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Games like Piko Piko

If Piko Piko is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sanae Toumaden X2, Bitter Heaven and Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its funny, unsettling and whimsical. 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 Piko Piko: Take control of Piko, our hammer wielding heroine, as you bash things up with a big hammer in this cute Anime-styled 2D metroidvania-inspired adventure! Uncover mysteries! Beat the bad guys who do naughty things! Explore the Piko Piko world with her floof fox friend!

2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDWindowsby Marquet
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Hammer smashes hearts to stun enemiesPixel art and music praised despite flawsPogo jumping adds vertical mobilityFunnyUnsettlingWhimsical

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Steam players who put hours into Piko Piko 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. Sanae Toumaden X2

    WHY THIS

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

    A mega X Touhou fangame with no X again.

    2022ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bitter Heaven

    WHY THIS

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

    Survive intense bullet-hell bosses. Shoot enemies in the face. Discover the worlds many secrets. Break things with a giant---spoon?

    2024ActionAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Piko Piko.

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

    Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!

    2025ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Alwa's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Piko Piko.

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

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Battle Princess Madelyn

    WHY THIS

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

    Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!

    2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Piko Piko.

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

    Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!

    2014ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Nyaruru Fishy Fight

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Piko Piko.

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

    This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TOOK: The Immortal Hero

    WHY THIS

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

    A hardcore 2D action platformer developed by one person. Play as a memoryless rabbit TOOK to explore the vast Moon Cave world and defeat dozens of powerful enemies, collect the treasures scattered in this world and regain the glory of the Moon Up Group!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.39 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Piko Piko on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piko Piko.

    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 ~67% under Piko Piko on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Piko Piko.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Piko Piko on Steam right now. Shares Action with Piko Piko.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Piko Piko on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Piko Piko.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Piko Piko on Steam right now. Shares Action with Piko Piko.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Piko Piko on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piko Piko.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Piko Piko on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Piko Piko.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Piko Piko on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piko Piko.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Piko Piko.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Piko Piko.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Piko Piko.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck 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. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Piko Piko.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Piko Piko.

    Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!

    2025ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Alwa's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Piko Piko.

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

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Piko Piko.

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

    Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!

    2014ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Nyaruru Fishy Fight

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Piko Piko.

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

    This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Piko Piko

How much does Piko Piko cost?
Piko Piko is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Piko Piko?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Piko Piko are Sanae Toumaden X2, Bitter Heaven, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution.
Who developed Piko Piko?
Piko Piko was developed by Marquet and published by KOMODO.

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 Piko Piko.

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