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Games like The Help Desk

If The Help Desk is your kind of game, the closest matches are ROGUELINE, One More Line and Duck Paradox — 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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About The Help Desk: Do you think you can go all the way?

2021ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDWindowsby Aline Seko, Leonardo Sousa
The Help Desk — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Help Desk also play

Steam players who put hours into The Help Desk 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. ROGUELINE

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Help Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    TwIn-stick RogueLike Shoot'em up Action!

    2023ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. One More Line

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Help Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    ONE MORE LINE is a highly addictive, one button, space disco, skill timing game! Steam edition features 2-4 player local multi-player and no advertising. All for a very low price! Can you put a price on fun though?

    2015ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Duck Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Help Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Stellar Interface

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Help Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.

    2016ActionIndieCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. ATOMINE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Help Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Froguelike

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Help Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Your choices matter in Froguelike where you play as a frog on a mission to eat all the bugs. Level up, choose new tongues and upgrades, become unstoppable and run straight into the swarm! Unlock all frogs, tongues, items and chapters to become the most powerful frog in the pond.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Teleglitch: Die More Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Help Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.

    2013ActionIndie3.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Swordship

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Help Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Swordship is a roguelike where dodging is your best weapon. Trick your enemies into killing each other, steal containers to upgrade your ship and unlock new ways to play. Dodge, dive, die, learn, repeat.

    2022ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Help Desk at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Help Desk on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Help Desk on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Help Desk.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Help Desk on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Help Desk on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Help Desk.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Help Desk on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Help Desk.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Help Desk on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Help Desk on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Help Desk on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 and Casual with The Help Desk.

    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 The Help Desk.

    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 The Help Desk.

    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 The Help Desk.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Help Desk.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 and Casual with The Help Desk.

    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 The Help Desk.

    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. 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 Help Desk.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Duck Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Froguelike

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Your choices matter in Froguelike where you play as a frog on a mission to eat all the bugs. Level up, choose new tongues and upgrades, become unstoppable and run straight into the swarm! Unlock all frogs, tongues, items and chapters to become the most powerful frog in the pond.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Swordship

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Help Desk.

    Swordship is a roguelike where dodging is your best weapon. Trick your enemies into killing each other, steal containers to upgrade your ship and unlock new ways to play. Dodge, dive, die, learn, repeat.

    2022ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Help Desk

How much does The Help Desk cost?
The Help Desk is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Help Desk?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Help Desk are ROGUELINE, One More Line, Duck Paradox.
Who developed The Help Desk?
The Help Desk was developed by Aline Seko, Leonardo Sousa and published by Leonardo Sousa.

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 The Help Desk.

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