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Games like Mongrel

If Mongrel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slime Princess, Moon Hunters and Hades II — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Mongrel: The only roguelite where your only form of public transport is getting flushed in a toilet. Gain reputation with intellectually struggling humans to get a chance at intimacy with the only female in town and fight your way through the underworld to uncover the secrets of this twisted society!

2025ActionIndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDWindowsby Fischmell
Mongrel — Steam game cover

Players who liked Mongrel also play

Steam players who put hours into Mongrel 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. Slime Princess

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mongrel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Slime Princess is a pixel style stand-alone game that combines platform action, dungeon exploration and Roguelike elements. Players will play the role of a heroic slime and embark on a challenging adventure in order to save the slime princess who has been kidnapped by evil forces.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Moon Hunters

    WHY THIS

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

    Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?

    2016IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Hades II

    WHY THIS

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

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dunjungle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mongrel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mongrel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Seed Hunter 猎源

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mongrel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Seed Hunter is a 2D Platformer with Roguelite element. You’re the alien finding the missing source around universe, but you get into some trouble on the planet of Earth.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.07 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WASTED

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Mongrel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Get wasted or get wasted trying in WASTED, a roguelike post-apocalyptic pub crawler. Fight tooth and nail, bullets and baseball bats in search of Booze, gain strange mutational Hangovers, and explore the Coolers in search of powerful weapons, armor, and a nice stiff drink to top it all off.

    2016ActionIndieRPG12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Overture

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mongrel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mongrel at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mongrel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mongrel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Mongrel.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mongrel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mongrel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mongrel.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mongrel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mongrel.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mongrel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mongrel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mongrel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mongrel.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 Mongrel.

    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 Mongrel.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mongrel.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dunjungle

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. WASTED

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Mongrel.

    Get wasted or get wasted trying in WASTED, a roguelike post-apocalyptic pub crawler. Fight tooth and nail, bullets and baseball bats in search of Booze, gain strange mutational Hangovers, and explore the Coolers in search of powerful weapons, armor, and a nice stiff drink to top it all off.

    2016ActionIndieRPG12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mongrel

How much does Mongrel cost?
Mongrel is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mongrel?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mongrel are Slime Princess, Moon Hunters, Hades II.
Who developed Mongrel?
Mongrel was developed by Fischmell.

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 Mongrel.

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