Games like Doctor Plague
If Doctor Plague is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grim Heart: Bleak Laments, Divinum and Castleborne Survivors — 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 Doctor Plague: It tells the legendary story of Doctor Plague, who slays demons and cures diseases. Medical skills are honed through battles, and knife skills are refined through treating patients. The combat part adopts Metroidvania, while the healing part uses rhythm game.
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Grim Heart: Bleak Laments
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Top pick for Doctor Plague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
You are Hemwick, ex-witch hunter, chasing an ancient artifact: the Grim Heart. Ready your arsenal and survive brutal encounters in a handcrafted 2D pixel-art world. Your expertise is your greatest weapon and, ultimately, the difference between life and death.
Divinum
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Second-strongest match for Doctor Plague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
Divinum is an action-adventure that blends stylish, expressive combat with rewarding exploration. Master devastating combos and craft unique builds to repel mysterious invaders and uncover your island's hidden truth.
Castleborne Survivors
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Third-strongest match for Doctor Plague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
A survivors-like game with side-scrolling action combat. Slash, dodge, and mow down endless monsters in a gothic horror castle. Upgrade with every choice, snowball out of control, and survive until the very end.
Legend of Gaia: Rebirth
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Ranked #4 for Doctor Plague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
Legend of Gaia: Rebirth is a 2D side-scrolling action-adventure. Journey across the Eternal Continent, where the Theocracy, Gaia faction, and forces of Sin struggle for power. Explore dangerous regions, battle powerful enemies, and collect the scattered fragments of the Rebirth Relic.
NIPH
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Ranked #5 for Doctor Plague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
NIPH is a stylish roguelite platformer with risky and intense combat. Slash, shoot, and learn and cast spells with more varied items as you explore a vast and diverse fantasy world!
DEAD DAYLIGHT
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Ranked #6 for Doctor Plague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
"DEADDAYLIGHT" is a side-scrolling platform action-adventure game.Developed independently by a single person. It tells the dark story of a protagonist who wakes up from a nightmare about the plague during a plague after the gods abandoned the earth, and then return to the Cathedral of Holy Light.
The Lubs 2: Straw Hats
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Ranked #7 for Doctor Plague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
The Lubs 2 : Straw Hats is a 2D action platformer game with RPG factors. Answer the Holy Council's call and fight against Krilton rebellion! The Straw Hats must be paid of their debt and Yunlingen must be in peace again!
Chronicles of Teddy
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Ranked #8 for Doctor Plague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Doctor Plague.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Doctor Plague.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Doctor Plague.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Doctor Plague.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Doctor Plague.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Doctor Plague.
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.
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Frequently asked about Doctor Plague
- What games are most similar to Doctor Plague?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Doctor Plague are Grim Heart: Bleak Laments, Divinum, Castleborne Survivors.
- Who developed Doctor Plague?
- Doctor Plague was developed by 九碘酒.
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