Games like Dr. Atominus
If Dr. Atominus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, Rain World and BIOMORPH — 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 Dr. Atominus: Dr. Atominus is a short platformer with metroidvania elements and a cool sci-fi story.
Players who liked Dr. Atominus also play
Steam players who put hours into Dr. Atominus 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.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dr. Atominus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
Rain World
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dr. Atominus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
BIOMORPH
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dr. Atominus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dr. Atominus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Magical Delicacy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dr. Atominus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dr. Atominus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Rusted Moss
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dr. Atominus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dr. Atominus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dr. Atominus at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dr. Atominus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dr. Atominus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
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 ~63% under Dr. Atominus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
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 ~75% under Dr. Atominus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dr. Atominus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dr. Atominus.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dr. Atominus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dr. Atominus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dr. Atominus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 Dr. Atominus.
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 Action and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
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 Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
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 Dr. Atominus.
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 Dr. Atominus.
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 Dr. Atominus.
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 Dr. Atominus.
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 Pikku-a
Other recommendable Steam games by Pikku-a, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Unknown Castle
WHY THIS
Another title from Pikku-a, the studio behind Dr. Atominus. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
Unknown Castle is a puzzle adventure, where you explore your old family castle, controlling 2 characters helping each other.
New Supper Banana!
WHY THIS
Another title from Pikku-a, the studio behind Dr. Atominus. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
Adventure! Drama! New Supper Banana! is a funny adventure platformer drawn entirely in a notebook!
Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword
WHY THIS
Another title from Pikku-a, the studio behind Dr. Atominus. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
Fight monsters with your cool tactics in this cozy turn-based strategy game. Use your Teleport Sword to change the course of battle!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
BIOMORPH
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Magical Delicacy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dr. Atominus.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
Timespinner
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Dr. Atominus.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Frequently asked about Dr. Atominus
- How much does Dr. Atominus cost?
- Dr. Atominus is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dr. Atominus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dr. Atominus are Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, Rain World, BIOMORPH.
- Who developed Dr. Atominus?
- Dr. Atominus was developed by Pikku-a.
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 Dr. Atominus.
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