- #1 BloodLust Shadowhunter
97% matchVery Positive81% of 355 reviews2015
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bloodlust is a dungeon crawling / action RPG experience that will allow players to explore the dark underworld of a forgotten society of Vampires and their disciplines, all while trying to battle for hierarchy among the clans in search of their sire.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.7%, RPG 33.8%, Action 13.9%, Action RPG 13.6%
- #2 Empyreal
96% matchMixed69% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: Silent GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Empyreal is a complex, challenging, feature-rich action RPG. In a far-flung corner of the galaxy an Expedition arrives on a hitherto unexplored planet to find a colossal Monolith built by a lost civilisation.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.2%, Action RPG 24.6%, Third Person 12%, RPG 11.9%, Exploration 9.1%
- #3 Dark Light: Survivor
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 352 reviews2026
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows
Dark Light: Survivor is a dark sci-fi action roguelike with ARPG loot and third-person shooter combat. Switch anytime between top-down view and TPS aiming as you build weapons, skills, and classes across brutal multiverse runs.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.3%, Cyberpunk 19.3%, Action 16.5%, RPG 14.5%, Dark 9.3%
- #4 Project Hive
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Project Hive is a third-person shooter game in which you play as Alexei, a survivor stranded in the destroyed mining facility Hive on the planet Proxima. His quest will lead him through the dark secrets of Talium Industries.
Why similar: Shooter 28%, Aliens 21.6%, Third Person 16.9%, Action 12.1%, Futuristic 8%
- #5 Into The Dark
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Esenthel
Windows
Action-Oriented Dungeon Crawler RPG
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.6%, Action RPG 33.1%, RPG 18%, Action 7.6%, Combat 2.3%
- #6 Spark in the Dark
93% matchVery Positive88% of 1,195 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Fish
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The hardcore dark fantasy Dungeon Crawler where you will go to the endless depths of a mysterious grim Dungeon.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 37.2%, Action RPG 20.1%, RPG 15.3%, Dark 10.7%, Exploration 8.9%
- #7 INSOMNIA: The Ark
94% matchMixed59% of 1,267 reviews2018
Dev: Mono StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
INSOMNIA is a dieselpunk sci-fi RPG about the slowly degrading remnants of human society attempting to survive on an abandoned space metropolis. Develop your character, explore lovingly handcrafted locations, interact with peculiar NPCs and factions and try to stay alive in this brutal world.
Why similar: Action RPG 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, RPG 14.8%, Shooter 13%, Third Person 11%
- #8 Mother Hub
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26%, Shooter 19.8%, RPG 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Horror 12.1%
- #9 LIFE EFFECT Survival
91% matchVery Positive87% of 519 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 27.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.5%, Aliens 15.1%, Shooter 9.5%, Futuristic 8.8%
- #10 Ravensword: Undaunted
91% matchMixed50% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Trimatra InteractivePub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
Ravensword: Undaunted is a FPS dungeon crawler inspired by Hexen and Heretic, set within the Ravensword Universe.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 27.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 20.4%, Action RPG 16.7%, Shooter 12.8%, RPG 8.5%
- #11 ELDERBORN
90% matchVery Positive86% of 3,082 reviews2020
Dev: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
ELDERBORN - a Metal AF* Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. Be that merciless slayer. Uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom. Forge your own destiny! *Action Fantasy.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.2%, Action RPG 28.1%, Dark 14.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Action 7.3%
- #12 CRABS MUST DIE!
89% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Roman Kharlamov
Windows
You've crash-landed on a forgotten planet and must survive in a hostile open world filled with mutated crabs and other enemies. Armed with weapons, a beat-up bike, and a few skills, you'll explore, fight, scavenge, and level up. A compact open-world shooter with light RPG and survival elements.
Why similar: Action RPG 22.5%, Shooter 16.7%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, RPG 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
- #13 Dark Light
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 748 reviews2022
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 39.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Dark 13.4%, Action 13.3%, Horror 12.8%
- #14 Gloomgrave
88% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2023
Dev: Netmancer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gloomgrave is a roguelike turn-based dungeon crawler where you will explore, loot, and fight your way through the ever-shifting dungeon to defeat the evil that lies below.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 50%, RPG 20.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Dark 10%, Action 8.2%
- #15 Death Below
87% matchMixed54% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Soft
Windows
Death Below - is a third-person action adventure with elements of survival horror. The plot of the game is based on the legend of the Soviet experiment of the 1940s.You will plunge into a dark world, and begin an exciting investigation, fighting on your way with thousands of distraught people
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29%, Shooter 25.2%, Third Person 13.7%, Horror 11.5%, Action 10.7%
- #16 Dark Sector
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,546 reviews2009
Dev: Digital Extremes
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%
A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.
