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Same challenging mood as Hidden Deep.
- $34.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
Games like Hidden Deep
- 24 games
- Updated Nov 8, 2026
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The closest matches to Hidden Deep: Barotrauma, Unspoken, Aliens: Dark Descent, Dead Space™ 3, and Connection: The Nightmare Within. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Same atmospheric mood as Hidden Deep.
- $11.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
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Why this: Same tense mood as Hidden Deep.
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Cogwheel Software
- Price: $24.99checked Nov 8
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 77% of 1,825 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Co op multiplayer adds fun when stable
- Exploration is atmospheric and immersive
- Physics driven climbing feels emergent and tense
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Melancholic
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Why this: Shares exploration with Hidden Deep.
About Hidden Deep
The closest matches to Hidden Deep: Barotrauma, Unspoken, Aliens: Dark Descent, Dead Space™ 3, and Connection: The Nightmare Within. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Hidden Deep is your kind of game, the closest matches are Barotrauma, Unspoken and Aliens: Dark Descent — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and melancholic, and single out its crew lives system and exploration. 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.
Hidden Deep, developed by Cogwheel Software and published by Daedalic Entertainment in 2022, is a physics-based underground survival game where a crew descends into a deep facility using rope placement and physics-driven climbing. A crew-lives system and mission-restart penalties raise the stakes, and online co-op lets players tackle the descent together. Reviewers describe the exploration as atmospheric and immersive, the physics-driven climbing as emergent and tense, and the story as hooking players with a cliffhanger. Spanning action, indie, adventure and early-access genres, it holds a 77% positive rating across 1,825 Steam reviews. The game sells for 24.99 USD and is rated Playable on Steam Deck. A hard, melancholic, tense title built for longer sit-down sessions.
About Hidden Deep: Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…
Is Hidden Deep worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 77% of 1,825 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $24.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Co op multiplayer adds fun when stable
- Exploration is atmospheric and immersive
- Physics driven climbing feels emergent and tense
- Story hooks you with a cliffhanger ending
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Hasn't been updated in a long time and it has some bad bugs in it, especially multiplayer. If they ever fix multiplayer, I'll give it another go and rethink my review.”
“Cool concept, but like many EA games, there is no communication from the developer, and any promised updates have been missed. It was meant to be completed in at most 3 years as the original timeline set... It's been over 3 years, with the…”
People who play it also play: Barotrauma, Unspoken, Aliens: Dark Descent
Frequently asked about Hidden Deep
Can I run it?
Does Hidden Deep run on Steam Deck?
Hidden Deep 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 Hidden Deep cost?
Hidden Deep is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Hidden Deep have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Hidden Deep supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Hidden Deep?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hidden Deep are Barotrauma, Unspoken, Aliens: Dark Descent.
Who developed Hidden Deep?
Hidden Deep was developed by Cogwheel Software and published by Daedalic Entertainment.