Games like The Deadly Path

Looking for that same dark and replayable spark as The Deadly Path? These games are a good place to start.

These Doomed Isles
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Replayable
66% of 179 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Godless
In Godless, you don’t save the world — you end it one turn at a time. Reshape the hex-based battlefield, summon deadly minions, explore endless strategies, and crush mortal heroes in this tactical roguelike!
Dark, Replayable
91% of 95 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Deified
A turn-based tactical roguelite where power comes from cursed relics. Slot them, weigh each bonus against its drawback, and take on seven Lords who corrupted the Gold of the Rhine. No mana, no action points: every turn you are at full strength, and every decision is yours to regret.
Dark, Replayable, Tense
93% of 514 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$14.99
Whispers of the Eyeless
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
Dark, Replayable, Tense
74% of 229 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Death Must Die
Descend into Death's realm with a pantheon of gods betting on you. Pick blessings, stack randomized loot and turn hordes of minions into paste in fast runs that end with one more go. A pixel art survivors-like with real build depth and a grim streak.
Dark, Replayable, Tense
89% of 21,023 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 117$6.99
Gods of the Fallen Land
Gods of the Fallen Land is an action-strategy game centered around base building and villager management. Take on the role of a leader trying to rebuild humanity in a broken and dangerous world. Lead your followers into battle and make strategic decisions on what to develop and build to survive.
Also in Colony sim · Dark, Replayable, Tense
80% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Sintopia
Run Hell Incorporated: process sinful souls through automated punishment facilities, keep your imployees paid, and poke at the Overworld with divine powers. A darkly funny management sim where the paperwork is eternal and the profit margins are yours. Build, automate, and decide what kind of deity you want to be.
Dark, Replayable
80% of 986 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$34.99
dotAGE
You are the Elder, and you have seen the end of the world. Lead your Pips to an empty valley, assign them their daily work and build a village that can survive the Prophecy. A turn-based city builder with board-game worker placement, dark comedy and a doom that keeps coming.
Also in Colony sim · Replayable
95% of 2,580 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$17.59
The King is Watching
A roguelite kingdom builder where your royal gaze is the only power source. Buildings work only while you watch them, so ruling means constantly choosing what deserves your attention: farms, mines or barracks. Survive the waves, beat the boss, spend your lessons on the next reign, and do it all again with a different king.
Replayable
88% of 9,319 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 244$14.99
As We Descend
A dark, tactical roguelike deckbuilder set in humanity's last city. Lead squads of recruited units on expeditions against titanic foes, play the feudal politics of the Vault-City, and carve a path through three biomes to the core. Every run reshapes your decks, your allies and your odds.
Dark, Replayable, Tense
86% of 1,420 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 34$19.99
Heretic's Fork
Hell has an HR department, and now it has you. Manage the underworld from a corporate computer system, build monstrous towers fed by a deck of cards, and stop sinners from escaping the rift. A funny, retro-styled roguelike where every run deals you a different hand.
Replayable
85% of 3,108 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$4.99
Fata Deum - The God Sim
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Also in Colony sim · Dark, Replayable
59% of 416 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

Cheaper than The Deadly Path

Godless

In Godless, you don’t save the world — you end it one turn at a time.

$9.99

Gods of the Fallen Land

Gods of the Fallen Land is an action-strategy game centered around base building and villager management.

$4.99

Death Must Die

Fight through Death's minions with blessings and loot that stack into a different build every run.

$6.99

Heretic's Fork

Build towers with a deck of cards, keep sinners in their place, and turn each run's fresh hand of cards into a new plan.

$4.99

The HELL

Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster.

$9.99

Hell Deck

Command hell's legions on a cramped grid, devour your own units to grow them, and hold the line against a holy purge.

Dawnfolk

Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game.

$9.74

Gods Against Machines

Your world is under attack by a ruthless race of machines, and you are its only hope.

$11.99

The Eastern Sacrifice

“The Eastern Sacrifice” is an idle game combining simulation with Eastern Cthulhu-inspired themes.

$9.99

Pandora's Toybox

Become a God, build a civilization. In this dynamic Roguelite God Simulator, guide human civilization on a procedurally generated pixel world.

$9.99

Gold and Graves

Gold and Graves is a roguelike extraction game where you bribe enemies to recruit them as allies, escape the dungeon, and bring back cards, relics…

$5.99

Despotism 3k

Manage a tiny human workforce to power your evil empire, and laugh while everything goes horribly wrong.

$7.99

Hidden gems like The Deadly Path

Deified

Slot cursed relics, weigh each bonus against its drawback, and face seven Lords in turn-based tactical runs that never play out the same way twice.

$14.99

Hell Deck

Command hell's legions on a cramped grid, devour your own units to grow them, and hold the line against a holy purge.

Dawnfolk

Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game.

$9.74

As We Descend

A dark, tactical roguelike deckbuilder set in humanity's last city.

$19.99

Dungeon Settlers

Raise a settlement in barren land, form a party of four, and take them into a shifting dungeon where death is forever.

$24.99

Sintopia

Process sinful souls through automated punishment facilities while meddling in the Overworld with divine powers.

$34.99

Pandora's Toybox

Become a God, build a civilization. In this dynamic Roguelite God Simulator, guide human civilization on a procedurally generated pixel world.

$9.99

The Ember Guardian

Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

$19.99

Microcivilization

Guide a small settlement from the stone age through fires, plagues and wars, collecting heroes and rebuilding stronger with every run.

$17.99

dotAGE

You are the Elder, and you have seen the end of the world. Lead your Pips to an empty valley, assign them their daily work and build a village that…

$17.59

Worshippers of Cthulhu

Lead the Cult of Cthulhu. Build island cities, run production chains, carve symbols into your followers and perform rituals to Dagon and stranger…

$24.99

Super Fantasy Kingdom

Raise a kingdom from ruins, draft an army of oddballs and hold the walls, one run at a time.

$19.99

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