Games like Smash Crates
If Smash Crates is your kind of game, the closest matches are Charge Champs, Riposte! and Grapple Gunners — 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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Players who liked Smash Crates also play
Steam players who put hours into Smash Crates 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.
Charge Champs
WHY THIS
Top pick for Smash Crates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Charge Champs is a 2D platform fighter with a unique combat system where players charge their character to temporarily unlock abilities and gain an advantage over their opponents.
Riposte!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Smash Crates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Riposte! is a local-multiplayer party fighting game for 4 - 8 people. Stab, slice, and block with a variety of weapons in 2v2 duels, 4-player free-for-alls, and other fun minigames. Fence with friends, brawl in Tavern Party mode, compete in tournament brackets, or just take a stab at . . . stabbing!
Grapple Gunners
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Smash Crates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Swing, shoot and explode your friends in this chaotic multiplayer experience! Use the grappling hook to outmaneuver and outlast everyone. Grab a weapon and fight to be the last one standing across 70 unique maps!
Island Bender
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Smash Crates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Throw Rocks at each other, collect Powerups, and play with up to 6 players in Local Multiplayer.
Vikings On Trampolines
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Smash Crates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
It's all about trampolines! Stay on the trampolines and push your opponents off to win. Brawl against your friends or work together to save the kingdom. Big bosses, big minigames and evil balloons..? Play solo or local multiplayer for up to 4 players! Accessible controls: Only one hand needed.
Fight of Animals: Arena
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Smash Crates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Meme animals strike again!! Let the meme battle goes into NEXT LEVEL!! With varied stages, items and support up to 4 players local and online, “Fight of Animals: Arena” will bring you a brand new Brawler experience!! Let the fight begin!!
Headsnatchers
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Smash Crates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Hold onto your head with Headsnatchers, a stupidly hectic up-to-4-player local and online multiplayer party-game where you snatch your friends’ heads to come out victorious. Because, let’s face it, you’ll do anything to win.
SpiderHeck
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Smash Crates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Smash Crates at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Smash Crates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Smash Crates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Smash Crates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Smash Crates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Smash Crates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Smash Crates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Smash Crates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.
Kill It With Fire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Smash Crates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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?
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Island Bender
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Throw Rocks at each other, collect Powerups, and play with up to 6 players in Local Multiplayer.
Headsnatchers
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Hold onto your head with Headsnatchers, a stupidly hectic up-to-4-player local and online multiplayer party-game where you snatch your friends’ heads to come out victorious. Because, let’s face it, you’ll do anything to win.
SpiderHeck
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Smash Crates.
Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.
Frequently asked about Smash Crates
- How much does Smash Crates cost?
- Smash Crates is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Smash Crates have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Smash Crates supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Smash Crates?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Smash Crates are Charge Champs, Riposte!, Grapple Gunners.
- Who developed Smash Crates?
- Smash Crates was developed by Fat Alien Cat.
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 Smash Crates.
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