Streets of Red : Devil's Dare Deluxe similar games & best alternatives

Streets of Red : Devil's Dare Deluxe

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

Welcome to Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe, the permadeath multiplayer horror beat'em up that bestows players with the skills of retro gaming heroes in a fight against a legion of undead monstrosities. The chills, thrills, bills, and opportunity to learn new skills won't stop until every street runs red with blood!

What works
  • Strong local co-op multiplayer
  • Nostalgic retro pixel art and sound
  • Varied characters with unique abilities
  • Roguelite progression and branching levels
  • Humorous pop culture and horror references
Things to keep in mind
  • Short overall game length
  • No online multiplayer support
  • Some control and ui issues
  • Repetitive enemy waves and environments
  • Steep difficulty curve for newcomers

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Streets of Rage 4

  • Fight'N Rage

  • Little Fighter 2 Remastered

  • 99Vidas

  • BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

  • Entropy Survivors

  • GigaBash

  • SpiderHeck

  • I Am The Hero

Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • I Am The Hero

  • Skeletal Avenger

  • Jitsu Squad

If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Cooperation

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  • Escapism

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Streets of Red : Devil's Dare Deluxe: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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