Why similar: Shooter 30.4%, Action 26.4%, Third Person 23.9%, Horror 12.5%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #17 ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY
84% matchVery Positive81% of 566 reviews2026
Dev: ASD Games StudioPub: ASD Games © 2026
Windows · Linux
A former special forces operative is sent to uncover a government cover-up tied to a secret viral experiment. As he explores a hidden underground lab and tracks the last two survivors, he realizes the facility conceals even darker secrets.
Why similar: Aliens 34.5%, Third Person 18.9%, Dark 16.6%, Horror 13.4%, Action 10.3%
- #18 Dolmen
86% matchMixed60% of 476 reviews2022
Dev: Massive Work StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Dolmen is a terrifying new action RPG that combines futuristic Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror elements. Will your timeline be erased or will you defeat your enemies to survive and fulfil your mission?
Why similar: RPG 56.8%, Action 35.2%, Sci-fi 8%
- #19 GRAVEN
85% matchMixed54% of 1,528 reviews2024
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Action, mystery, and a chance for redemption await you in the gritty first-person action-adventure GRAVEN. Explore a dark fantasy world as a wrongly convicted man of faith. Battle the horrors of humanity, the wilds, and beyond using armaments, magic, and the environment.
Why similar: Shooter 34.9%, RPG 25.7%, Exploration 20.9%, Action 13.2%, Combat 4.4%
- #20 VOID CRAWLER
84% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Ricardo Pratas
Windows
Void Crawler is a horror game set in a dystopian future, where you pilot a vehicle nicknamed 'The Mole' into a mysterious void deep within the Earth to collect an extremely valuable material for a company dedicated to solving the world's energy crisis.
Why similar: Aliens 34.9%, Dark 15.6%, Exploration 15.5%, Horror 15.2%, Action 11.1%
- #21 Dreamspring
82% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Billyfighter
Windows · Linux
Dreamspring is a dark fantasy styled, open world dungeon crawler inspired by games like Morrowind and King's Field. Explore a dying kingdom and it's different realms in first person action combat, styled in a mix of retro and vaporwave aesthetics.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.7%, Action RPG 26%, Shooter 17.7%, RPG 16.9%, Exploration 9.6%
- #22 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,983 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.6%, RPG 17.9%, Third Person 12.5%, Exploration 11.8%, Dark 10.5%
- #23 ShadowBringer
81% matchVery Positive83% of 208 reviews2022
Dev: Marshmallow HammerPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Escape the underground research facility and discover the truth of your origin. ShadowBringer is a 3D stealth game where you take on the role of a shadowy monster. Awakened with no recollection of the past, a voice in your head whispers softly to you: "Get out of this place".
Why similar: Aliens 28.4%, Horror 22.2%, Action 18.4%, Futuristic 13%, Dark 11%
- #24 3089 -- Futuristic Action RPG
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 557 reviews2014
Dev: Phr00t's Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
3089 is a futuristic, procedurally generated, open-world action role-playing game. All terrain, enemies, weapons, items, quests & more are uniquely generated. Will you obey your creator, the Overlord, or find your own path?
Why similar: RPG 54.2%, Action 22.6%, Futuristic 17.4%, Sci-fi 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #25 When the Light Dies
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Electric MonkeysPub: PQube
Windows
Step into a world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. Seek out precious supplies, reinforce your arsenal, and uncover forbidden knowledge to unleash the terrifying powers of the ‘Old Ones’.
Why similar: Horror 58.5%, Action 38.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #26 Malignant Survivors
79% matchMixed63% of 312 reviews2024
Dev: Eren Aydin
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
3D rogue-like action game in a dark fantasy theme. Blow up thousands of malignants and find quality loot to improve your heroes for harder challenges.
Why similar: Action RPG 47.5%, RPG 27.7%, Action 12.7%, Dark 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #27 Remnant: From the Ashes
78% matchVery Positive84% of 57,286 reviews2019
Dev: Gunfire GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
Why similar: RPG 30.5%, Shooter 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Action 17.7%, Horror 6.4%
- #28 Dungeons & Darkness
80% matchMixed69% of 121 reviews2016
Dev: Yamiuchi ProjectPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore various dungeons, making use of various weapons and magic! Challenge the most deadly locations, make your name as an adventurer! Clear the corridors of monsters, collecting tools and weapons as you go. Watch out for booby traps!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 33.8%, RPG 27.7%, Action RPG 15.9%, Action 14.8%, Dark 7.3%
- #29 Lunacid
75% matchVery Positive91% of 11,455 reviews2023
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 55.4%, Action RPG 20.2%, RPG 16.4%, Horror 6.6%, Combat 1%
- #30 EMPTY SHELL
76% matchVery Positive88% of 847 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Shooter 41.9%, Horror 21%, Dark 14.9%, Action 13.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #31 Within the Cosmos
77% matchMixed45% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: debdev
Windows
Within the Cosmos is a sci-fi RPG. After awakening in a secluded star system, you soon discover a fractured human society grappling with an emerging android threat. Explore planets, uncover mysteries, and navigate differing philosophies. Your choices will shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Action RPG 24.6%, Shooter 18.4%, RPG 15.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Robots 9.6%
- #32 Mars: War Logs
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,034 reviews2013
Dev: SpidersPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.
