Games like Cradle of the Dark Brood
If Cradle of the Dark Brood is your kind of game, the closest matches are Miseria, Hollowspire and Next Reign: Kingdom — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Cradle of the Dark Brood: A dark fantasy incremental breeding game where you cultivate a monstrous brood, inherit stronger traits, unlock mutations and automation, then send your evolving creatures into conquest across a hostile corpse-world.
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Miseria
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cradle of the Dark Brood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
Miseria is a dark fantasy idle incremental game in which you lead a party of damned souls through the depths of the world.
Hollowspire
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Cradle of the Dark Brood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
A chill clicker-idle game where you dig, recruit and manage miners, and uncover buried upgrades deep underground.
Next Reign: Kingdom
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cradle of the Dark Brood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
Next Reign: Kingdom is a medieval strategy incremental where you grow a small settlement into a thriving, interconnected kingdom.
Knightfall Idle
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cradle of the Dark Brood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
Developed by Gibber, Knightfall Idle is a free to play, infinite-progression idle game. Master a living economy through a player-driven Auction House while gathering resources, fighting enemies, farming, trading, and managing your kingdom.
A Dungeon Is You
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Cradle of the Dark Brood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
You died and got reincarnated as a dungeon core! Grow your dungeon, summon minions to defend you and conquer the world. A Dungeon Is You is a modern incremental dungeon management game. With a sprinkle of tower defense and rpg.
Feed The Forest
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Cradle of the Dark Brood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
A short, innocent incremental forest-builder. Unlock snail powers to spread life in a barren desert. Feed the mysterious Forest with juice. And remember: Blood is a type of juice.
SimulationSteam ↗Dungeonborne Settlement
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Cradle of the Dark Brood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
Defeat monsters in dungeons, gather resources, grow your settlement, and combine and enhance tactics to lead the battle. Use auto-battle and flexible challenges to create and change tactics as you face stronger dungeons.
Altarnode: Roguelite Cult Colony
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cradle of the Dark Brood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
Play as an evil god in this 2D top-down survival colony-defense roguelite. Defend your cult, satisfy your altar’s growing hunger for Meat sacrifice. Kill, harvest, process meat, optimize production, and survive as long as you can.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cradle of the Dark Brood at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cradle of the Dark Brood on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under Cradle of the Dark Brood on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under Cradle of the Dark Brood on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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 ~75% under Cradle of the Dark Brood on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cradle of the Dark Brood on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cradle of the Dark Brood on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cradle of the Dark Brood on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cradle of the Dark Brood on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and RPG with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
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 Indie with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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 and Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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?
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 Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
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.
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle of the Dark Brood.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Frequently asked about Cradle of the Dark Brood
- How much does Cradle of the Dark Brood cost?
- Cradle of the Dark Brood is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cradle of the Dark Brood?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cradle of the Dark Brood are Miseria, Hollowspire, Next Reign: Kingdom.
- Who developed Cradle of the Dark Brood?
- Cradle of the Dark Brood was developed by RyuseGames.
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