players who put hours into Catacomb Kids 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.
Legend of Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catacomb Kids.
Top pick for Catacomb Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
Spelunky 2
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Catacomb Kids.
Second-strongest match for Catacomb Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Dungeon Souls
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Catacomb Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Vagante
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Catacomb Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Catacomb Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Freaky Awesome
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Catacomb Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!
Rampage Knights
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Catacomb Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
TowerClimb
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Catacomb Kids.
Ranked #8 for Catacomb Kids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Catacomb Kids
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Spelunky
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Catacomb Kids cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Rain World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catacomb Kids.
Reviewers of Catacomb Kids cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Vagante
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Catacomb Kids cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.
NetHack: Legacy
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Catacomb Kids cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Catacomb Kids.
NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.
UFO 50
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Catacomb Kids cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
Tower Climb
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Catacomb Kids cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Catacomb Kids.
if you’re a lover of running, jumping & climbing endless fun games, you just found the perfect one with the right amount of adrenaline & adventure!
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Catacomb Kids.
Reviewers of Catacomb Kids cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Early Access with Catacomb Kids.
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Catacomb Kids at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Catacomb Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Catacomb Kids.
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 ~69% under Catacomb Kids on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
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 ~56% under Catacomb Kids on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Catacomb Kids.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Catacomb Kids on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Catacomb Kids on Steam right now. Shares Action with Catacomb Kids.
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 ~61% under Catacomb Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Catacomb Kids.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Catacomb Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Catacomb Kids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Catacomb Kids.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Catacomb Kids.
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 Catacomb Kids.
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 Catacomb Kids.
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 Catacomb Kids.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Catacomb Kids.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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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.
Spelunky 2
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Catacomb Kids.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Freaky Awesome
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catacomb Kids.
Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!
Frequently asked about Catacomb Kids
- Is Catacomb Kids verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Catacomb Kids is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Catacomb Kids cost?
- Catacomb Kids is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Catacomb Kids have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Catacomb Kids supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Catacomb Kids?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Catacomb Kids are Legend of Dungeon, Spelunky 2, Dungeon Souls.
- Who developed Catacomb Kids?
- Catacomb Kids was developed by FourbitFriday.
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