Catacomb Kids similar games & best alternatives

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Catacomb Kids

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.

What works

  • Deep and emergent gameplay mechanics
  • Challenging but fair combat and platforming
  • High replayability with procedural generation
  • Creative item and spell interactions
  • Active developer and community engagement

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and high difficulty
  • Limited content and classes in early access
  • Some repetition in level design
  • Lack of online multiplayer
  • Infrequent updates due to solo development

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Enter the Gungeon

  • Caveblazers

  • TowerClimb

  • Voidigo

  • Risk of Rain (2013)

  • Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

More relaxing

Games that feels like Catacomb Kids but with a more relaxing feel

  • It Lurks Below

  • Terraria

  • Monster Sanctuary

  • Chronicon

  • Soulash 2

  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Less social

Games that feels like Catacomb Kids but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Rogue's Tale

  • Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG

  • Rogue Legacy

  • Lone Fungus

  • Zexion

  • Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Catacomb Kids: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026