Why similar: RPG 26.4%, Cyberpunk 20.3%, Action RPG 15.6%, Third Person 15.2%, Action 10.7%
- #33 HELL GALAXY
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Italian Games Factory
Windows
A thrilling singleplayer space shooter that blends weird fiction, dark gritty sci-fi, and transhumanism. Fly your spaceship and fight your way through a galaxy where your mind is at risk just as much as your "body": nothing here is human. Not even you.
Why similar: Action RPG 32%, Aliens 31.7%, Shooter 18.7%, Exploration 14.1%, Combat 2.9%
- #34 Potentia
76% matchMixed68% of 428 reviews2021
Dev: Wily Pumpkin
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Third person shooter action adventure game with post-apocalyptic theme. Witness the adventures of Victor and his friends in this abandoned world.
Why similar: Shooter 31%, Third Person 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Action 13.6%, Exploration 12.8%
- #35 Ereban: Shadow Legacy
73% matchVery Positive88% of 332 reviews2024
Dev: Baby Robot Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a fast-paced stealth platformer game where you become Ayana, the last descendant of a forgotten race. Harness mystical shadow powers, high-tech gadgets and avoid or kill to uncover the truth about your past and the key to saving a dying, morally grey universe.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.3%, Exploration 19.7%, Robots 16.1%, Third Person 14.4%, Dark 14.4%
- #36 Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted
74% matchMixed65% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: Blackburne Games Yazılım A.Ş.
Windows
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted is a souls-like game with Enrage mechanic which sets in a Nature themed dark fantasy world. Fight your way from the deepest dungeons to the top of the clouds and save the corrupted nature in this mysterious "pre-human" era-themed epic story.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.7%, RPG 16.5%, Third Person 15.9%, Dark 12.5%, Exploration 11.7%
- #37 EVOTINCTION
72% matchVery Positive89% of 231 reviews2024
Dev: Spikewave GamesPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
In 'Evotinction', a third-person hacking and stealth game, you are Dr. Liu, the only one who can stop rogue AIs in a futuristic research facility. Use a variety of hacking skills to overcome robotic threats and uncover the secrets that hold the key to humanity's survival or its potential extinction.
Why similar: RPG 20.3%, Action RPG 20%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Futuristic 16.4%, Exploration 11.9%
- #38 Extraneum
71% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: David JalbertPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
Extraneum is an old-school, sci-fi single-player first person shooter with an emphasis on exploration and secret hunting. Fight your way through biohacked monstrosities and stop their progress before they take control of the entire world.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.8%, Shooter 19.2%, Futuristic 15.3%, Dark 11.2%, Exploration 10.3%
- #39 Immortal Heritage
73% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: LC.Game
Windows
A 3D RPG !
Why similar: Action RPG 43.8%, RPG 22%, Third Person 15.3%, Action 9.8%, Exploration 4.9%
- #40 Twelves:Shadow
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: JuLu Studio
Windows
"Twelve Shadows" is a hardcore Boss Rush action game set in an Eastern dark mythology. Players take on the role as "WuMing," challenging twelve bosses and exploring a unique Chinese-style world inspired by the twelve zodiac signs. Each adventure is a test of courage and wisdom
Why similar: Action RPG 32.6%, RPG 29%, Action 16.9%, Third Person 11.9%, Dark 8%
- #41 Inner Chains
75% matchMixed48% of 607 reviews2017
Dev: Telepaths TreePub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.
Why similar: Shooter 32.1%, Dark 24.9%, Horror 20.1%, Action 16.4%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #42 Enrobssyba
71% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Alexco Games
Windows
Enrobssyba is a dark fantasy roguelite that thrusts you into a shadowed, ever-changing dungeon, teeming with enemies, upgrades, and untold power.
