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Games like Descent Into Darkness

If Descent Into Darkness is your kind of game, the closest matches are Acatalepsy, LandFall Survival and Floor44 — 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 Descent Into Darkness: In "Descent Into Darkness", you must take an elevator down into the depths of a mysterious underground complex, filled with dangers and secrets. Your goal is to find a way out—but with each level, the darkness grows, and the threats become more terrifying...

2026IndieAdventureEarly Access4.99 USDWindowsby BOBAH
Descent Into Darkness — Steam game cover

Players who liked Descent Into Darkness also play

Steam players who put hours into Descent Into Darkness 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. Acatalepsy

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Descent Into Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    Welcome to Acatalepsy, a new take on the liminal space experience. Progress deeper into varying liminal spaces with your team. Complete various tasks to continue forward, dive deeper, and don't expect to survive for long. You aren't alone in these spaces; nowhere is safe.

    2026IndieAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  2. LandFall Survival

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Descent Into Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    Landfall is a thrilling low-poly co-op dungeon crawler and extraction game. Build and upgrade your base, trade with vendors, and team up to explore diverse maps, complete quests, gather loot, and defeat bosses. Gear up, survive, and thrive together in this unique low-poly PvE adventure.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  3. Floor44

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Descent Into Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    Floor44 is a hardcore luckiness detector kinda game with randomly generated maps, the goal is to make it to the top floor. You can rely on your skills to reach floor30, but you'll need more than that to make it to Floor44.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. TOXICANT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Descent Into Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    TOXICANT offers a sinister twist on the survival horror genre, featuring randomized levels and roguelike elements.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Backrooms: No Level

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Descent Into Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    Backrooms: No Level is a cooperative horror game for 1–4 players. You think you can complete anything, but what if you can't? What if nothing is real and you can't complete anything, even with friends, it will be extremely difficult to complete this game!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation0.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Fear Island

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Descent Into Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    The Fear Island is an online co-op survival horror game where players accidentally land on an island full of supernatural entities and need to find an escape vehicle and its necessary resources.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Beware the Depths

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Descent Into Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    A co-op horror about pushing a soul-powered funeral cart through a haunted dungeon for 1-4 players. Feed it souls, survive the dark, and get out before something gets you.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Train 404

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Descent Into Darkness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    A first-person co-op horror game where you collect coins, find the Golden Ticket, and race back to the train while monsters close in.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Descent Into Darkness at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Descent Into Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    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 Descent Into Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    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 Descent Into Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Descent Into Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Descent Into Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Descent Into Darkness.

    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 ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Descent Into Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    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 ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Descent Into Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    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 ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Descent Into Darkness on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Descent Into Darkness.

    "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 ↗

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 Descent Into Darkness.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Descent Into Darkness.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Descent Into Darkness.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent Into Darkness.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Descent Into Darkness

How much does Descent Into Darkness cost?
Descent Into Darkness is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Descent Into Darkness have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Descent Into Darkness supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Descent Into Darkness?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Descent Into Darkness are Acatalepsy, LandFall Survival, Floor44.
Who developed Descent Into Darkness?
Descent Into Darkness was developed by BOBAH.

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 Descent Into Darkness.

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