Games like The Game is ON
If The Game is ON is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Darkside Detective, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension and Neighbours back From Hell — 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.
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Steam players who put hours into The Game is ON 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.
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Game is ON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Game is ON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
Neighbours back From Hell
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Game is ON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Game is ON.
There goes the neighborhood! Play the star of a cheeky TV Show who taking revenge on his horrible neighbor by constantly pranking him at home and around the world in the most creative and ludicrous ways.
Lair of the Clockwork God
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Game is ON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
Thimbleweed Park™
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Game is ON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
Broken Age
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Game is ON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
The Wardrobe - Even Better Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Game is ON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
Inspired by the great ‘90s classics such as 'Monkey Island', 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Tony Tough' and 'Sam & Max: Hit the Road', "The Wardrobe" has a strong sense of humour, but isn't shy about dealing with mature and non-politically correct themes.
CHUCHEL
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Game is ON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Game is ON at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under The Game is ON on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
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 ~50% under The Game is ON on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Game is ON on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
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 ~75% under The Game is ON on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
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 ~83% under The Game is ON on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Game is ON.
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 ~50% under The Game is ON on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
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!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Game is ON on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Game is ON on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Game is ON.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
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.
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 Indie with The Game is ON.
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 The Game is ON.
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 and Casual with The Game is ON.
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 Indie with The Game is ON.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
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.
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More from Bigosaur
Other recommendable Steam games by Bigosaur, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Son of a Witch
WHY THIS
Another title from Bigosaur, the studio behind The Game is ON. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?
Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Bigosaur, the studio behind The Game is ON. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies and reach the goal of each scenario.
Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder
WHY THIS
Another title from Bigosaur, the studio behind The Game is ON. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
Build your perfect deck and become a Champion.
Rogue Bit
WHY THIS
Another title from Bigosaur, the studio behind The Game is ON. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Seeders
WHY THIS
Another title from Bigosaur, the studio behind The Game is ON. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
A puzzle platformer with funky physics and mind boggling puzzles requiring out-of-the-box thinking and persistence. Only a few players were able to complete the game. Can you handle it?
Quest for the Golden Duck
WHY THIS
Another title from Bigosaur, the studio behind The Game is ON. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
Run around the maze collecting coins while being chased by spooky monsters. Outsmart the enemies in 4-player co-op games, or play the versus mode as a monster to prevent the other team from stealing all the gold from the castle.
Windmill Kings
WHY THIS
Another title from Bigosaur, the studio behind The Game is ON. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
The evil black wizard has installed a clone on your throne and exiled you from the kingdom. Come, Exile. The time has come to take your kingdom back! Once you learn the tactics, challenge your friends in one-on-one battles.
Block Buster Billy
WHY THIS
Another title from Bigosaur, the studio behind The Game is ON. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
An alien family had a picnic on Billy's island. They had to leave in a hurry, causing Junior to forget his cubes. Can you help Billy figure out the mind-boggling alien puzzles?
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
Neighbours back From Hell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with The Game is ON.
There goes the neighborhood! Play the star of a cheeky TV Show who taking revenge on his horrible neighbor by constantly pranking him at home and around the world in the most creative and ludicrous ways.
Lair of the Clockwork God
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
Thimbleweed Park™
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Game is ON.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
Broken Age
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
CHUCHEL
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with The Game is ON.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
Frequently asked about The Game is ON
- How much does The Game is ON cost?
- The Game is ON is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Game is ON?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Game is ON are The Darkside Detective, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, Neighbours back From Hell.
- Who developed The Game is ON?
- The Game is ON was developed by Bigosaur.
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