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Games like Into The Depths

If Into The Depths is your kind of game, the closest matches are HexLands, Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder and 坍塌世界 — 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 Into The Depths: A roguelite city builder, where you colonize the mysterious underworld. Build your settlement, explore the caves and colonize the deepest caverns. Overcome the dangers hidden in the dark and make the riches of the Depths yours!

2026StrategyIndieSimulation13.49 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby SmelJey
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Players who liked Into The Depths also play

Steam players who put hours into Into The Depths 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. HexLands

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Into The Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    Forge an island kingdom one card at a time. Each card you play raises a farm, mill, or harbor on procedural hex islands. Crack the challenge each new shore gives you before setting sail, carrying your relics and upgrades onward. No combat. The land, the weather, and your own draw are the challenge.

    2027StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Into The Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!

    2026StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 坍塌世界

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Into The Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    "Collapsing World" is an innovative tower defense game blending deck-building and roguelike mechanics. Recruit unique companions, craft powerful skill decks, and tackle randomized stages. Deep strategy breaks the traditional TD mold—every run is a fresh challenge!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  4. Hexoria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Into The Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Into The Depths.

    Harness the power of magical cards and become a master strategist in Hexoria, a turn-based roguelike deckbuilder game. Explore a dangerous world, build and expand your village, gather resources, and use your cards to gain obedience. Survive the unknown and lead your cult to glory!

    2026StrategySimulationRPGSteam ↗
  5. Gambeat

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Into The Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    Start with pawns, end with clowns. Build a roster of evolving pieces, stack game-breaking stickers, and chain together absurd high scores in this chess roguelike deckbuilder.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Fragment Collapse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Into The Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    Fragment Collapse is a satisfying tile matching rogue-like deck-builder where you defragment your hard drive by matching clusters of files. Discover powerful cartridges to upgrade your computer, boost your files with enhancements and build massive combos for file-busting mayhem!

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Tic Card Toe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Into The Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    A Turn Based Strategy Roguelike with Deckbuilding elements that transforms Tic-Tac-Toe into a High-Stakes Combat Tournament!

    2027StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. LingoRogue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Into The Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    The language flashcard roguelike. LingoRogue is a dopamine machine of a deck-builder. Find the cards you need to spin crazy combos off your words. Play with endless variety and learn new languages without effort.

    2027StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Into The Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Into The Depths.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Into The Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into The Depths.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Into The Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Into The Depths.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Into The Depths on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Into The Depths.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Into The Depths on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Into The Depths on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Into The Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Into The Depths.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Into The Depths on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Into The Depths.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Into The Depths.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. No Results Found

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Into The Depths.

    Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  5. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Into The Depths.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  6. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Into The Depths.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Into The Depths

Does Into The Depths run on Steam Deck?
Into The Depths 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 Into The Depths cost?
Into The Depths is listed on Steam at 13.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Into The Depths?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Into The Depths are HexLands, Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder, 坍塌世界.
Who developed Into The Depths?
Into The Depths was developed by SmelJey.

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 Into The Depths.

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