Games like Deadstone
If Deadstone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Aegis Defenders, Hellpoint and Frontline Zed — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Deadstone: Based on the inhospitable frontier world of Mars, against the backdrop of a bacterial outbreak, Deadstone offers a compelling blend of frantic combat and tower defense, backed by a highly nuanced character development system and strategic elements of resource management.
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Steam players who put hours into Deadstone 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.
Aegis Defenders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadstone.
Top pick for Deadstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.
Hellpoint
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadstone.
Second-strongest match for Deadstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.
Frontline Zed
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadstone.
Third-strongest match for Deadstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
Drox Operative
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadstone.
Ranked #4 for Deadstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Mac.Eons ago the Drox ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost necessary.
Neon Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting with Deadstone.
Ranked #5 for Deadstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
UNSIGHTED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadstone.
Ranked #6 for Deadstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
Rock of Ages
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Deadstone.
Ranked #7 for Deadstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
A rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art and music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed!
Breach & Clear: Deadline Rebirth (2016)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadstone.
Ranked #8 for Deadstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline Rebirth is a new and greatly improved version of B&C: Deadline, the follow-up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed hybrid tactical strategy game.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Deadstone at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Deadstone on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deadstone.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Deadstone on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
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 ~63% under Deadstone on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Deadstone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deadstone.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Deadstone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Deadstone.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Deadstone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deadstone.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Deadstone on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deadstone.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Deadstone on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Deadstone.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Nazi Zombies
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
SCP: Secret Laboratory
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
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Frequently asked about Deadstone
- How much does Deadstone cost?
- Deadstone is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Deadstone have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Deadstone 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 Deadstone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deadstone are Aegis Defenders, Hellpoint, Frontline Zed.
- Who developed Deadstone?
- Deadstone was developed by Timeslip Softworks.
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