Games like Buddy Bash
If Buddy Bash is your kind of game, the closest matches are Island Bender, Manners Be Damned! and Beat Me! — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Buddy Bash: Buddy Bash is a physics-based single and multiplayer 2D platformer arcade game that combines parkour moves and firearms into a cute, yet brutal, cocktail of friendly competitive fun!
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Island Bender
WHY THIS
Top pick for Buddy Bash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Throw Rocks at each other, collect Powerups, and play with up to 6 players in Local Multiplayer.
Manners Be Damned!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Buddy Bash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Push your friends and steal their hats in this couch co-op party platformer for up to 8 players! You’ll play as posh pixel gentlemen with fancy beards and canes, but don’t be fooled - good manners give no points!
Beat Me!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Buddy Bash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Beat Me! is a physics-based multiplayer game for up to 6 players. Play with comical fantasy characters in a wide variety of fun and surprising environments. Challenge your friends locally or beat others over the internet!
BattleCap
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Buddy Bash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Dive into an exhilarating maritime battle for 1 to 4 players! Assemble warships with a variety of bottle caps, allowing the warships to transform and break, experiencing flexible physics that brings a refreshing maritime battle! Fight monsters together, or engage in a battle with your friends.
STAB STAB STAB!
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Buddy Bash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
STAB STAB STAB is a physics-based couch-multiplayer arena stabbing game for up to 8 players. Stab your friends until they pop in versus mode, or team up to defend yourselves against an unending horde of cronenbirds!
Ultimate Chicken Horse
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Buddy Bash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.
Fight Crab
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Buddy Bash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Welcome to Fight Crab.A new 3D action game where you take control of a crab, and fight off other giant enemy crabs.Physics allows for crabs to move powerfully and quickly in this hardcore battle arena.Freely control your pincers to use weapons and develop your own crab fighting style.
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Buddy Bash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Stikbold is a glorious and intense sport which will put your friendships to the test with fast-paced, hard-hitting and occasionally hilariously unfair action! Or play the co-op story mode to unlock the full roster of quirky sporting heroes and earn achievements.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Buddy Bash at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Buddy Bash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Buddy Bash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Buddy Bash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buddy Bash.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Buddy Bash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buddy Bash.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Buddy Bash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buddy Bash.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Buddy Bash on Steam right now. Shares Action with Buddy Bash.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Buddy Bash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Buddy Bash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buddy Bash.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Buddy Bash.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buddy Bash.
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?
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 Buddy Bash.
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 Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Buddy Bash.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buddy Bash.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Buddy Bash.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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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.
Island Bender
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Throw Rocks at each other, collect Powerups, and play with up to 6 players in Local Multiplayer.
Ultimate Chicken Horse
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Buddy Bash.
Stikbold is a glorious and intense sport which will put your friendships to the test with fast-paced, hard-hitting and occasionally hilariously unfair action! Or play the co-op story mode to unlock the full roster of quirky sporting heroes and earn achievements.
Frequently asked about Buddy Bash
- How much does Buddy Bash cost?
- Buddy Bash is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Buddy Bash have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Buddy Bash supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Buddy Bash?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Buddy Bash are Island Bender, Manners Be Damned!, Beat Me!.
- Who developed Buddy Bash?
- Buddy Bash was developed by Created Informed.
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 Buddy Bash.
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