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Games like Boulder Dash Deluxe

If Boulder Dash Deluxe is your kind of game, the closest matches are BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary, Be Brave, Barb and What TIME Is It — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and nostalgic. 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 Boulder Dash Deluxe: Boulder Dash® Gem collecting puzzle action in an update of the classic game!

2021StrategyAdventureCasual14.99 USDWindows · macOSby BBG Entertainment GmbH
Boulder Dash Deluxe — Steam game cover
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Collectible power ups encourage replaying cavesNostalgic inclusion of original levelsPuzzles feel handcrafted with unique solutionsChallengingContemplativeNostalgic

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Steam players who put hours into Boulder Dash Deluxe 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. BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Boulder Dash Deluxe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    BOULDER DASH® 40th Anniversary – A legend returns! Immerse yourself in 40 years of video game history and experience the classic BOULDER DASH® in an epic anniversary edition!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Be Brave, Barb

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Boulder Dash Deluxe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Barb the cactus has lost her positive affirmations! How will she get through the day? How will she face her fears? How will she defeat King Cloudy and his evil henchmen? I have no idea. Maybe you should play this gravity-bending platforming adventure right now and find out?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. What TIME Is It

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Boulder Dash Deluxe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    In order to get the time without using the extreme, looking for suspicious items around, crack the heavy fog!

    2021IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hidden Series 1

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Boulder Dash Deluxe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Experience the engaging and addictive Hidden Series 1 game to find the hidden objects across 40 challenging levels. We have carefully crafted the puzzles which will give the ultimate challenges unlimited fun and allow you to relax.

    2023IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Crown Jewelz

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Boulder Dash Deluxe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Darkness has fallen, and the Queen’s jewels have been stolen by the Swine kingdom. As your lands bravest warrior, only you can embark on this perilous quest to reclaim what was lost !

    2024ActionStrategyIndie5.00 USDSteam ↗
  6. Hidden Series 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Boulder Dash Deluxe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Experience the engaging and addictive Hidden Series 2 game to find the hidden objects across 30+ challenging levels. We have carefully crafted the puzzles which will give the ultimate challenges unlimited fun and allow you to relax.

    2023ActionSportsStrategy1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Ranked #7 for Boulder Dash Deluxe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TurnOn

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Ranked #8 for Boulder Dash Deluxe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    "TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Boulder Dash Deluxe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    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 Boulder Dash Deluxe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Boulder Dash Deluxe on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    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 ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Boulder Dash Deluxe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Boulder Dash Deluxe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    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 ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Boulder Dash Deluxe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    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 ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Boulder Dash Deluxe on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    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 ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Boulder Dash Deluxe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from BBG Entertainment GmbH

Other recommendable Steam games by BBG Entertainment GmbH, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Boulder Dash - 30th Anniversary

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind Boulder Dash Deluxe. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Boulder Dash® - 30th Anniversary™ features classic retro-style gameplay with 220 exciting levels across 11 new, gorgeous and unique worlds, and 10 playable characters. The new level editor and Steam Workshop support offers potentially infinite replay with both user as well as community-created levels.

    2016ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. DYNABLASTER

    WHY THIS

    Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind Boulder Dash Deluxe. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Having been a blockbuster, DYNABLASTER® is a game for the strategic thinker whose smart tactics will instill fear in his competitors – playing online or local against others or against the computer. In this captivating action game, destroy your enemies with cleverly placed bombs.

    2023ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. SHARK! SHARK!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind Boulder Dash Deluxe. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    Inspired by the legendary SHARK! SHARK!® game released in its original version for the Intellivision® home console in 1982, this reimagined version for up to four players offers you a modern and addictive gameplay, fantastic graphics, great sounds, lots of levels and many underwater characters.

    2023ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ASTROSMASH

    WHY THIS

    Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind Boulder Dash Deluxe. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    ASTROSMASH® was originally a Shoot´em up game for the Intellivision® console in 1981. This reimagined version is based on the game’s original theme and gameplay but much more exciting and challenging. The new graphics are phenomenal and the amazing background music adds a lot of excitement.

    2023ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary

    WHY THIS

    Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind Boulder Dash Deluxe. Shares Strategy and Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    BOULDER DASH® 40th Anniversary – A legend returns! Immerse yourself in 40 years of video game history and experience the classic BOULDER DASH® in an epic anniversary edition!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. ASTROSMASH 1981

    WHY THIS

    Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind Boulder Dash Deluxe. Shares Casual with Boulder Dash Deluxe.

    In this retro arcade hit, you control a laser gun and have to shoot asteroids, bombs and other objects to collect points and ensure your survival

    2024ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Boulder Dash Deluxe

How much does Boulder Dash Deluxe cost?
Boulder Dash Deluxe is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Boulder Dash Deluxe?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Boulder Dash Deluxe are BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary, Be Brave, Barb, What TIME Is It.
Who developed Boulder Dash Deluxe?
Boulder Dash Deluxe was developed by BBG Entertainment GmbH.

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 Boulder Dash Deluxe.

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