Games like Crypt of the Serpent King
If Crypt of the Serpent King is your kind of game, the closest matches are Smash Dungeon, Mana Spark and Healed To Death — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak 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.
Get personalized picks →About Crypt of the Serpent King: Crypt of the Serpent King is a medieval first-person hack'n'slash dungeon crawler with roguelike elements. Explore randomly generated dungeons, fighting underworld creatures along the way, all while avoiding traps and collecting loot!
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Steam players who put hours into Crypt of the Serpent King 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.
Smash Dungeon
WHY THIS
Top pick for Crypt of the Serpent King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Smash Dungeon is a brutal, dark, intense, action rogue-like. Hack and slash your way through the procedurally generated dungeons on your own or in couch co-op, using a combination of armor & weapons upgrades, passive items and power-ups to kill everything in your path to claim the riches below.
Mana Spark
WHY THIS
Shares procedural levels and a challenging mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Second-strongest match for Crypt of the Serpent King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements. Explore a dreadful dungeon and fight smart enemies that will plan and collaborate between themselves to defeat you.
Healed To Death
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Third-strongest match for Crypt of the Serpent King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Healed To Death is a single-player Rogue-Lite where you play as the Healer. The gameplay is inspired by healing in MMORPGs. Manage a party, Heal your allies, Explore dungeons and Destroy undead monsters with Healing & Support Spells.
Arboria
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Ranked #4 for Crypt of the Serpent King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Fight, die, and fight again in this dark fantasy trollz-like roguelite. As a Yotun troll warrior, descend into the ever-changing, creepy dungeons of Durnar. Use a variety of Symbiotic Weapons and Bio-Mutations to slay enemies and heal The Father Tree.
Himno - The Silent Melody
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Ranked #5 for Crypt of the Serpent King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Himno - The Silent Melody is an atmospheric roguelite action RPG. Explore different interconnected environments, gather materials to create your unique arsenal and build and automate your base.
Unexplored
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Ranked #6 for Crypt of the Serpent King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
The ROGUELITE that feels like a ROGUELIKE. Praised for its fantastically generated dungeons, real-time combat and surprising amount of content and depth. One of the BEST GAMES OF THE YEAR according to PC Gamer and VICE Waypoint.
Soulblight
WHY THIS
Shares procedural levels and an atmospheric mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Ranked #7 for Crypt of the Serpent King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Soulblight is a dark, unforgiving, top-down action roguelike luring you to cross the thin line between good and evil. Embrace your flaws to survive a journey through an unforgiving Sanctuary. Gluttony, Lust, Cannibalism - how far are you willing to go?
Devious Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Ranked #8 for Crypt of the Serpent King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Set in the Dark Ages, Devious Dungeon is a medieval focused action platformer with RPG styled upgrades.
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Underworld
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Crypt of the Serpent King cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Underworld is a classic old-school ARPG in a demonic environment. You must fight demonic skeletons, upgrade your inventory runes, and learn new abilities.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Reviewers of Crypt of the Serpent King cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Reviewers of Crypt of the Serpent King cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Crypt of the Serpent King.
THE GREAT MACHINE AWAKENS
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crypt of the Serpent King at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crypt of the Serpent King on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crypt of the Serpent King on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crypt of the Serpent King.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crypt of the Serpent King on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crypt of the Serpent King on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crypt of the Serpent King on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crypt of the Serpent King on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crypt of the Serpent King on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt of the Serpent King.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Frequently asked about Crypt of the Serpent King
- Does Crypt of the Serpent King run on Steam Deck?
- Crypt of the Serpent King 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 Crypt of the Serpent King cost?
- Crypt of the Serpent King is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Crypt of the Serpent King?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crypt of the Serpent King are Smash Dungeon, Mana Spark, Healed To Death.
- Who developed Crypt of the Serpent King?
- Crypt of the Serpent King was developed by Rendercode Games.
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