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Games like Bully: Scholarship Edition

  • 22 games
  • Updated Nov 4, 2026

Players who liked Bully: Scholarship Edition also play

The closest matches to Bully: Scholarship Edition: POSTAL 2, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, South Park™: The Stick of Truth™, Saints Row 2, and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition.

    • $0.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • 2012
  1. Rank 04

    Saints Row 2

    Why this: Same nostalgic mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2009
  2. Rank 06

    L.A. Noire

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2011
  3. Rank 07

    Prototype™

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2009

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Bully: Scholarship Edition

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    POSTAL 2

    Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition.

    • 97% of 42,176 reviews
  2. 2
    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 81% of 69,451 reviews
  3. 3
    South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

    Also Satire and Dark Humor, like Bully: Scholarship Edition.

    • 97% of 30,327 reviews
  4. 4
    Saints Row 2

    Same nostalgic mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition.

    • 75% of 8,283 reviews
  5. 5
    Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

    Genres: Action, Adventure, Racing

    • 96% of 29,085 reviews
  6. 6
    L.A. Noire

    Genres: Strategy, Adventure

    • 84% of 15,686 reviews
  7. 7
    Prototype™

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 76% of 5,002 reviews
  8. 8
    Return to campus

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Free To Play

    • 71% of 87 reviews
  9. 9
    Mafia II (Classic)

    Genres: Action

    • 91% of 10,160 reviews
  10. 10
    Goat Simulator

    Same whimsical mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition.

    • 90% of 30,042 reviews
  11. 11
    LEGO® City Undercover

    Genres: Action

    • 90% of 3,484 reviews
  12. 12
    Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

    Genres: RPG

    • 81% of 31,079 reviews
  13. 13
    Little Inferno

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 96% of 5,491 reviews
  14. 14
    河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu : The Books of Dragon)

    Shares combat system and open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition.

    • 86% of 364 reviews
  15. 15
    Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 1,482 reviews
  16. 16
    Just Cause™ 3

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 87% of 45,015 reviews
  17. 17
    Fable - The Lost Chapters

    Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG

    • 90% of 4,307 reviews
  18. 18
    Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition

    Genres: Action

    • 76% of 5,908 reviews
  19. 19
    Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 99% of 368 reviews
  20. 20
    Scribblenauts Unlimited

    Genres: Strategy, Adventure, Casual

    • 94% of 5,282 reviews
  21. 21
    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Genres: RPG

    • 92% of 101,764 reviews
  22. 22
    Psychonauts

    Genres: Action

    • 96% of 8,804 reviews
  23. 23
    Sunset Overdrive

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 90% of 6,834 reviews
  24. 24
    SpongeBob SquarePants™: The Patrick Star Game

    Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual

    • 82% of 170 reviews
Bully: Scholarship Edition — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2008
  • Developer: Rockstar New England
  • Price: $14.99checked Nov 4
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 80% of 14,817 reviews
  • Genres: Action, Adventure
  • Metacritic 72
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Soundtrack enhances atmosphere
  • Tactical positioning matters in combat
  • Nostalgic
  • Whimsical
  • Character interaction
  • Combat system

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About Bully: Scholarship Edition

The closest matches to Bully: Scholarship Edition: POSTAL 2, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, South Park™: The Stick of Truth™, Saints Row 2, and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Bully: Scholarship Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are POSTAL 2, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition and South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as nostalgic and whimsical, and single out its character interaction and combat system. 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.

Bully: Scholarship Edition is an open-world action-adventure game set in a satirical boarding school environment, released by Rockstar New England in 2008. The experience combines character-interaction and school-life-simulation mechanics with combat-systems and open-world-exploration, tasking players with navigating social hierarchies as 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins. Players describe the atmosphere as whimsical and nostalgic, and reviewers highlight that the soundtrack enhances the overall experience. Combat rewards tactical-positioning-matters, adding strategic depth to encounters. The game maintains a normal difficulty level with a medium length, designed as a solo-only sit-down experience. Currently priced at $14.99 USD, it holds an 80% positive rating from 14,817 Steam reviews and is marked as Playable on Steam Deck.

About Bully: Scholarship Edition: Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.

Is Bully: Scholarship Edition worth buying?

  • 80% of 14,817 Steam reviews are positive.
  • Last 30 days: 82% positive across 326 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
  • Price: $14.99 (checked Nov 8).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 17 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 6 h before their negative review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Bully is an open world action adventure game with a school life theme. The gameplay feels janky with ridiculously bad controls. The game constantly crashes, doesn’t support proper resolutions, and it really strains your eyes. The FPS is…”
9 h played
“The story is good but I do not recommend it because it keeps crashing if ur playing it for 20-30 minutes.”
0 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: POSTAL 2, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

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Frequently asked about Bully: Scholarship Edition

Can I run it?

Does Bully: Scholarship Edition run on Steam Deck?

Bully: Scholarship Edition is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.

How much does Bully: Scholarship Edition cost?

Bully: Scholarship Edition is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Bully: Scholarship Edition?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bully: Scholarship Edition are POSTAL 2, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.

Who developed Bully: Scholarship Edition?

Bully: Scholarship Edition was developed by Rockstar New England and published by Rockstar Games.