Games like Dark Descent
If Dark Descent is your kind of game, the closest matches are Orbital Intruder, Return to Roots and Knightward — 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 Dark Descent: Dark Descent is a 4 player multiplayer cooperative horror game where you and your friends venture into an old elevator, aiming to reach the deepest levels. However, the journey won't be without it's challenges.
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Steam players who put hours into Dark Descent 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.
Orbital Intruder
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Top pick for Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
Explore procedurally generated dead spaceships, complete dangerous contracts, collect loot, control doors and extraction, while an alien monster hunts and grows stronger.
Return to Roots
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
An online co-op horror roguelite for up to 6 players. Compost useful items to descend layer-by-layer further into your decaying home. Utilize shops and upgrade cards to extend your run, and unlock starting equipment to make new strategies.
Knightward
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
Build towers to safeguard your crystal while you loot treasure-filled rooms and grow stronger. Knightward is a tower defense action rogue-like for 1-4 players. Will your defenses hold off enemies long enough to discover the deepest levels of the dungeon?
Bunker Invaders
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Ranked #5 for Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
A co-op horror game where you must scavenge for loot and maintain the bunker to keep it standing
LIVING HELL
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Ranked #6 for Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
A co-op horror where you must retrieve specimens before sunrise, as solar radiation twists animals and humans into terrifying mutations. From the creator of DEVOUR.
Lost Railway
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Ranked #7 for Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
A co-op 2D quota horror game with cute animals and terrifying monsters. Assemble a team of up to 4 players and venture into the depths of the nightmare for valuable loot, tools and secrets. Because the train must always move forward!
Darkwater
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Ranked #8 for Dark Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dark Descent at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~76% under Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~76% under Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~41% under Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~76% under Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Descent.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~76% under Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
"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!
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~76% under Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Descent.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~76% under Dark Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
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!
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about Dark Descent
- How much does Dark Descent cost?
- Dark Descent is listed on Steam at 4.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Dark Descent have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dark Descent supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Dark Descent?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Descent are Orbital Intruder, Return to Roots, Knightward.
- Who developed Dark Descent?
- Dark Descent was developed by Plaga.
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 Dark Descent.
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