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2023PEGI 16PC, Steam Deck playable60 % positivefree

A punishing first-person fantasy dungeon crawler where squads of class-based adventurers compete for loot against monsters and each other. Every run is an extraction gamble between greed and survival.

  • Resources and survival
  • Loot and gear
  • Competing against other players
  • Co-op or multiplayer

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In short: Games like Dark and Darker

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dark and Darker special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Dungeon Stalkers

91 %Match

2025PC, Steam Deck playable47 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Dark and Darker: hunting for loot and gear, scarce resources and survival as well as competing against other players.

A multiplayer extraction-style dungeon crawler where you team up with companions to fight monsters and rival adventurers, grab loot, and escape the dungeon alive.

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Playing together in co-op

A co-op first-person slaughterfest set in the Warhammer world, where four heroes with distinct careers carve through hordes of Skaven and Chaos warriors with weighty melee combat. Loot progression and brutal higher difficulties give it lasting replay value.

Escape from Tarkov

Resources and survival

A brutally hardcore extraction shooter where every raid risks all the gear you bring in. It stands out for its deep weapon customization, realistic ballistics and nerve-wracking encounters with other players.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Playing together in co-op

A brutal four-player co-op shooter set in the grim hive city of Tertium, mixing heavy melee and ranged combat against huge enemy hordes. Classes, weapons and talents drive long-term progression, while the Warhammer 40,000 atmosphere makes every fight feel weighty.

Marauders

Resources and survival

A space-themed extraction shooter where you board derelict ships as a pirate, solo or in a squad, fighting players and AI, looting gear, and trying to escape alive.

Arena Breakout: Infinite

Resources and survival

An unforgiving extraction shooter where you risk your gear in raids against AI and real players, keeping only what you manage to carry out alive. Realistic gunplay and sharp sound design keep every encounter tense.

Hunt: Showdown 1896

Competing against other players

A tense PvPvE extraction shooter set in the bayous of late-1800s Louisiana, where you hunt monstrous bosses while other teams hunt you. Slow period weapons, sound that gives you away and the permanent loss of your hunter make every match nerve-wracking.

Realm Royale Reforged

Co-op or multiplayer

A fantasy-flavored battle royale where you pick a class, forge weapons, and use powerful abilities and mounts to outrun the deadly fog. Play solo or in a team to be the last one standing.

The Cycle: Frontier

Resources and survival

A sci-fi extraction shooter on an alien planet: you drop in, loot and complete contracts, then must reach evac alive while rival players and hostile creatures try to take everything from you.

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