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Games like Beyond a Total Loss

If Beyond a Total Loss is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kindergarten, MEAT-GRINDER and Christmas Massacre — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its absurdist humor shines, multiple endings to uncover and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Beyond a Total Loss: Beyond a Total Loss is a darkly humorous 2D action-adventure (with a dash of survival horror) about a balding moustachioed dim-witted drunk called John Harry, who comes to the conclusion that signing an unreadable contract in exchange for a gun maybe isn't the best of ideas.

2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDWindowsby Pseudobug
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Players who liked Beyond a Total Loss also play

Steam players who put hours into Beyond a Total Loss also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Kindergarten

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Top pick for Beyond a Total Loss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.

    2017IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. MEAT-GRINDER

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Beyond a Total Loss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Have a human MEATGRINDER with Obi the freelance hitman! Fulfill contracts all over the planet, open a beer, turn off your brain: it's time to kill and solve the financial problems of Obi and her peculiar family!

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Christmas Massacre

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Third-strongest match for Beyond a Total Loss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Christmas is coming and Larry's got a big problem - his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Lead him through his murder rampage.

    2021ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kindergarten 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Ranked #4 for Beyond a Total Loss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

    2019IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Ranked #5 for Beyond a Total Loss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Ranked #6 for Beyond a Total Loss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.

    1997ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Count Lucanor

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Beyond a Total Loss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.

    2016IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The American Dream

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Beyond a Total Loss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Look down the barrel of a future where all your everyday needs are solved with guns.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Beyond a Total Loss

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Maniac Mansion

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Reviewers of Beyond a Total Loss cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...

    2017Adventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Resident Evil 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Reviewers of Beyond a Total Loss cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Flashback

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Beyond a Total Loss cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    20 years after the original game’s launch, Conrad is enlisted back to active service for the triumphant return of one of the most acclaimed franchises in gaming history.It’s not a reboot. It’s Flashback re-imagined.

    2013ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. LISA: The Painful

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Reviewers of Beyond a Total Loss cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    The miserable journey of a broken man...

    2014IndieAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. the another world

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Beyond a Total Loss cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    The Another World is a fantasy-themed adventure game where you have to defeat the monster king, but before that, you have to find a key to open each door to reach the monster king, and every time you look for the key, there will be monsters in your way! Be careful

    2024ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Beyond a Total Loss at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beyond a Total Loss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beyond a Total Loss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Beyond a Total Loss on Steam right now. Shares Action with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beyond a Total Loss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beyond a Total Loss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Priced ~90% under Beyond a Total Loss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Beyond a Total Loss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beyond a Total Loss on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Beyond a Total Loss.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Total Loss.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond a Total Loss.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Beyond a Total Loss

How much does Beyond a Total Loss cost?
Beyond a Total Loss is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Beyond a Total Loss?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Beyond a Total Loss are Kindergarten, MEAT-GRINDER, Christmas Massacre.
Who developed Beyond a Total Loss?
Beyond a Total Loss was developed by Pseudobug.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Beyond a Total Loss.

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