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Games like Deep Sixed

  • 14 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Deep Sixed also play

The closest matches to Deep Sixed: Shortest Trip to Earth, Duskers, Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition, CRYPTARK, and Tin Can. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 02
    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 2)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2016
  1. Rank 04

    CRYPTARK

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 2)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2017
  2. Rank 05

    Tin Can

    Why this: Same stressful mood as Deep Sixed.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2022
  3. Rank 06

    Deadnaut

    Why this: Same tense mood as Deep Sixed.

    • $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • 2014
  4. Rank 08

    Tharsis

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 2)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2016

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Deep Sixed

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Shortest Trip to Earth

    Also Rogue-lite and Space, like Deep Sixed.

    • 74% of 926 reviews
  2. 2
    Duskers

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 90% of 1,932 reviews
  3. 3
    Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 70% of 880 reviews
  4. 4
    CRYPTARK

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 83% of 729 reviews
  5. 5
    Tin Can

    Same stressful mood as Deep Sixed.

    • 83% of 693 reviews
  6. 6
    Deadnaut

    Same tense mood as Deep Sixed.

    • 65% of 113 reviews
  7. 7
    Objects in Space

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 51% of 496 reviews
  8. 8
    Tharsis

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 72% of 1,210 reviews
  9. 9
    Starmancer

    Also Artificial Intelligence and Space, like Deep Sixed.

    • 63% of 602 reviews
  10. 10
    Oxygen Not Included

    Genres: Indie, Simulation

    • 96% of 48,352 reviews
  11. 11
    FTL: Faster Than Light

    Shares power management with Deep Sixed.

    • 96% of 46,262 reviews
  12. 12
    Dead in Antares

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 78% of 116 reviews
  13. 13
    Heat Signature

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 95% of 6,133 reviews
  14. 14
    Breathedge

    Same funny mood as Deep Sixed.

    • 73% of 5,309 reviews
  15. 15
    SYMMETRY

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 51% of 59 reviews
  16. 16
    Space Rogue

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 59% of 241 reviews
  17. 17
    Galactic Crew

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 58% of 66 reviews
  18. 18
    SKYHILL

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 69% of 634 reviews
  19. 19
    Ceres

    Same contemplative mood as Deep Sixed.

    • 55% of 82 reviews
  20. 20
    Startopia

    Genres: Simulation

    • 91% of 649 reviews
  21. 21
    Frostpunk 2

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 78% of 9,270 reviews
  22. 22
    Battlevoid: Harbinger

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 78% of 579 reviews
  23. 23
    Convoy

    Also Rogue-lite and Post-apocalyptic, like Deep Sixed.

    • 77% of 920 reviews
  24. 24
    This Means Warp

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 71% of 352 reviews
Deep Sixed — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2018
  • Developer: LRDGames, Inc.
  • Price: $4.99checked Oct 31
  • 84% of 63 reviews
  • Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Players highlight

  • Failure cascades force quick decisions
  • Frantic multitasking matters
  • Manual becomes your lifeline
  • Contemplative
  • Funny
  • Stressful

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About Deep Sixed

The closest matches to Deep Sixed: Shortest Trip to Earth, Duskers, Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition, CRYPTARK, and Tin Can. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Deep Sixed is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shortest Trip to Earth, Duskers and Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as contemplative, funny and stressful, and single out its cascading failures and manual consultation. 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.

About Deep Sixed: Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures.

Is Deep Sixed worth buying?

  • 84% of 63 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.5 h played before their negative review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Lots of potential but too frustrating to be fun. You'll die a lot, and every time you die you have to go through the same dialogue lines and the same early missions. I liked the idea of trying to keep a clunker of a spaceship operating…”
3 h played
“I was drawn in by the premise, and the intro video. But bad news--it's the worst bits of early 90s games, and none of the charm. In the first hour (after which I just got a refund), I'd discovered that I'd need to memorize dozens of…”
1 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Shortest Trip to Earth, Duskers, Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition

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Frequently asked about Deep Sixed

Can I run it?

How much does Deep Sixed cost?

Deep Sixed is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Deep Sixed?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deep Sixed are Shortest Trip to Earth, Duskers, Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition.

Who developed Deep Sixed?

Deep Sixed was developed by LRDGames, Inc..