Games like Caveblazers
If Caveblazers is your kind of game, the closest matches are 30XX, Spelunky and Fury Unleashed — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and punishing. 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 →Caveblazers is a challenging action roguelite developed by Deadpan Games and published by Yogscast Games, released in 2017 at $9.99. Set in procedurally generated caverns, players battle through orcs and goblins using tight combo-based swordplay and an array of weapons and magical items that remain effective without upgrades. The game features item fusion, an arena mode, and custom modifiers that drastically change pacing. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and whimsical, with players highlighting how combo-based swordplay rewards precision and pixel-art caverns hide deep loot. Designed for short bursts with a medium total length, it supports local co-op, and players note that playing with friends feels goofy and fun. The game runs verified on Steam Deck.
About Caveblazers: Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
Players who liked Caveblazers also play
Steam players who put hours into Caveblazers 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.
30XX
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Caveblazers.
Top pick for Caveblazers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Shares a punishing mood with Caveblazers.
Second-strongest match for Caveblazers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Caveblazers.
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.
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Caveblazers.
Third-strongest match for Caveblazers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Legend of Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Caveblazers.
Ranked #4 for Caveblazers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
Dungeon Souls
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Caveblazers.
Ranked #5 for Caveblazers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
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!
Spelunky 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Caveblazers.
Ranked #6 for Caveblazers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Ants Took My Eyeball
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Caveblazers.
Ranked #7 for Caveblazers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.
DIG - Deep In Galaxies
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Caveblazers.
Ranked #8 for Caveblazers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Caveblazers
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Spelunky
WHY THIS
Shares a punishing mood with Caveblazers.
Reviewers of Caveblazers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Caveblazers.
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.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a punishing mood with Caveblazers.
Reviewers of Caveblazers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Vagante
WHY THIS
Shares a punishing mood with Caveblazers.
Reviewers of Caveblazers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.
Risk of Rain 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Caveblazers.
Reviewers of Caveblazers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Caveblazers at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Caveblazers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Caveblazers.
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 ~50% under Caveblazers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Caveblazers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Caveblazers.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Caveblazers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Caveblazers.
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 ~50% under Caveblazers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Caveblazers.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Caveblazers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Caveblazers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Caveblazers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Caveblazers.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Caveblazers.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Caveblazers.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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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.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Shares a punishing mood with Caveblazers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Caveblazers.
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.
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Caveblazers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Spelunky 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Caveblazers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Ants Took My Eyeball
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Caveblazers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.
DIG - Deep In Galaxies
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Caveblazers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Caveblazers.
Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.
Frequently asked about Caveblazers
- Is Caveblazers verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Caveblazers 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 Caveblazers cost?
- Caveblazers is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Caveblazers have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Caveblazers 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 Caveblazers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Caveblazers are 30XX, Spelunky, Fury Unleashed.
- Who developed Caveblazers?
- Caveblazers was developed by Deadpan Games and published by Yogscast Games.
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