Games like Pond Scum
If Pond Scum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pink Devil, Chaotic World and The Last Stand at Camp Zombie — 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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Pink Devil
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Top pick for Pond Scum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Join the fight against alien invaders in Pink Devil. Pilot an upgradable fighter jet through diverse environments, from oceans to deserts. Face unique bosses with distinct tactics and use weapons like machine guns, lasers, and rockets. Become the unstoppable Pink Devil and save the planet.
Chaotic World
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Second-strongest match for Pond Scum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Chaotic World is a top-down PvE arena shooter where your objective is to clear waves of different and unique enemies until you destroy them all. Set across colorful maps, you will have the opportunity to make yourself stronger by leveling up and finding loot on your way to the last wave!
The Last Stand at Camp Zombie
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Third-strongest match for Pond Scum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Face hungry zombies and explore the hidden secrets of the campsite while working together with a friend in local multiplayer. The tension is high and every bullet counts - will you be able to survive until you escape?
Get To The Sus Bus
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Ranked #4 for Pond Scum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
You will zoom past hordes of zombies, kill the ones you need to, and find keys to unlock passageways in this retro top-down shooter.
Cube Shooter
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Ranked #5 for Pond Scum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Cube Shooter is a top down arena shooter where players need to dodge and shoot back to pass each level. Shoot your way through levels of 'cube' like enemies who have their own unique abilities to stop you passing each level.
Square & Circles
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Ranked #6 for Pond Scum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Play as the cute, surviving square, and destroy the dictatorship of the circles. Shoot, run, explode - do everything but defeat the circles and stay alive. Can you save your friends and your beloved? It all depends on you!
Very Hard Game
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Ranked #7 for Pond Scum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
A rage game where you have to make it through 100 rooms whilst not touching the walls & avoiding various hazards in your way.
Time Bandit
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Ranked #8 for Pond Scum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Pond Scum.
In this unique top-down shooter with text adventure elements from the 1980s, take on the role of a time traveller seeking wealth and adventure across a number of different eras of time. Play with 1 or 2 players. Players can choose to work together, or against each other!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pond Scum at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pond Scum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~50% under Pond Scum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Pond Scum.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~50% under Pond Scum on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pond Scum.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~50% under Pond Scum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Pond Scum.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under Pond Scum on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~50% under Pond Scum on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pond Scum.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~50% under Pond Scum on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pond Scum.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
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 and Casual with Pond Scum.
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 Pond Scum.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pond Scum.
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 Pond Scum.
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 Pond Scum.
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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Frequently asked about Pond Scum
- How much does Pond Scum cost?
- Pond Scum is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pond Scum?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pond Scum are Pink Devil, Chaotic World, The Last Stand at Camp Zombie.
- Who developed Pond Scum?
- Pond Scum was developed by NeuroDump.
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 Pond Scum.
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