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Games like Dark Matter
InterWave Studios · 2013 · 43 % positive of 258
24 games that play like Dark Matter and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Endoparasitic 2, Endoparasitic and Ghost Song.
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At a glance
What games like Dark Matter have in common
- The tags they share most often with Dark Matter: Sci-fi (19 of 24), Horror (17) and Survival Horror (14).
- They came out between 2009 and 2025, 22 of them after Dark Matter (2013).
- Best rated by Steam players: SIGNALIS (96 % positive of 26,157).
By gameplay
Plays like Dark Matter
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Endoparasitic 2
87 % positive of 504
Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
Endoparasitic
93 % positive of 2,674
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Action
Ghost Song
83 % positive of 1,254
Shared: Side Scroller · Sci-fi · Metroidvania
Dead Space
90 % positive of 51,259
Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
Dead Space (2008)
91 % positive of 27,660
Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
Cosmodread
91 % positive of 405
Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
Syndrome
64 % positive of 344
Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
Phantaruk
62 % positive of 227
Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Action
Alien: Isolation
93 % positive of 60,831
Shared: Sci-fi · Female Protagonist · Horror
Dead Space™ 2
94 % positive of 25,946
Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
Axiom Verge
90 % positive of 6,064
Shared: Side Scroller · Sci-fi · Metroidvania
System Purge
96 % positive of 166
Shared: Sci-fi · Metroidvania · Female Protagonist
More matches
- The Persistence68 % positive of 160Shared: Sci-fi · Female Protagonist · Horror
- HYPERVIOLENT56 % positive of 267Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
- OVERWHELM85 % positive of 232Shared: Metroidvania · Horror · Platformer
- REDO!88 % positive of 216Shared: Side Scroller · Sci-fi · Metroidvania
- SOMA95 % positive of 45,365Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
- Scars Above77 % positive of 2,762Shared: Sci-fi · Female Protagonist · Horror
- Dead Space™ 373 % positive of 12,702Shared: Sci-fi · Horror · Survival Horror
- Monstrum90 % positive of 3,479Shared: Horror · Survival Horror · Action
- Angel's Gear72 % positive of 185Shared: Side Scroller · Sci-fi · Metroidvania
- Dark Light79 % positive of 697Shared: Sci-fi · Metroidvania · 2.5D
- Darkness Assault52 % positive of 655Shared: Female Protagonist · Horror · Survival Horror
- SIGNALIS96 % positive of 26,157Shared: Sci-fi · Female Protagonist · Survival Horror
By look
Looks like Dark Matter
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
83 % positive of 1,527
Rochard
91 % positive of 1,730
System Shock® 2 (1999)
94 % positive of 7,611
Alien Breed 3: Descent
74 % positive of 578
Alien Shooter 2 Conscription
81 % positive of 586
Dex
86 % positive of 3,418
Alpha Prime
55 % positive of 1,465
CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
91 % positive of 311
Portal 2
98 % positive of 433,510
Droid Assault
82 % positive of 370
Alien Breed: Impact
74 % positive of 1,789
The Red Solstice
70 % positive of 2,501
More matches
- Crimsonland92 % positive of 3,002
- Alien Breed 2: Assault69 % positive of 1,006
- Nemesis: Distress53 % positive of 334
- Alien Hallway64 % positive of 325
- Species: Unknown94 % positive of 11,578
- Bad Bots55 % positive of 260
- Halfway72 % positive of 990
- Defy Gravity Extended86 % positive of 8,552
- Stellar Tactics80 % positive of 1,430
- Selaco91 % positive of 4,436
- CRYPTARK82 % positive of 1,822
- Barotrauma93 % positive of 75,334
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.