Games like Dead Ground
If Dead Ground is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eyeb, Ziggurat and Heart Keeper — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and tense. 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 Dead Ground: Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!
Players who liked Dead Ground also play
Steam players who put hours into Dead Ground 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.
Eyeb
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dead Ground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Ground.
Eyeb is an action packed tower defense-like that pits a young space cadet's bionic eyeball against a harrowing nano-bot invasion. Push out, explore, power up and drop a trillion towers for the glory of facing off with the diabolical Nano-Lord. You can also go fishing in space.
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Ground.
Second-strongest match for Dead Ground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Heart Keeper
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dead Ground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Ground.
Heart Keeper is a survival tower defense game with action roguelike elements. Protect the Sacred Heart by building and upgrading an arsenal of turrets and various structures. Combine strategy and quick reflexes to survive massive waves of enemies!
Loot River
WHY THIS
Shares procedural levels and an atmospheric mood with Dead Ground.
Ranked #4 for Dead Ground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Ground.
Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in this challenging, narrative-rich roguelike. Master deep combat. Slide blocks of ancient ruins. Defeat bestial abominations. Loot, level up, strategize, fight, die and wake up anew. Unlock the secrets of the Loot River. Immortality is a bittersweet gift.
Immortal Redneck
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Ground.
Ranked #5 for Dead Ground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.
Tower of Guns
WHY THIS
Shares procedural levels with Dead Ground.
Ranked #6 for Dead Ground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
Tower of Guns is a fast paced first-person-shooter for the twitch gamer... with a few randomized elements to keep it fresh with each playthrough. It's a short burst "Lunch Break FPS"... not unlike Binding of Isaac mixed with Doom 2. Tower of Guns was made by a guy named Joe (with his brother Mike composing the music).
Winged Sakura: Endless Dream
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Ground.
Ranked #7 for Dead Ground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Ground.
Discover. Build. Defend. Survive. Escort. Open endless doors, discover endless new rooms, and defeat endless robots. Build towers, form contracts, gain new allies, and survive the Endless Dream.
Wild Legion
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Ranked #8 for Dead Ground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Ground.
Wield MULTIPLE weapons and magic spells at the same time. BATTLE Hordes of enemies. GATHER materials to CRAFT bombs and towers. Unlock SYNERGIES to get S-rank attacks. RESCUE animals to get special boosts. SURVIVE!!!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Ground at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dead Ground on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dead Ground on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Ground.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Dead Ground on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Ground.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Dead Ground on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Ground.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead Ground on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Ground.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Dead Ground on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Ground.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead Ground on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Ground.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dead Ground on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Ground.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Ground.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Ground.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Ground.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Ground.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Ground.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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More from Shotx
Other recommendable Steam games by Shotx, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Kontrakt
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Dead Ground.
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind Dead Ground. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
Kontrakt is a hyper-violent action-adventure game about schizophrenia with a dark and twisted story. You will assume the role of a hitman involved in mysterious contract killing, while uncovering the dirty truth and secrets behind the City of Light.
Danger Gazers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Ground.
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind Dead Ground. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
Danger Gazers is a post-apocalyptic roguelite top-down shooter where you pave your own path. The choices you make will decide your fate, it will either turn you into the new ruler or... the ashes to be windswept away.
Dungeons of Clay
WHY THIS
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind Dead Ground. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ground.
Explore the ever-changing dungeons in the surreal world made of clay. Unlock the hidden secrets, overcome the dangers, defeat dreadful creatures and reap the treasures to acquire almighty power.
The Dead Await: Prologue
WHY THIS
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind Dead Ground. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Ground.
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
The Dead Await
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Dead Ground.
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind Dead Ground. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Ground.
Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
Frequently asked about Dead Ground
- How much does Dead Ground cost?
- Dead Ground is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dead Ground?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Ground are Eyeb, Ziggurat, Heart Keeper.
- Who developed Dead Ground?
- Dead Ground was developed by Shotx.
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