Games like Kindergarten 2
If Kindergarten 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kindergarten, Beyond a Total Loss and Metal Dead — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, funny and mysterious. 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 →Kindergarten 2 is a 2019 indie adventure released by Con Man Games and Sean Young, published by SmashGames. The point-and-click puzzle game continues the darkly comedic premise of its predecessor, taking place on Tuesday at a new school with expanded areas and characters. Players navigate a quest-log system while engaging in card-game mechanics, character interactions, and collectibles hunting for Monstermon cards. The challenging, medium-length adventure is solo-only and verified to run on Steam Deck. Reviewers highlight the contrast between morbid comedy and a cutesy pixelated aesthetic, with players describing it as both dark and whimsical. Collectibles and secret Monstermon cards provide additional incentive to explore, and players note that no task feels like a waste of time. The game holds a 98% positive rating from 4,308 Steam reviews.
About Kindergarten 2: 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.
Players who liked Kindergarten 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Kindergarten 2 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.
Kindergarten
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten 2.
Top pick for Kindergarten 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
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.
Beyond a Total Loss
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Kindergarten 2.
Second-strongest match for Kindergarten 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
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.
Metal Dead
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Kindergarten 2.
Third-strongest match for Kindergarten 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
A hilariously terrifying adventure filled with laughs, blood, insanity, and of course... hordes of the undead.
FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Kindergarten 2.
Ranked #4 for Kindergarten 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
CARRION
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a dark mood with Kindergarten 2.
Ranked #5 for Kindergarten 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Kindergarten 3
WHY THIS
Shares character interaction, puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten 2.
Ranked #6 for Kindergarten 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Kindergarten 2.
Ranked #7 for Kindergarten 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
This Strange Realm Of Mine
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Kindergarten 2.
Ranked #8 for Kindergarten 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Kindergarten 2
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Mars Underground
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a mysterious mood with Kindergarten 2.
Reviewers of Kindergarten 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked. Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.
Kindergarten
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten 2.
Reviewers of Kindergarten 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
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.
Kindergarten 3
WHY THIS
Shares character interaction, puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten 2.
Reviewers of Kindergarten 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Class of '09
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Kindergarten 2.
Reviewers of Kindergarten 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kindergarten 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Kindergarten 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Kindergarten 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Kindergarten 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Kindergarten 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Kindergarten 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Kindergarten 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Kindergarten 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Kindergarten 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindergarten 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Kindergarten 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
CARRION
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a dark mood with Kindergarten 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Kindergarten 3
WHY THIS
Shares character interaction, puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Kindergarten 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Kindergarten 2.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
Frequently asked about Kindergarten 2
- Is Kindergarten 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Kindergarten 2 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Kindergarten 2 cost?
- Kindergarten 2 is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kindergarten 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kindergarten 2 are Kindergarten, Beyond a Total Loss, Metal Dead.
- Who developed Kindergarten 2?
- Kindergarten 2 was developed by Con Man Games, Sean Young and published by SmashGames.
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