Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Deep Rock Galactic (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Deep Rock Galactic on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Dead Space, which both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric.
- Deep Rock Galactic is tagged Dwarf, Co-op, PvE, FPS, Procedural Generation, Class-Based, Shooter, Exploration by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 3 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Dead Space
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Sci-fi and Space; released around the same time (2023).
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Dead Space at a glance Released 2023 Studio Motive Studio Player sentiment 91% positive of 70,458 Price $59.99 HorrorSci-fiSpaceShooterSurvivalDarkCombat
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Pacify
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Exploration and First-Person; released around the same time (2019).
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Pacify at a glance Released 2019 Studio Shawn Hitchcock Player sentiment 86% positive of 42,748 Price $2.19 HorrorExplorationFirst-PersonDarkSci-fiProcedural GenerationPvE
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Alien: Isolation
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Sci-fi and First-Person.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Alien: Isolation at a glance Released 2014 Studio Creative Assembly Player sentiment 93% positive of 66,658 Price $11.99 HorrorSci-fiFirst-PersonSpaceSurvivalFPSShooter
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Inside the Backrooms
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Exploration and First-Person; released around the same time (2022).
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Inside the Backrooms at a glance Released 2022 Studio MrFatcat Player sentiment 80% positive of 46,767 Price $6.99 HorrorExplorationFirst-PersonFPSDarkSci-fiPvE
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Generation Zero
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Survival, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2019).
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
Generation Zero at a glance Released 2019 Studio Systemic Reaction™ Player sentiment 72% positive of 42,169 Price $24.99 SurvivalFPSShooterSci-fiHorrorPvEExploration
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Survival and Shooter; released around the same time (2024).
Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl at a glance Released 2024 Studio GSC Game World Player sentiment 80% positive of 138,669 Price $41.99 FPSSurvivalShooterExplorationFirst-PersonSci-fi
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Lethal Company
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Exploration; released around the same time (2023).
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Lethal Company at a glance Released 2023 Studio Zeekerss Player sentiment 97% positive of 510,597 Price $9.99 HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSci-fiPvEProcedural Generation
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Transmissions: Element 120
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, Horror and First-Person; released around the same time (2016).
TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?
Transmissions: Element 120 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Shokunin Player sentiment 95% positive of 9,952 Price Free ShooterHorrorFirst-PersonFPSSurvivalSci-fi
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Shooter; released around the same time (2017).
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
SCP: Secret Laboratory at a glance Released 2017 Studio Northwood Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 234,020 Price Free HorrorFirst-PersonShooterFPSSurvivalSci-fi
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Prey
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Sci-fi, Space and Horror; released around the same time (2017).
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Prey at a glance Released 2017 Studio Arkane Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 54,539 Price $29.99 Sci-fiSpaceHorrorFPSFirst-PersonExploration
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F.E.A.R.
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Horror, FPS and Shooter.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
F.E.A.R. at a glance Released 2005 Studio Monolith Productions Player sentiment 94% positive of 19,502 Price $9.99 HorrorFPSShooterFirst-PersonDarkSci-fi
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Metro: Last Light
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Horror and First-Person.
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
Metro: Last Light at a glance Released 2013 Studio 4A Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 81,499 Price $19.99 FPSHorrorFirst-PersonShooterSurvivalSci-fi
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, Horror and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2021).
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite at a glance Released 2021 Studio Cold Iron Studios Player sentiment 80% positive of 27,048 Price $29.99 ShooterHorrorSci-fiSurvivalSpacePvE
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
Call of Duty: Black Ops II at a glance Released 2012 Studio Treyarch Player sentiment 86% positive of 49,344 Price $39.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonSurvivalHorrorSci-fi
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Far Cry
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry®, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island.
Far Cry at a glance Released 2004 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 11,764 Price $9.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonSci-fiHorrorSurvival
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The Cycle: Frontier
Why it matched: both survival and science fiction; shares 9 player tags including Survival, Loot and Looter Shooter; released around the same time (2022).
The Cycle: Frontier is a free-to-play PvPvE Extraction Shooter driven by suspense and danger. Prospect for resources and other riches on an abandoned alien world ravaged by a deadly storm, inhabited by monsters and other ambitious Prospectors.
The Cycle: Frontier at a glance Released 2022 Studio YAGER Player sentiment 64% positive of 45,267 Price Not listed SurvivalLootLooter ShooterShooterFirst-PersonFPSExplorationPvE
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Killing Floor 2
Why it matched: both survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Horror and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Killing Floor 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Tripwire Interactive Player sentiment 88% positive of 129,302 Price $2.99 FPSHorrorShooterFirst-PersonSurvivalPvEDark
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No Man's Sky
Why it matched: both survival, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Space, Exploration and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2016).
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
No Man's Sky at a glance Released 2016 Studio Hello Games Player sentiment 85% positive of 414,641 Price $59.99 SpaceExplorationSci-fiSurvivalProcedural GenerationFirst-PersonFPS
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Dead Space 2
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Shooter and Survival.
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
Dead Space 2 at a glance Released 2011 Studio Visceral Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 29,751 Price $19.99 HorrorShooterSurvivalSci-fiSpaceCombat
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Dead Space (2008)
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Sci-fi and Space.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
Dead Space (2008) at a glance Released 2009 Studio EA Redwood Shores Player sentiment 92% positive of 29,163 Price $19.99 HorrorSci-fiSpaceShooterDarkSurvival
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Aliens vs. Predator
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Sci-fi and Horror.
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
Aliens vs. Predator at a glance Released 2010 Studio Rebellion Player sentiment 91% positive of 21,551 Price $1.49 FPSSci-fiHorrorShooterFirst-PersonSurvival
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Destiny 2
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Looter Shooter, FPS and PvE; released around the same time (2017).
Explore the mysteries of Sol and experience exhilirating first-person shooter combat in Destiny 2. Unlock powerful abilities and collect unique gear across story missions, co-op, and PvP modes.
Destiny 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Bungie Player sentiment 79% positive of 661,549 Price Free Looter ShooterFPSPvEShooterLootFirst-PersonSci-fiSpace
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Scorn
Why it matched: both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Dark; released around the same time (2022).
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Scorn at a glance Released 2022 Studio Ebb Software Player sentiment 77% positive of 19,678 Price $39.99 HorrorFirst-PersonDarkSci-fiFPS
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Dead Space 3
Why it matched: both survival, horror and science fiction; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Sci-fi and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
Dead Space 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio Visceral Games Player sentiment 72% positive of 14,960 Price $19.99 HorrorSci-fiShooterSurvivalSpaceDarkCombat
Common questions
What game is most like Deep Rock Galactic?
Dead Space, on the evidence we have. It both survival, horror, science fiction and atmospheric. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Deep Rock Galactic" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Deep Rock Galactic. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.