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Games like Don't Panic!

If Don't Panic! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darkest Dungeon®, FTL: Faster Than Light and Kenshi — 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.

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About Don't Panic!: Don't Panic! a logical strategy with top view. Your goal is to kill all the people on the level by limited number of zombies.

2017StrategyIndie0.99 USDWindowsby V34D4R, YELTYSH
Don't Panic! — Steam game cover

Players who liked Don't Panic! also play

Steam players who put hours into Don't Panic! 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. Darkest Dungeon®

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Don't Panic! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    2016StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. FTL: Faster Than Light

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Don't Panic! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic!.

    This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Kenshi

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Don't Panic! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic!.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Insurgency

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Don't Panic! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Don't Panic! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Orcs Must Die! 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Don't Panic! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic!.

    You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

    2012ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Gunpoint

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Don't Panic! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Don't Panic! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Don't Panic! at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Panic! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Panic! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Panic! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Panic! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Panic! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Panic! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Panic! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Panic! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Don't Panic!.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Don't Panic!

How much does Don't Panic! cost?
Don't Panic! is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Don't Panic!?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Don't Panic! are Darkest Dungeon®, FTL: Faster Than Light, Kenshi.
Who developed Don't Panic!?
Don't Panic! was developed by V34D4R, YELTYSH and published by Conglomerate 5.

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 Don't Panic!.

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