Games like Troublemaker
If Troublemaker is your kind of game, the closest matches are Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Road to the Grand Master and Beatdown Brawler — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fast paced frequent encounters, comedic and nostalgic. 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 Troublemaker: Grab a backpack, boxing tape, and focus on what high school is all about: Beating the ever loving crap out of one another! Troublemaker blends favorite action-adventure-beat-'em-up elements from the strongest traditions in the genre.
Players who liked Troublemaker also play
Steam players who put hours into Troublemaker 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.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
WHY THIS
Shares mini games and a nostalgic mood with Troublemaker.
Top pick for Troublemaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Troublemaker.
ERASE YOUR PAST TO PROTECT YOUR FUTURE Once a legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu faked his own death and abandoned his name for the sake of protecting his family. Now, he is thrust into conflict by a mysterious figure attempting to drive him out of hiding.
Road to the Grand Master
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Troublemaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Troublemaker.
A 3D fighting action game where character can grow both in stats and skills collection to worthy title of the Grand Master. Skills are inspired by different martial arts, and can be combined into chain of attacks while character can still be able to fall back on defense.
Beatdown Brawler
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Troublemaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Troublemaker.
Beatdown Brawler is a wave based 3d beat em up fighting game. It features four distinct game modes, including an optional rhythm mode.
Hood Story: Kaito Yamazaki
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Troublemaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Troublemaker.
Discover the thrilling life of « Kaito Yamazaki », a young Japanese delinquent from Osaka. Face love, friendship, and violence in your quest to help Kaito regain control of his life.
EM
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Troublemaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Troublemaker.
EM is a fast-paced, hard hitting 3D fighter featuring Electro-Magnetic combat. To win the war against the machines, you as an elite fighter will go fist to fist on a mission to annihilate them all!
Kombo King
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Troublemaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Troublemaker.
Feel the heat from the fast-paced action, destructive moves and onslaughts of attacks when you fight to settle the score with your rivals, the Sunless! Combine attacks for as long as you can for the top spot as Kombo King!
Desolation - End of Days
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Troublemaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Troublemaker.
Desolation - End of Days is a side scroller fighting game. The game offers a fast paced, casual gameplay that puts players in a post-apocalyptic world where infection turned most of the population into a flesh craving monsters.
Fighters Forge
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Troublemaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Troublemaker.
A 3D arena combat sandbox where you fight now and forge what’s next. Customize your fighter's avatar, fighting-style, & elemental superpower then battle it out in explosive matches built for chaos, strategy, and pure fun—solo, co-op, or competitive.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Troublemaker
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Yakuza 0
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Troublemaker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Troublemaker.
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.
Perso
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Troublemaker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Troublemaker.
Perso is an atmospheric puzzle game. Collecting relics within each level will slowly reveal what and where you are. You will be in control of at least five cubes, each with different abilities. Use them all to find your way.
Shenmue III
WHY THIS
Shares mini games and a nostalgic mood with Troublemaker.
Reviewers of Troublemaker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Troublemaker.
Shenmue III sees the eagerly anticipated continuation of the epic story-driven saga. Take control of Ryo Hazuki, a teenage martial artist, determined to unravel the mystery behind his father's murder and to exact revenge on the killer.
Persona 5 Royal
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Troublemaker cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Troublemaker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Troublemaker.
Don the clothes and weaponry of the elite to become the samurai of legend, Sakamoto Ryoma. Draw your blade and join the revolution in this heated historical adventure.
Upin & Ipin Universe
WHY THIS
Shares mini games and a nostalgic mood with Troublemaker.
Reviewers of Troublemaker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Troublemaker.
Explore the vibrant world of Upin & Ipin Universe—an open-world adventure inspired by kampung life, full of local charm, culture, and heartwarming stories from Malaysia.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Troublemaker at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Troublemaker on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Troublemaker.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Troublemaker on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Troublemaker.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Troublemaker on Steam right now. Shares Action with Troublemaker.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Troublemaker on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Troublemaker.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Troublemaker on Steam right now. Shares Action with Troublemaker.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 and Adventure with Troublemaker.
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 Troublemaker.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Troublemaker.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Troublemaker.
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 Troublemaker.
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 with Troublemaker.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Troublemaker.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream
WHY THIS
Shares beat em up combat, mini games and a comedic mood with Troublemaker.
Another title from Gamecom Team, the studio behind Troublemaker. Shares Action and Adventure with Troublemaker.
Teenagers, Dreams, and Drugs. Unveil the secrets of South Jayakarta city, set two years after the ending of the original Troublemaker. The journey of the “Parakacuk” gang continues alongside the “Beyond Dream” band in South Jayakarta city in this fun open-world action-comedy beat-'em-up game.
A Day Without Me
WHY THIS
Another title from Gamecom Team, the studio behind Troublemaker. Shares Indie and Adventure with Troublemaker.
You wake up in an unknown city. A city without people, a city completely deserted. But you’re not alone. There's something out there, something strange, something terrifying. Somehow, you know your only way out is to figure out why you're the only one left when everyone else is gone.
Babol the Walking Box
WHY THIS
Another title from Gamecom Team, the studio behind Troublemaker. Shares Indie and Adventure with Troublemaker.
Begin your adventure with your new friends! Babol the Walking Box Yes, it's game about Box that can walk, nope, just kidding hahaha UwU Explore the amazing world of box, from the wilderness, desert, to super duper cold snowy mountains!
Frequently asked about Troublemaker
- Does Troublemaker run on Steam Deck?
- Troublemaker is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Troublemaker cost?
- Troublemaker is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Troublemaker?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Troublemaker are Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Road to the Grand Master, Beatdown Brawler.
- Who developed Troublemaker?
- Troublemaker was developed by Gamecom Team and published by indie.io.
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