Games like Dark Matter on PC
Closest overall match: Rochard (★ 3.1). Highest rated: Intrusion 2 at ★ 3.1. Quickest to finish: Rochard at about 1 hours.
These 11 games score highest on our similarity model for Dark Matter — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: 2D, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud.
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71%
1. Rochard
Shares 2.5D, Side Scroller, Partial Controller Support, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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70%
2. Humanity Asset
Shares 2.5D, Metroidvania, Shoot 'Em Up, Side Scroller and 2D and 3 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 1.4
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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67%
3. Planes, Bullets and Vodka
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 1.7
- Playtime
- 5h
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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67%
4. Stellar 2D
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Partial Controller Support, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 1.5
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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66%
5. SAMOLIOTIK
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Horror, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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66%
6. Canyon Capers
Shares 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 1.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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66%
7. RADical ROACH Deluxe Edition
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Side Scroller, Partial Controller Support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 1.6
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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65%
8. Super Splatters
Shares Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 2h
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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64%
9. Intrusion 2
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Side Scroller, Partial Controller Support, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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64%
10. The Culling Of The Cows
Shares Side Scroller, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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63%
11. Enemy Mind
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Side Scroller, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.1
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Dark Matter on PC?
On our similarity model, Rochard is the closest match to Dark Matter on PC — shares 2.5D, Side Scroller, Partial Controller Support, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; released within 2 years.
Which game like Dark Matter is rated highest?
Intrusion 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.1/5 from 70 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Dark Matter on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.