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Games like Dead
Alec Smith, Dane Winn · 2018 · 90 % positive of 265
24 games that play like Dead and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: OVERWHELM, Mini-Dead and DEADBOLT.
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At a glance
What games like Dead have in common
- The tags they share most often with Dead: Difficult (20 of 24), Bullet Hell (10) and Horror (8).
- They came out between 2016 and 2025, 10 of them after Dead (2018).
- Best rated by Steam players: Bloody Hell (97 % positive of 5,963).
By gameplay
Plays like Dead
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
OVERWHELM
85 % positive of 232
Shared: Difficult · Horror · Souls-like
Mini-Dead
94 % positive of 871
Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter
DEADBOLT
95 % positive of 5,425
Shared: Difficult · Horror · Pixel Graphics
Tormentor❌Punisher
88 % positive of 585
Shared: Difficult · Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter
Bloody Hell
97 % positive of 5,963
Shared: Bullet Hell · Souls-like · Twin Stick Shooter
Doomed to Hell
84 % positive of 227
Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter
BUTCHER
86 % positive of 1,274
Shared: Difficult · Pixel Graphics · Dark
Still Not Dead
76 % positive of 217
Shared: Difficult · Horror · Pixel Graphics
Hellsinker.
89 % positive of 244
Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
Hell is Other Demons
92 % positive of 319
Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
CRUEL
95 % positive of 1,023
Shared: Horror · Shoot 'Em Up · Pixel Graphics
Slash or Die
86 % positive of 254
Shared: Difficult · Souls-like · Pixel Graphics
More matches
- KILL KNIGHT94 % positive of 1,576Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter
- Furi90 % positive of 12,204Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
- Blasphemous90 % positive of 51,484Shared: Difficult · Horror · Souls-like
- Death Goat75 % positive of 339Shared: Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Gore
- ONE BTN BOSSES89 % positive of 162Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
- Blood Harvest 375 % positive of 212Shared: Difficult · Pixel Graphics · Gore
- Slain: Back from Hell71 % positive of 2,332Shared: Difficult · Horror · Souls-like
- God's Trigger73 % positive of 952Shared: Difficult · Top-Down Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up
- Devil Daggers95 % positive of 9,068Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Horror
- Deathsmiles96 % positive of 544Shared: Difficult · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
- UltraGoodness74 % positive of 222Shared: Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Pixel Graphics
- Bloodhound68 % positive of 363Shared: Difficult · Horror · Dark
By look
Looks like Dead
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Pinball Spire
85 % positive of 321
Swallow the Sea
97 % positive of 2,300
Good Robot
83 % positive of 259
HellCat
85 % positive of 213
Remnants of Naezith
87 % positive of 640
Chippy
91 % positive of 1,096
Splodey
93 % positive of 223
Vacuum Pilot
92 % positive of 194
Kalimba
91 % positive of 608
Odinfall
88 % positive of 163
Super Meat Boy Forever
56 % positive of 1,604
Loop-Loop DX
98 % positive of 434
More matches
- Knytt Underground84 % positive of 461
- Ballistic Tanks83 % positive of 242
- Minishoot' Adventures97 % positive of 6,013
- BLACKHOLE85 % positive of 1,051
- Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice71 % positive of 602
- Tetrobot and Co.96 % positive of 502
- Airscape - The Fall of Gravity82 % positive of 2,665
- Heat Signature94 % positive of 7,146
- PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate86 % positive of 212
- Unexplored85 % positive of 712
- Dome Keeper92 % positive of 16,212
- Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)95 % positive of 2,401
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.