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Games like Dungeon Souls

If Dungeon Souls is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legend of Dungeon, Striving for Light and Ember Knights — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional and challenging. 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 Dungeon Souls: Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

2016ActionIndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 67Windows · macOS · Linuxby Lamina Studios
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Players who liked Dungeon Souls also play

Steam players who put hours into Dungeon Souls 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. Legend of Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dungeon Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Striving for Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Second-strongest match for Dungeon Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Ember Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Third-strongest match for Dungeon Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dungeon Souls.

    Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Children of Morta

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Ranked #4 for Dungeon Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Wizard of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Ranked #5 for Dungeon Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Burning Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Ranked #6 for Dungeon Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Zombie Party

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dungeon Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Astral Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Ranked #8 for Dungeon Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dungeon Souls at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Dungeon Souls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    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 ~62% under Dungeon Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Dungeon Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dungeon Souls.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Dungeon Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dungeon Souls.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Dungeon Souls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Dungeon Souls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Dungeon Souls on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Dungeon Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Dungeon Souls.

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Dungeon Souls.

    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 ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Striving for Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ember Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dungeon Souls.

    Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Children of Morta

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Wizard of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Zombie Party

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Astral Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Dungeon Souls.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dungeon Souls.

    Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dungeon Souls

Does Dungeon Souls run on Steam Deck?
Dungeon Souls 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 Dungeon Souls cost?
Dungeon Souls is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Dungeon Souls have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Dungeon Souls supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Dungeon Souls?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dungeon Souls are Legend of Dungeon, Striving for Light, Ember Knights.
Who developed Dungeon Souls?
Dungeon Souls was developed by Lamina Studios.

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 Dungeon Souls.

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