Games like Slain: Back from Hell
If Slain: Back from Hell is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slain 2: The Beast Within, Valfaris and House of Pain — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and intense. 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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Slain 2: The Beast Within
WHY THIS
Top pick for Slain: Back from Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
A brutal gothic hack-and-slash where steel and savagery collide. As Prince Akran, wield the sentient blade Bathoryn, embrace your werewolf fury, and battle through a dying world against the forces of Vroll. The quest begins now.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Second-strongest match for Slain: Back from Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
House of Pain
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Slain: Back from Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
House of Pain is a brutal hack and slash platformer. Battle hordes of twisted gore-encrusted mutant enemies. Explore, fight and wield deadly weapons such as the chainsaw, axe, machete and flame thrower. Avoid deadly traps while surviving the terror legions of twisted monsters and huge creatures.
They Bleed Pixels
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Ranked #4 for Slain: Back from Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Ranked #5 for Slain: Back from Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
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.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Ranked #6 for Slain: Back from Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Slain: Back from Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
Odallus: The Dark Call
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Ranked #8 for Slain: Back from Hell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Slain: Back from Hell
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Volgarr the Viking
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Reviewers of Slain: Back from Hell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Reviewers of Slain: Back from Hell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Beholder
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Reviewers of Slain: Back from Hell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Street Fighter™ 6
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Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Reviewers of Slain: Back from Hell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Reviewers of Slain: Back from Hell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Castle of Vania
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Slain: Back from Hell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Slain: Back from Hell at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Slain: Back from Hell on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
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 ~62% under Slain: Back from Hell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Slain: Back from Hell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Slain: Back from Hell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Slain: Back from Hell on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Slain: Back from Hell on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
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 ~62% under Slain: Back from Hell on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Slain: Back from Hell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
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?
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 Slain: Back from Hell.
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 with Slain: Back from Hell.
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 Slain: Back from Hell.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Slain: Back from Hell.
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 Slain: Back from Hell.
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 Slain: Back from Hell.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Steel Mantis
Other recommendable Steam games by Steel Mantis, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Another title from Steel Mantis, the studio behind Slain: Back from Hell. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Another title from Steel Mantis, the studio behind Slain: Back from Hell. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!
Slain 2: The Beast Within
WHY THIS
Another title from Steel Mantis, the studio behind Slain: Back from Hell. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
A brutal gothic hack-and-slash where steel and savagery collide. As Prince Akran, wield the sentient blade Bathoryn, embrace your werewolf fury, and battle through a dying world against the forces of Vroll. The quest begins now.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
They Bleed Pixels
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
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.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Slain: Back from Hell.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Frequently asked about Slain: Back from Hell
- Does Slain: Back from Hell run on Steam Deck?
- Slain: Back from Hell is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Slain: Back from Hell cost?
- Slain: Back from Hell is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Slain: Back from Hell?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slain: Back from Hell are Slain 2: The Beast Within, Valfaris, House of Pain.
- Who developed Slain: Back from Hell?
- Slain: Back from Hell was developed by Steel Mantis and published by Silver Lining Interactive.
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