Games like It Lurks Below
If It Lurks Below is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chronicon, Beyond the Map and Himno The Silent Melody: Ruins — 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.
Get personalized picks →About It Lurks Below: It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.
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Chronicon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with It Lurks Below.
Top pick for It Lurks Below fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Use the magical device known as the Chronicon to travel into the souls and memories of fallen heroes to re-live their grand tales! Epic adventures full of loot and monsters await!
Beyond the Map
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering and an atmospheric mood with It Lurks Below.
Second-strongest match for It Lurks Below fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Himno The Silent Melody: Ruins
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for It Lurks Below fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
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.
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with It Lurks Below.
Ranked #4 for It Lurks Below fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Carve your path in this Hack’n’Slash free from class boundaries. Purify a world shattered by corruption, and uncover the grim secrets and forgotten horrors lurking in the shadows of this forsaken land as you rise in Power. Your Inner aspect beckons—will you answer?
The Slormancer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with It Lurks Below.
Ranked #5 for It Lurks Below fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Fight hordes of enemies led by The Slormancer, an evil warlock from the past, in an absurd yet epic Action RPG! Experience fast-paced gameplay, loads of shiny loot, tons of collectibles, countless hours of content, and carefully crafted pixel art.
Len's Island
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for It Lurks Below fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Rune Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with It Lurks Below.
Ranked #7 for It Lurks Below fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Rune Knights is a cooperative action RPG focused on customization, crafting, and combat. Customize your character's aesthetics, stats, gameplay, and gear as you battle through procedurally generated and hand-crafted levels with your allies.
Portal Knights
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with It Lurks Below.
Ranked #8 for It Lurks Below fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with It Lurks Below.
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
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Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with It Lurks Below.
Reviewers of It Lurks Below cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with It Lurks Below.
Reviewers of It Lurks Below cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with It Lurks Below.
Reviewers of It Lurks Below cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Asteria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with It Lurks Below.
Reviewers of It Lurks Below cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Asteria is a fast paced indie platformer, wrapped up in a sandbox sci-fi world where everything is destructible, mineable, collectable, craftable and creatable.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of It Lurks Below cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Minecraft Legends
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering and a challenging mood with It Lurks Below.
Reviewers of It Lurks Below cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with It Lurks Below.
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
Diablo® IV
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with It Lurks Below.
Reviewers of It Lurks Below cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with It Lurks Below.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below It Lurks Below at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with It Lurks Below.
Priced ~50% under It Lurks Below on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under It Lurks Below on Steam right now. Shares Indie with It Lurks Below.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under It Lurks Below on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under It Lurks Below on Steam right now. Shares Action with It Lurks Below.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under It Lurks Below on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under It Lurks Below on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with It Lurks Below.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with It Lurks Below.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with It Lurks Below.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with It Lurks Below.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with It Lurks Below.
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.
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Frequently asked about It Lurks Below
- Does It Lurks Below run on Steam Deck?
- It Lurks Below 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 It Lurks Below cost?
- It Lurks Below is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to It Lurks Below?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside It Lurks Below are Chronicon, Beyond the Map, Himno The Silent Melody: Ruins.
- Who developed It Lurks Below?
- It Lurks Below was developed by Graybeard Games and published by Skystone Games.
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