Games like Death's Gambit: Afterlife
If Death's Gambit: Afterlife is your kind of game, the closest matches are Salt and Sanctuary, GRIME and Minoria — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its high quality voice acting, rich and varied soundtrack 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 →Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action RPG that blends Souls-inspired combat with metroidvania exploration. Players take on the role of an agent of Death in the dark fantasy setting of Siradon, navigating interconnected areas while confronting numerous boss encounters that feature varied patterns. The game offers class-based build diversity and weapon scaling systems that allow for different playstyles. Reviewers highlight the atmospheric presentation, immersive world design, and dark tone that define the experience. Players describe the combat as challenging yet rewarding, with responsive feedback that makes mastery feel earned. High-quality voice acting and a rich soundtrack support a narrative that reviewers note contains surprising twists and revelations. Released in 2018 at $19.99 USD and verified for Steam Deck play, it holds an 81 Metacritic score and an 80 percent positive rating from over two thousand Steam reviews.
About Death's Gambit: Afterlife: Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
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Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Top pick for Death's Gambit: Afterlife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Death's Gambit: Afterlife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Minoria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Third-strongest match for Death's Gambit: Afterlife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Ranked #4 for Death's Gambit: Afterlife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Ranked #5 for Death's Gambit: Afterlife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Ranked #6 for Death's Gambit: Afterlife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
Chasm
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Ranked #7 for Death's Gambit: Afterlife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Dark Devotion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Ranked #8 for Death's Gambit: Afterlife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
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Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Reviewers of Death's Gambit: Afterlife cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Nine Sols
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Death's Gambit: Afterlife cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
The Last Faith
WHY THIS
Shares weapon scaling and an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Reviewers of Death's Gambit: Afterlife cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Death's Gambit: Afterlife cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Moonscars
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Reviewers of Death's Gambit: Afterlife cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Reviewers of Death's Gambit: Afterlife cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Reviewers of Death's Gambit: Afterlife cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Reviewers of Death's Gambit: Afterlife cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Death's Gambit: Afterlife at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death's Gambit: Afterlife on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Death's Gambit: Afterlife on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death's Gambit: Afterlife on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death's Gambit: Afterlife on Steam right now. Shares Action with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death's Gambit: Afterlife on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death's Gambit: Afterlife on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Death's Gambit: Afterlife on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
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 Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Minoria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Blasphemous 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
Vigil: The Longest Night
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
Chasm
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Frequently asked about Death's Gambit: Afterlife
- Is Death's Gambit: Afterlife verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Death's Gambit: Afterlife is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Death's Gambit: Afterlife cost?
- Death's Gambit: Afterlife is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Death's Gambit: Afterlife?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Death's Gambit: Afterlife are Salt and Sanctuary, GRIME, Minoria.
- Who developed Death's Gambit: Afterlife?
- Death's Gambit: Afterlife was developed by White Rabbit and published by Serenity Forge.
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