Games like Election Year Knockout
Below are 15 hand-picked alternatives to Election Year Knockout for fans of action, sports, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Election Year Knockout also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Election Year Knockout: Become President in this hilarious Punch-Out-inspired political sim where all laws have been replaced with boxing! Each opponent has unique tactics and special moves to test your skill and strategy on your way to the White House! Form your own third party and hit the campaign trail. Literally.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Mutant Boxing League VR
Top pick for Election Year Knockout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Election Year Knockout.
Welcome to Mutant Boxing League, a single-player VR game built to make your daily workout something fun and challenging. Every opponent has a different style and a trick up their sleeve, so you need to punch, jab, block, dodge and slip to become an unstoppable boxing champion.
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VanillaBeast: Retro Knock-Out!
Second-strongest match for Election Year Knockout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Election Year Knockout.
Think Leisure Suit Larry gets lost in Frank Millers Sin City then runs into Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! in a dark alley. Whether you're a hardcore boxing fan, a retro gamer, or a casual gamer looking for a fun (and funny) fast-paced boxing game, Retro KO! is the parody game for you!
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Sock It
Third-strongest match for Election Year Knockout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Election Year Knockout.
Enter Sock It, the zany Punch-Out-May-Cry-like with fleshed out opponents, platforming, and cutscenes! Spar off with more than 12 bosses! Follow the story of a cryofrozen amputee boxer who needs to find his past! Encounter a stupid assassin, a greedy squatter, and a secret scheme!
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STARWHAL
Ranked #4 for Election Year Knockout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Election Year Knockout.
The local multi-player space narwhal fighting game that has rocked the internet is finally ready for its big debut in a fully loaded release! Flop it out with 1-4 players in a retro, epic narwhal battle in space! The heart-piercing action is furious and unrelenting. STARWHAL will change your life.
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Retro City Rampage™ DX
Ranked #5 for Election Year Knockout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Election Year Knockout.
OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!
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Punch Club
Ranked #6 for Election Year Knockout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Election Year Knockout.
Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon.
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Fat Prisoner Simulator 2
Ranked #7 for Election Year Knockout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Election Year Knockout.
Fat Prisoner Simulator 2 is a fighting simulator with realistic physics where you are going to play the role of a prisoner during a jailhouse riot. All you can see around is crazy prisoners attacking everybody there.
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Nidhogg
Ranked #8 for Election Year Knockout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Election Year Knockout.
Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Election Year Knockout at current Steam store prices.
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Sock It
Priced ~50% under Election Year Knockout on Steam right now. Shares Action and Sports with Election Year Knockout.
Enter Sock It, the zany Punch-Out-May-Cry-like with fleshed out opponents, platforming, and cutscenes! Spar off with more than 12 bosses! Follow the story of a cryofrozen amputee boxer who needs to find his past! Encounter a stupid assassin, a greedy squatter, and a secret scheme!
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Retro City Rampage™ DX
Priced ~70% under Election Year Knockout on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Election Year Knockout.
OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!
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Punch Club
Priced ~80% under Election Year Knockout on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Election Year Knockout.
Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon.
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Fat Prisoner Simulator 2
Priced ~90% under Election Year Knockout on Steam right now. Shares Action and Sports with Election Year Knockout.
Fat Prisoner Simulator 2 is a fighting simulator with realistic physics where you are going to play the role of a prisoner during a jailhouse riot. All you can see around is crazy prisoners attacking everybody there.
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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.
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STARWHAL
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with Election Year Knockout.
The local multi-player space narwhal fighting game that has rocked the internet is finally ready for its big debut in a fully loaded release! Flop it out with 1-4 players in a retro, epic narwhal battle in space! The heart-piercing action is furious and unrelenting. STARWHAL will change your life.
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Retro City Rampage™ DX
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Election Year Knockout.
OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!
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Frequently asked about Election Year Knockout
- How much does Election Year Knockout cost?
- Election Year Knockout is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Election Year Knockout?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Election Year Knockout are Mutant Boxing League VR, VanillaBeast: Retro Knock-Out!, Sock It.
- Who developed Election Year Knockout?
- Election Year Knockout was developed by ExceptioNULL Games.
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 Election Year Knockout.
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