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Games like Dead Pixels

Closest overall match: Legend of Dungeon (★ 2.7). Highest rated: The Binding of Isaac at ★ 3.9. Quickest to finish: Destination Sol at about 1 hours.

These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Dead Pixels — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Pixel Graphics, Roguelike and 2D.

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  1. Legend of Dungeon

    1. Legend of Dungeon

    Shares Procedural Generation, Roguelike, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen and Pixel Graphics and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2013
    Rating
    ★ 2.7
    Metacritic
    62
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    18%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG, Indie

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  2. Destination Sol

    2. Destination Sol

    Shares Procedural Generation, Roguelike, Survival, Pixel Graphics and 2D and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.

    Year
    2015
    Rating
    ★ 2.6
    Playtime
    1h
    Shared genres
    4, RPG, Indie

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  3. Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition

    3. Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition

    Shares Procedural Generation, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2014
    Rating
    ★ 2.5
    Playtime
    2h
    Finish rate
    41%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG, Indie

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  4. Magicite

    4. Magicite

    Shares Side Scroller, Roguelike, Survival, Pixel Graphics and cooperative and 2 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2014
    Rating
    ★ 3.6
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    41%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG, Indie

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  5. The Binding of Isaac

    5. The Binding of Isaac

    Shares Procedural Generation, Roguelike, Survival, 2D and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2011
    Rating
    ★ 3.9
    Metacritic
    84
    Playtime
    5h
    Finish rate
    49%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG, Indie

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  6. Guardians of Orion

    6. Guardians of Orion

    Shares Local Multiplayer, Split Screen, Survival, cooperative and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.7 lower.

    Year
    2015
    Rating
    ★ 2.3
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    12%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG, Indie

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  7. The Expendabros

    7. The Expendabros

    Shares Side Scroller, Controller, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen and Pixel Graphics and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2014
    Rating
    ★ 3.5
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    67%
    Shared genres
    4, Indie

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  8. River City Ransom: Underground

    8. River City Ransom: Underground

    Shares Local Multiplayer, Split Screen, Pixel Graphics, cooperative and 2D and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 higher.

    Year
    2017
    Rating
    ★ 3.6
    Playtime
    4h
    Shared genres
    4, RPG, Indie

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  9. Teleglitch: Die More Edition

    9. Teleglitch: Die More Edition

    Shares Procedural Generation, Roguelike, Survival, Pixel Graphics and 2D and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2013
    Rating
    ★ 2.7
    Metacritic
    78
    Playtime
    2h
    Finish rate
    18%
    Shared genres
    4, Indie

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  10. Super House of Dead Ninjas

    10. Super House of Dead Ninjas

    Shares Procedural Generation, Roguelike, Controller, Pixel Graphics and 2D and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2013
    Rating
    ★ 3.5
    Metacritic
    79
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    45%
    Shared genres
    4, Indie

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  11. Deadly 30

    11. Deadly 30

    Shares Side Scroller, Zombies, Survival, 2D and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2014
    Rating
    ★ 2.5
    Playtime
    3h
    Shared genres
    4, Indie

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  12. Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

    12. Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

    Shares Pixel Graphics, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2011
    Rating
    ★ 2.6
    Metacritic
    64
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    40%
    Shared genres
    4, RPG, Indie

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What is the best game like Dead Pixels?

On our similarity model, Legend of Dungeon is the closest match to Dead Pixels — shares Procedural Generation, Roguelike, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen and Pixel Graphics and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.

Which game like Dead Pixels is rated highest?

The Binding of Isaac holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.9/5 from 1,191 players.

How this list is built

Every game in our catalog is scored against Dead Pixels 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.

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