Games like Deadnaut
If Deadnaut is your kind of game, the closest matches are Duskers, Biovoid and Trigon: Space Story — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its commands feel irreversible, crew behavior adds unpredictability and atmospheric. 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 Deadnaut: Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.
Players who liked Deadnaut also play
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Duskers
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Top pick for Deadnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Biovoid
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Deadnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Biovoid is a creature-building roguelike game where you slay hordes of hostile aliens. Combine a variety of cells and mutations to create game-breaking builds and evolve from a fragile hatchling to a deadly predator.
Trigon: Space Story
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Third-strongest match for Deadnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Deadnaut.
Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.
Monstrum
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a tense mood with Deadnaut.
Ranked #4 for Deadnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Steam Marines
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Ranked #5 for Deadnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Deadnaut.
Ranked #6 for Deadnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Role of Hex
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Deadnaut.
Ranked #7 for Deadnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Role of Hex is a real-time strategy game where you defend your hexagonal base from the dangers of the universe. Gather upgrades and unlock special buildings to survive this hostile land as endless waves of enemies approach. But be quick, time is ticking and the waves are getting bigger.
Cosmodread
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Ranked #8 for Deadnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Deadnaut
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Space Hulk (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Deadnaut.
Reviewers of Deadnaut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
The legendary Space Hulk returns in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, an intriguing story of legendary battles and heroic actions unfolds.
Duskers
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Reviewers of Deadnaut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Space Hulk: Tactics (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Reviewers of Deadnaut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Deadnaut.
Space Hulk: Tactics is a faithful adaptation of the board game Space Hulk, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, bringing a unique twist to the cult classic formula. Engage in bloody battles as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers.
Alien
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Deadnaut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
Alien is a visual novel exclusively for adults! This story is about a guy who has been dreaming of having sex with an alien woman for a very long time. At some point, this dream comes true and the guy finally fucked an alien woman!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Deadnaut at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Deadnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
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 ~50% under Deadnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Deadnaut.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Deadnaut on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
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 ~50% under Deadnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Deadnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Deadnaut on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Deadnaut.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Deadnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Deadnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Deadnaut.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 Indie with Deadnaut.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
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.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Deadnaut.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Deadnaut.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Deadnaut.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
Lily's Well
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
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.
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More from Screwfly Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Screwfly Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Zafehouse: Diaries
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Another title from Screwfly Studios, the studio behind Deadnaut. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
Zafehouse Diaries 2
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Another title from Screwfly Studios, the studio behind Deadnaut. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
Fear Equation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Another title from Screwfly Studios, the studio behind Deadnaut. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.
Deadnaut: Signal Lost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deadnaut.
Another title from Screwfly Studios, the studio behind Deadnaut. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Frequently asked about Deadnaut
- How much does Deadnaut cost?
- Deadnaut is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Deadnaut?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deadnaut are Duskers, Biovoid, Trigon: Space Story.
- Who developed Deadnaut?
- Deadnaut was developed by Screwfly Studios.
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