Games like Deadlight
Closest overall match: Mark of the Ninja (★ 4.0). Quickest to finish: The Expendabros at about 1 hours.
We compared Deadlight against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: 2D, Side Scroller and Full controller support.
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64%
1. Mark of the Ninja
Shares Short, Side Scroller, Controller, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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63%
2. Electronic Super Joy
Shares Short, Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
3. Deadlight: Director's Cut
Shares 2.5D, Post-apocalyptic, Side Scroller, Zombies and 2D and 3 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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60%
4. TowerFall Ascension
Shares Controller, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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59%
5. Risk of Rain
Shares Side Scroller, Survival, Great Soundtrack, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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58%
6. The Expendabros
Shares Side Scroller, Controller, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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58%
7. You Have to Win the Game
Shares Side Scroller, Controller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
8. Freedom Planet
Shares Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
9. Awesomenauts
Shares Side Scroller, Controller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
10. La-Mulana
Shares Side Scroller, Controller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
11. Outland
Shares Controller, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
12. BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Shares 2.5D, Side Scroller, Controller, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Deadlight?
On our similarity model, Mark of the Ninja is the closest match to Deadlight — shares Short, Side Scroller, Controller, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
Are there games like Deadlight on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 7 games like Deadlight on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Deadlight 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.