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Games like Depth of Extinction

If Depth of Extinction is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mystical Tactics, The Last Spell and Pathway — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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.

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About Depth of Extinction: Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

2018StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby HOF Studios
Depth of Extinction — Steam game cover
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Character classes encourage creative synergiesFlooded post apocalyptic setting feels freshFollow mode automates tedious overwatch and resource gatheringAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Depth of Extinction 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.

  1. Mystical Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Depth of Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Depth of Extinction.

    Mystical Tactics is a turn-based tactical-RPG roguelike in which you control a squad of adventurers in a mystical world. Train your heroes in fast-paced tactical battles, equip them with powerful items and lead them to repel the Dark Lord and his legions.

    2026StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  2. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Second-strongest match for Depth of Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Pathway

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Third-strongest match for Depth of Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Mortal Glory

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Ranked #4 for Depth of Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming

    WHY THIS

    Shares class synergy and an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Ranked #5 for Depth of Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones. You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Twilight Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Ranked #6 for Depth of Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Twilight Wars is a tactical dungeon crawler set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future. Corporations rule the world. Rebuild a shattered spy agency, assemble a team of elite operatives, and wage a covert war to reclaim the world from the shadows.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG11.54 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Templar Battleforce

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Ranked #7 for Depth of Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Those Who Rule

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Ranked #8 for Depth of Extinction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Depth of Extinction

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. X-COM: Terror From the Deep

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Depth of Extinction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Depth of Extinction.

    The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.

    2007Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Pathway

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Reviewers of Depth of Extinction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Stirring Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Reviewers of Depth of Extinction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Reviewers of Depth of Extinction cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...

    2014Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Halfway

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Reviewers of Depth of Extinction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...

    2014ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. XCOM® 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Reviewers of Depth of Extinction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Depth of Extinction.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. X-COM: UFO Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Reviewers of Depth of Extinction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Depth of Extinction.

    You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

    2008Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Xenonauts

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Depth of Extinction.

    Reviewers of Depth of Extinction cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Depth of Extinction at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Depth of Extinction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Depth of Extinction on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Depth of Extinction.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Depth of Extinction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Depth of Extinction on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Depth of Extinction.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Depth of Extinction on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Depth of Extinction on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Depth of Extinction on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Depth of Extinction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Depth of Extinction.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Depth of Extinction.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Depth of Extinction.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Depth of Extinction.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    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).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Depth of Extinction.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Depth of Extinction

How much does Depth of Extinction cost?
Depth of Extinction is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Depth of Extinction?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Depth of Extinction are Mystical Tactics, The Last Spell, Pathway.
Who developed Depth of Extinction?
Depth of Extinction was developed by HOF Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Depth of Extinction.

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