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Games like Darkest Mine

If Darkest Mine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wizard of Legend, Bravery and Greed and Ants Took My Eyeball — 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.

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About Darkest Mine: Darkest Mine is a roguelite action-plateformer with built-in co-op. Fight your way through monster-filled shadowy caves, take your pick from a large panel of abilities and weapons, adapt your choices, and create unique expeditions!

2025Indie4.99 USDWindowsby Crazy Rooster Games
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Players who liked Darkest Mine also play

Steam players who put hours into Darkest Mine 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. Wizard of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Darkest Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Bravery and Greed

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Darkest Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    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. Ants Took My Eyeball

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Darkest Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Children of Morta

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Darkest Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Legend of Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Darkest Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Lost Castle / 失落城堡

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Darkest Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 30XX

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Darkest Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Black Future '88

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Darkest Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.

    2019ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Darkest Mine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Darkest Mine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Darkest Mine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Darkest Mine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Darkest Mine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Darkest Mine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Darkest Mine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Darkest Mine on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Darkest Mine.

    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. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. 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 Darkest Mine.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree 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. Wizard of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ants Took My Eyeball

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Children of Morta

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Darkest Mine.

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Black Future '88

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.

    2019ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Darkest Mine

How much does Darkest Mine cost?
Darkest Mine is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Darkest Mine have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Darkest Mine supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Darkest Mine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Darkest Mine are Wizard of Legend, Bravery and Greed, Ants Took My Eyeball.
Who developed Darkest Mine?
Darkest Mine was developed by Crazy Rooster Games.

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 Darkest Mine.

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