Games like Tamarin
If Tamarin is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone, Pond Scum: A Gothic Swamp Tale and Gwen The Hen 64 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and cozy. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Tamarin: Explore, leap and shoot to save your family from the insect invasion! Leap with the agility of a tamarin as you journey into the Northern wilderness, in a world full of exploration, 3D-platforming and bug-splattering action!
Players who liked Tamarin also play
Steam players who put hours into Tamarin 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.
The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tamarin.
Top pick for Tamarin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tamarin.
With your crack team and the help of the SmurfoMix, liberate the village of the Smurfs from the grip of the Green Stone!
Pond Scum: A Gothic Swamp Tale
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tamarin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tamarin.
Plunge into the mysterious Deep Swamp as Snappy the Caiman, navigating punishing platforming and collecting hidden Golden Fangs in this Dioramic VR adventure. Meet new friends, eat old ones, and remember: call your mother!
Gwen The Hen 64
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tamarin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tamarin.
Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.
LUNA'S TALE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tamarin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tamarin.
Help Luna in collecting coins, defeating enemies, overcoming hurdles and exploring huge worlds in saving her forest from the evil forces in this classic 3d platformer.
Time on Frog Island
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Tamarin.
Ranked #5 for Tamarin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tamarin.
Cast away on an island paradise complete with a cast of friendly frogs. Enjoy sandbox island life and explore at your own pace, solving sticky situations for your new friends and trading your way to fixing your ship!
The Smurfs - Mission Vileaf
WHY THIS
Shares collectathon exploration and a whimsical mood with Tamarin.
Ranked #6 for Tamarin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tamarin.
Go on an adventure to save your forest! Gargamel, the evil sorcerer just created the VILEAF, a plant that has the ability to attract and capture the Smurfs... but it's also TOXIC! Embody 4 iconic Smurfs and heal the plants on your way to Gargamel's hovel: the whole forest depends on you!
Funko Fusion
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Tamarin.
Ranked #7 for Tamarin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tamarin.
Experience a festival of fandom like never before in Funko Fusion! Play through iconic worlds and mashup characters inspired by some of your favorite franchises in an action-adventure game with uniquely authentic, irreverent humor from the creative minds of 10:10 Games.
Lorena and the Land of Ruins
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tamarin.
Ranked #8 for Tamarin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tamarin.
Lorena and the Land of Ruins is a third-person 3D platform shooter in which you explore a beautiful fantasy world filled with many mysteries and ruins of the past!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tamarin at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Tamarin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tamarin.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tamarin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tamarin.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tamarin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tamarin.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tamarin on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tamarin.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tamarin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tamarin.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tamarin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tamarin.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tamarin.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Tamarin.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tamarin.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tamarin.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tamarin.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tamarin.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tamarin.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Gwen The Hen 64
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Tamarin.
Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.
Time on Frog Island
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Tamarin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tamarin.
Cast away on an island paradise complete with a cast of friendly frogs. Enjoy sandbox island life and explore at your own pace, solving sticky situations for your new friends and trading your way to fixing your ship!
The Smurfs - Mission Vileaf
WHY THIS
Shares collectathon exploration and a whimsical mood with Tamarin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Tamarin.
Go on an adventure to save your forest! Gargamel, the evil sorcerer just created the VILEAF, a plant that has the ability to attract and capture the Smurfs... but it's also TOXIC! Embody 4 iconic Smurfs and heal the plants on your way to Gargamel's hovel: the whole forest depends on you!
Funko Fusion
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Tamarin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Tamarin.
Experience a festival of fandom like never before in Funko Fusion! Play through iconic worlds and mashup characters inspired by some of your favorite franchises in an action-adventure game with uniquely authentic, irreverent humor from the creative minds of 10:10 Games.
Frequently asked about Tamarin
- How much does Tamarin cost?
- Tamarin is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tamarin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tamarin are The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone, Pond Scum: A Gothic Swamp Tale, Gwen The Hen 64.
- Who developed Tamarin?
- Tamarin was developed by Chameleon Games.
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 Tamarin.
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