Games like Hayfever
If Hayfever is your kind of game, the closest matches are Square Inertia, Ooga and Voltorometer Recharged + — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its allergies fuel movement mechanics, checkpoints reduce frustration and atmospheric. 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 Hayfever: Help Thomas the Allergic Mailman gather all his lost letters in this challenging and unique 2D platformer! In Hayfever, the player takes control of Thomas – a young postman with a strong work ethic. There is just one tiny little issue… Thomas suffers from terrible (and we mean TERRIBLE) allergies.
Players who liked Hayfever also play
Steam players who put hours into Hayfever 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.
Square Inertia
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hayfever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
Try to set the fastest times possible in Square Inertia: a fast-paced, momentum-based precision platformer. Race against the clock to improve your own personal best times and beat the author times set for each level.
Ooga
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hayfever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hayfever.
Help Ooga to retrieve his stolen food stockpile in this fast-paced, spear-based parkour platformer. Play the first world and a half in the free demo, secrets included!
Voltorometer Recharged +
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hayfever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hayfever.
A remake of a Flash game you've never heard of! Escape from the factories that want to harvest your electrical energy and platform your way through over 30 levels across many worlds. Unlock new modes, challenges and more in this remade version of the original.
Blade-Shift Rage
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hayfever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Blade-Shift Rage is a lightning-paced, combo-chasing 2D action platformer, with brutal one hit kills and deaths. Teleport to dodge attacks, slash and shoot anyone who stands in your way and dash to complete tough platforming challenges, chasing S-Rank scores.
Pop Top Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hayfever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hayfever.
POP TOP ADVENTURE is a platform game, about the adventure with PEP POP, the hero who will need your help to recover the stolen trophies. Jump, climb, swim... Collect coins and emeralds... Defeat enemies and level bosses.. And enjoy the best of POP TOP ADVENTURE!
Red Bash
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hayfever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
Red Bash is a difficult, retro-styled precision platformer with one catch: use the enemies projectiles to your advantage. Redirect them to destroy obstacles or boost yourself to even greater heights. Master over 45 tight, handcrafted stages in multiple environments that offer different challenges.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hayfever.
Ranked #7 for Hayfever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hayfever.
Ranked #8 for Hayfever fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hayfever.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Hayfever
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Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hayfever.
Reviewers of Hayfever cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Dustforce DX
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Hayfever.
Reviewers of Hayfever cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hayfever.
Reviewers of Hayfever cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hayfever.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hayfever at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hayfever on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
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 Hayfever on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
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 Hayfever on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hayfever.
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 Hayfever on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
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 Hayfever on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hayfever.
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 Hayfever on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
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 Hayfever on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Hayfever on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hayfever.
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 Hayfever.
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 Hayfever.
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 Hayfever.
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 Hayfever.
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 Hayfever.
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 Hayfever.
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 Hayfever.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Voltorometer Recharged +
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Hayfever.
A remake of a Flash game you've never heard of! Escape from the factories that want to harvest your electrical energy and platform your way through over 30 levels across many worlds. Unlock new modes, challenges and more in this remade version of the original.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hayfever.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Hayfever.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hayfever.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hayfever.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
Frequently asked about Hayfever
- How much does Hayfever cost?
- Hayfever is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hayfever?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hayfever are Square Inertia, Ooga, Voltorometer Recharged +.
- Who developed Hayfever?
- Hayfever was developed by Pixadome.
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 Hayfever.
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