Games like Deadlight: Director's Cut
Closest overall match: Mega Man 11 (★ 3.7). Highest rated: Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince at ★ 3.9. Quickest to finish: Sacred Citadel at about 1 hours.
We compared Deadlight: Director's Cut 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: Full controller support, 2D and Steam Achievements.
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63%
1. Mega Man 11
Shares 2.5D, Side Scroller, Steam Leaderboards, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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61%
2. BloodRayne Betrayal
Shares Side Scroller, Steam Leaderboards, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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61%
3. Deadlight
Shares 2.5D, Post-apocalyptic, Side Scroller, Zombies and 2D and 3 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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60%
4. Strange Brigade
Shares Zombies, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7
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59%
5. Sacred Citadel
Shares Side Scroller, Steam Leaderboards, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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59%
6. Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7, 83
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58%
7. Final Exam
Shares Side Scroller, Zombies, Steam Leaderboards, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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58%
8. TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT
Shares Steam Leaderboards, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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58%
9. Dead Island Retro Revenge
Shares Zombies, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.7 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 4
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58%
10. Volgarr the Viking
Shares Side Scroller, Steam Leaderboards, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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57%
11. Mighty No. 9
Shares 2.5D, Side Scroller, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 1.2 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Metacritic
- 52
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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57%
12. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Deadlight: Director's Cut?
On our similarity model, Mega Man 11 is the closest match to Deadlight: Director's Cut — shares 2.5D, Side Scroller, Steam Leaderboards, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
Which game like Deadlight: Director's Cut is rated highest?
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.9/5 from 217 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Deadlight: Director's Cut 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.