Games like Downwell
If Downwell is your kind of game, the closest matches are LUFTRAUSERS, Slime-san: Superslime Edition and Super Meat Boy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its addictive gameplay loops, replayable runs and satisfying shooting mechanics. 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 →Downwell is a challenging action platformer developed by Moppin and published by Devolver Digital. Released in 2015, the game tasks players with descending procedurally generated well levels using wall-jumping and the unique ability to shoot downward from their boots. The roguelike structure provides upgrades and variety across replayable runs, while a combo system rewards skilled play and an achievement system tracks progress. Players describe the gameplay loops as addictive, with reviewers highlighting the tight controls and satisfying shooting mechanics that drive skill-based achievements. The game is designed for short-burst sessions and supports verified play on Steam Deck. It holds a 97% positive rating from over 5,000 Steam reviews.
About Downwell: Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Players who liked Downwell also play
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LUFTRAUSERS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Top pick for Downwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Slime-san: Superslime Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Second-strongest match for Downwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Third-strongest match for Downwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Downwell.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Super House of Dead Ninjas
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Ranked #4 for Downwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
Hell is Other Demons
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Downwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Downwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Ranked #7 for Downwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Downwell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Downwell
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Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Downwell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
LUFTRAUSERS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Reviewers of Downwell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Reviewers of Downwell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
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!
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Reviewers of Downwell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Downwell.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Reviewers of Downwell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
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.
Enter the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Reviewers of Downwell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Super Crate Box
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Downwell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Reviewers of Downwell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Downwell.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Downwell at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Downwell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Downwell on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downwell.
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 ~67% under Downwell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Downwell.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Downwell on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Downwell.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Downwell on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Downwell.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Downwell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Downwell on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Downwell.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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 and Casual with Downwell.
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 Downwell.
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 Downwell.
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 Downwell.
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 and Casual with Downwell.
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 Downwell.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Downwell.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Downwell.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Frequently asked about Downwell
- Is Downwell verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Downwell 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 Downwell cost?
- Downwell is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Downwell?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Downwell are LUFTRAUSERS, Slime-san: Superslime Edition, Super Meat Boy.
- Who developed Downwell?
- Downwell was developed by Moppin and published by Devolver Digital.
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