The Best Underground Games

Update : Deadshot added at rank #19.
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Cube Escape (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

A horror game inspired by the liminal space aesthetic. Explore a huge unknown facility deep underground and solve puzzles while trying to figure out who you are, and why you are here.


  • underground
  • horror
  • editor
  • dystopian
  • level
  • sokoban
  • linear
  • psychological
  • puzzle
  • 3d
  • solitaire
  • single-player
  • exploration
  • stealth
  • first-person

2

HAAK (2020)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Explore the ruins of the once glorious city as Haak, the brave traveler. With retro-futuristic pixel world and hand-drawn graphics, this Metroidvania-style game will keep you hooked, using your hook, dash, and charged slash to uncover hidden rooms and secrets. Enjoy extremely good and fluid platforming, fun mechanics, solid level design and challenges that adapt to your skills. Make meaningful choices to change the game's fate with multiple endings. Join in and become the light that repels the darkness!


What we like:
  • Fun platforming
  • Great combat mechanics
  • Well-designed levels
  • Good controls
  • Engaging story and atmosphere
What could be improved:
  • Linear with stingy ability gating
  • Tedious and punishing platforming with dubious checkpoints
  • Inconsistent exploration
  • Poor translation
  • Lack of boss variety

  • platform
  • underground
  • dystopian
  • metroidvania
  • comic
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • book
  • rpg
  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • combat

3

The Longing (2020)

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85
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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch

An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.


  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • walking-simulator
  • underground
  • idler
  • multiple-endings
  • hand-drawn
  • idle
  • real-time
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • experimental
  • exploration
  • book
  • 2d

4

holedown (2018)

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PC Windows

Dig deep underground by shooting balls and breaking blocks, traversing your way to the planet cores. Choose your ideal upgrades such as more starting balls, more shots per round, or storing more crystals, based on your play style and overall strategy.

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  • underground
  • cooperative
  • local
  • physics
  • stylized
  • arcade
  • space
  • minimalist
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • controller-support
  • multiplayer
  • puzzle

5

Mining Mechs (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!

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  • mech
  • mining
  • underground
  • cooperative
  • procedural
  • scroller
  • choices
  • robots
  • family-friendly
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • adventure

6

Promesa (2020)

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80
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PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.


  • surreal
  • underground
  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • experimental
  • relaxing
  • stylized
  • narration
  • pixel
  • psychological
  • cinematic
  • atmospheric
  • shooter
  • exploration
  • story

7

The Mine (2024)

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PC Windows

Embark on a captivating 3D point-and-click adventure in the copper mines of 17th-century Sweden. With a mix of humor and puzzles ranging from accessible to challenging, "The Mine" will transport you to a unique historical setting.


  • underground
  • point-and-click
  • historical
  • horror
  • clicker
  • cinematic
  • education
  • adventure
  • third-person
  • comedy
  • 3d
  • fiction
  • survival-horror
  • mystery

8

Never Return (2021)

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early access PC Windows

"Never Return" is a 3D action adventure game with roguelike elements. There are various weapon types to choose from. Each Type has its own play style. With thousands of creative prefixes and a huge amount of skills, every player can easily create their own build.

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  • loot
  • underground
  • character
  • rogue-like
  • cooperative
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • customization
  • local

9

KINGDOM of the DEAD (2022)

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PC Windows

Immerse yourself in a dreadful hand-drawn horror world and push Death’s armies back to the underworld!

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  • noir
  • first-person
  • underground
  • comic
  • survival-horror
  • fps
  • hand-drawn
  • horror
  • shooter
  • book
  • stylized
  • action-adventure
  • gore
  • 3d

10

ShadowBringer (2022)

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PC Windows

Escape the underground research facility and discover the truth of your origin. ShadowBringer is a 3D stealth game where you take on the role of a shadowy monster. Awakened with no recollection of the past, a voice in your head whispers softly to you: "Get out of this place".

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  • underground
  • lore
  • 3d
  • linear
  • horror
  • first-person
  • stealth
  • retro-futuristic
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • aliens

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