Why similar: Third Person 39.2%, Dark 23.4%, Action 19.9%, Horror 17.6%
- #43 Bonehold
69% matchVery Positive84% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Jackal
Windows
Dungeon Crawler with elements of rogue-like and ARPG games. Kill hordes of enemies, duel mighty bosses, and acquire legendary loot!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32.5%, Action RPG 25.8%, Dark 13.9%, RPG 13.4%, Exploration 7.3%
- #44 Alien Shooter 2 - New Era
72% matchMixed51% of 293 reviews2022
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A desert, an abandoned city, cramped underground corridors of MAGMAs research centers, and for hundreds of kilometers around there is only darkness and thousands of monsters coming from all sides. You have only two options - to achieve your goal or die.
Why similar: Action RPG 29.5%, RPG 16.4%, Third Person 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Aliens 12.5%
- #45 Automaton Heart
68% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Luke Vincent
Windows · Linux
Automaton Heart is an RPG with platforming elements where you visit obscure and interesting places while upgrading your organs and strategizing about which items to bring along.
Why similar: Action RPG 26.9%, Shooter 20.1%, RPG 15.2%, Third Person 14.3%, Robots 11.2%
- #46 Hellpoint
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,510 reviews2020
Dev: Cradle GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.
Why similar: Action RPG 26.6%, RPG 18.9%, Third Person 14%, Dark 12.7%, Action 10.4%
- #47 The Excrawlers
69% matchVery Positive89% of 131 reviews2023
Dev: Game Dynasty
Windows
Action-RPG slasher in which you have to get into the dark atmosphere of dungeons full of monsters and madness.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 52.3%, Action RPG 26.3%, Action 20%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #48 Alien Shooter
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,748 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The endless darkness and the somber, long passages of a military complex have become the abode of evil, thousands of blood-thirsty creatures fill its offices, storehouses and mysterious laboratories. About 1,000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 26.5% ★, Aliens 20.2%, Action RPG 15.4%, Shooter 15%, RPG 7.5%
- #49 ROUTINE
65% matchVery Positive92% of 8,198 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Aliens 36.1%, Dark 19.5%, Exploration 13.6%, Horror 12.6%, Action 9.1%
- #50 Alien Shooter: Revisited
71% matchMixed65% of 875 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Crowds of blood-thirsty monsters, crawling from every corner of the secret research base. Gloomy basements and modern labs, darkness changing into blazing bulbs. The only usual thing is: you're in a bad place alone, and there's no one to help you!
Why similar: Shooter 29.4%, RPG 28.1%, Aliens 23.6%, Action 18.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #51 Desecrators
66% matchVery Positive96% of 401 reviews2025
Dev: WoodhoundPub: Perp Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Desecrators is a retro six-degrees-of-freedom shooter set in a 41st-century galaxy where outlaw hovercraft pilots plunder deep-space installations. Loot destructive weapons and powerful upgrades to take on the ultimate heist: the legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.
Why similar: Shooter 45.1%, Robots 28.1%, Action 14%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #52 Exoplanet: First Contact
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 331 reviews2016
Dev: AlersteamPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Build your path in this alien world. Do a dirty job for food or become the one who makes calls. Sometimes the right word makes a bigger impact than a big gun. Explore local culture and mysteries, and discover the harsh yet beautiful nature in this handcrafted singleplayer action RPG.
Why similar: Action RPG 35.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, RPG 16.1%, Exploration 14.9%, Third Person 13.3%
- #53 Shadow of the Depth
67% matchMixed70% of 478 reviews2025
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.9%, Action RPG 31.4%, RPG 18.2%, Action 10.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #54 Vampirem
68% matchVery Positive88% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Another story of Bloodlust, this time told through the eyes of Ravenblood; part Ghost... part Vampire... and 100% bada$$. His journey in search of lost strength and revenge will take you through the dark tombs and dungeons of the Vampirem.
Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Dungeon Crawler 21.6%, Action RPG 14.6%, Action 14.6%, Third Person 11.1%
- #55 DEMON DUST
65% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: PlusW Games
Windows
DEMON DUST is a Survival Horror Dungeon Crawler with a unique, mouse driven interface. Gain knowledge to survive and reach deeper and deeper floors.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 33.5%, Shooter 20.3%, Exploration 13.2%, Dark 10.2%, Horror 9.8%
- #56 EXOME
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 326 reviews2022
Dev: RudeFrog Studios
Windows
EXOME is a co-op sci-fi survival shooter that blends wave-based survival with open-world exploration. Battle hordes of aliens, upgrade your arsenal, and uncover the hidden truths of the deep forest. Will you face it alone or bring your friends along?
Why similar: Shooter 19.8%, Aliens 19.6%, Third Person 16.1%, Exploration 12.6%, Futuristic 10.6%
- #57 Star Explorers
68% matchVery Positive82% of 254 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 36.2%, Aliens 31.6%, Exploration 15.4%, Action 9.3%, Sci-fi 6.7%