Games like SLUDGE LIFE
If SLUDGE LIFE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Jazzpunk: Director's Cut, ENA: Dream BBQ and Valley — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hypnotic soundtrack enhances immersion, atmospheric 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.
Get personalized picks →SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person open-world indie adventure set on a polluted island where players explore, tag graffiti, and hunt for collectibles. The game features environmental interaction, a photo mode, and multiple endings that reviewers highlight as encouraging replayability. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, dark, and hypnotic, with absurd humor woven into both dialogue and the world itself. The movement is described as weighty and tactile, and the soundtrack is frequently cited by players as enhancing immersion. Reviewers also note that the island rewards exploration with hidden stories scattered throughout. Developed by Terri Vellmann and Doseone, published by Devolver Digital, and released in 2021, the game costs $14.99 and is verified to run on Steam Deck. It holds a 96% positive rating from over 1,100 Steam reviews.
About SLUDGE LIFE: SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.
Players who liked SLUDGE LIFE also play
Steam players who put hours into SLUDGE LIFE 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.
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Top pick for SLUDGE LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Second-strongest match for SLUDGE LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Valley
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Third-strongest match for SLUDGE LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.
Suicide Guy
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Ranked #4 for SLUDGE LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Suicide Guy is set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist. What would you do in order to save the thing you love most? Immerse yourself into his weird dreams and help him to wake up before it's too late.
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for SLUDGE LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below SLUDGE LIFE at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under SLUDGE LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
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...
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under SLUDGE LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under SLUDGE LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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 SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE.
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 SLUDGE LIFE.
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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More from Terri Vellmann
Other recommendable Steam games by Terri Vellmann, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
High Hell
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Another title from Terri Vellmann, the studio behind SLUDGE LIFE. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).
Heavy Bullets
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Another title from Terri Vellmann, the studio behind SLUDGE LIFE. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
SLUDGE LIFE 2
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting, environmental interaction and an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Another title from Terri Vellmann, the studio behind SLUDGE LIFE. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
SLUDGE LIFE 2 is the grimiest first-person vandalism sim since the first SLUDGE LIFE—but, like, twice as dense. Explore a huger, weirder, gnarlier open world loaded with secrets, weirdos, jokes, and, of course, plenty of spots to tag.
SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting, environmental interaction and an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Another title from Terri Vellmann, the studio behind SLUDGE LIFE. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Munch down a bite-sized SLUDGE LIFE experience in this free self-contained interlude.
GUNCHO
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Another title from Terri Vellmann, the studio behind SLUDGE LIFE.
In this small scale, turn based tactics game, you spin Guncho's revolver cylinder to keep his bullets aligned to enemies. Fight your way through randomly generated shootouts. Upgrade your bullets and use tactical abilities to defeat your foes. Ride your donkey and become the ultimate Pistolero.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Suicide Guy
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with SLUDGE LIFE.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Suicide Guy is set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist. What would you do in order to save the thing you love most? Immerse yourself into his weird dreams and help him to wake up before it's too late.
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Frequently asked about SLUDGE LIFE
- Is SLUDGE LIFE verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — SLUDGE LIFE 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 SLUDGE LIFE cost?
- SLUDGE LIFE is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to SLUDGE LIFE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SLUDGE LIFE are Jazzpunk: Director's Cut, ENA: Dream BBQ, Valley.
- Who developed SLUDGE LIFE?
- SLUDGE LIFE was developed by Terri Vellmann, Doseone and published by Devolver Digital.
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