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Games like A Long Way Down

If A Long Way Down is your kind of game, the closest matches are Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder, Banners of Ruin and Iris and the Giant — 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 A Long Way Down: A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.

2020StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Seenapsis Studio
A Long Way Down — Steam game cover
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Deck building feels fresh with unique synergiesDungeon master actively thwarts your plansHybrid of roguelite and spatial puzzlesAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into A Long Way Down 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. Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with A Long Way Down.

    Top pick for A Long Way Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Banners of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with A Long Way Down.

    Second-strongest match for A Long Way Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with A Long Way Down.

    Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

    2021StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Iris and the Giant

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with A Long Way Down.

    Third-strongest match for A Long Way Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?

    2020StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Little Adventure Tale

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for A Long Way Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Little Adventure tale is a Roguelike Deckbuilder set in a cute fantasy world where you can enlist the help of the Guild to Hire companions and manage several Card Decks & Accept Quests to earn more rewards! All this in order to banish the Evil Lord Obradin!

    2025StrategyIndieRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with A Long Way Down.

    Ranked #5 for A Long Way Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    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. Deep Sky Derelicts

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with A Long Way Down.

    Ranked #6 for A Long Way Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Roguebook

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Long Way Down.

    Ranked #7 for A Long Way Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Long Way Down.

    Ranked #8 for A Long Way Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to A Long Way Down

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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with A Long Way Down.

    Reviewers of A Long Way Down cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    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 ↗
  2. Deep Sky Derelicts

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with A Long Way Down.

    Reviewers of A Long Way Down cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Deck of Ashes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with A Long Way Down.

    Reviewers of A Long Way Down cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Long Way Down at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under A Long Way Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with A Long Way Down.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under A Long Way Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Long Way Down.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under A Long Way Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Long Way Down.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under A Long Way Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under A Long Way Down on Steam right now. Shares RPG with A Long Way Down.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under A Long Way Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with A Long Way Down.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under A Long Way Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with A Long Way Down.

    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 ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under A Long Way Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Long Way Down.

    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 ↗

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 A Long Way Down.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Long Way Down.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Long Way Down.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. 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 A Long Way Down.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Long Way Down.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Long Way Down.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with A Long Way Down.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about A Long Way Down

Does A Long Way Down run on Steam Deck?
A Long Way Down 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 A Long Way Down cost?
A Long Way Down is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to A Long Way Down?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Long Way Down are Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder, Banners of Ruin, Iris and the Giant.
Who developed A Long Way Down?
A Long Way Down was developed by Seenapsis Studio and published by Goblinz Publishing, Maple Whispering Limited, Mugen Creations.

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 A Long Way Down.

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