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Games like How I learned to Skate

If How I learned to Skate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hop to It!, Let me Paddle : Hardest Boat Paddling Game and Barrhell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its unapologetically brutal challenge, atmospheric and chill. 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 How I learned to Skate: Skate through an increasingly burdensome path by controlling your individual feet and body tilt in this desperately difficult challenge game.

2022ActionIndie7.99 USDWindowsby Taavi Teemaa
How I learned to Skate — Steam game cover
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Graceful movement feels satisfying once masteredPsychological horror tag fits perfectlyUnapologetically brutal challengeAtmosphericChillHypnotic

Players who liked How I learned to Skate also play

Steam players who put hours into How I learned to Skate 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. Hop to It!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for How I learned to Skate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with How I learned to Skate.

    Hop your way through a colorful level filled with various challenges and obstacles, master the state-of-the-art pogo stick controls, and try not to fall...

    2025ActionAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Let me Paddle : Hardest Boat Paddling Game

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for How I learned to Skate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    Can you paddle that boat to the finish line?

    2024ActionSportsIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Barrhell

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for How I learned to Skate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    In this challenging ordeal, a man cursed by an evil barrel must use his newfound form to escape a mysterious cave and earn his freedom.

    2024ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Get Tilted! :)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with How I learned to Skate.

    Ranked #4 for How I learned to Skate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    Tilt and jump your way out of the depths of a grand city. A difficult game where falling is your biggest obstacle, get used to starting over. Don't get too tilted :)

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Goop Loop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for How I learned to Skate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    A physics-based platformer with unique controls and a pun-laden narrator. Jump, stick, and attempt to roll a loop over obstacles. Perhaps this game will teach you patience. Stick with it! I'll be right there with you. In your earhole. *Plorp*

    2021ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. UFO-Man

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for How I learned to Skate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    Control the UFO. Carry the Luggage. DON'T DROP IT. – A simple yet challenging foddian game for aliens.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Goo Go

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for How I learned to Skate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    Test your skills, patience, and nerves in a game where one mistake will send you back to the beginning. Oh, and welcome to "Goo Go"!

    2026ActionIndieRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Ball is Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for How I learned to Skate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    Ball is Life is a challenging 3D precision platformer and visual novel with simple levels and plenty of balls. Hop to the beat of a lo-fi soundtrack and discover new shenanigans.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below How I learned to Skate at current Steam store prices.

  1. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under How I learned to Skate on Steam right now. Shares Action with How I learned to Skate.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under How I learned to Skate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under How I learned to Skate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under How I learned to Skate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under How I learned to Skate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under How I learned to Skate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under How I learned to Skate on Steam right now. Shares Action with How I learned to Skate.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under How I learned to Skate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with How I learned to Skate.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with How I learned to Skate.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with How I learned to Skate.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 How I learned to Skate.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 How I learned to Skate.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with How I learned to Skate.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about How I learned to Skate

How much does How I learned to Skate cost?
How I learned to Skate is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to How I learned to Skate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside How I learned to Skate are Hop to It!, Let me Paddle : Hardest Boat Paddling Game, Barrhell.
Who developed How I learned to Skate?
How I learned to Skate was developed by Taavi Teemaa.

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 How I learned to Skate.

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