Games like Deadline Escape
Looking for games like Deadline Escape? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Deadline Escape is a action game from 2026; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Terraria with 1,216,769 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Terraria
2011 · Action
1,216,769 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Rust
2018 · Action
1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
676,875 reviews · 95% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into horror.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
2017 · Action
579,234 reviews · 83% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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The Forest
2018 · Action
570,988 reviews · 96% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Unturned
2017 · Action
563,169 reviews · 91% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into free to play.
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Geometry Dash
2014 · Action
557,534 reviews · 93% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into difficult.
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Hollow Knight
2017 · Action
487,097 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into metroidvania.
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Valheim
2021 · Action
452,821 reviews · 94% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Lethal Company
2023 · Action
409,614 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into online co-op.
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Brawlhalla
2017 · Action
406,735 reviews · 80% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into free to play.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
2025 · Action
374,314 reviews · 89% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: a 2025 take.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like Deadline Escape?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to Deadline Escape by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Terraria (1,216,769 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like Deadline Escape" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Deadline Escape, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.