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Games like Pain Party

If Pain Party is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bird Game 3, Eggstinct! and CTRL+ALT+REPEAT — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, dark and funny. 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 Pain Party: Pain Party is a game that combines precise movement mechanics with the chaos of a game show. Fight through the story mode or compete with up to 24 players in the online party mode. But remember, one hit and it's all over. Let the party begin!

2022ActionIndie4.99 USDWindowsby Icehelm
Pain Party — Steam game cover
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Boss fights are the highlightOne hit deaths force brutal masteryQuirky humor and colorful artChallengingDarkFunny

Players who liked Pain Party also play

Steam players who put hours into Pain Party 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. Bird Game 3

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pain Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pain Party.

    Bird Game 3 is a fun multiplayer game for 2-8 players. Dive in with your friends as ravens or eagles, battle for eggs and customize your bird!

    2026ActionAdventure6.64 USDSteam ↗
  2. Eggstinct!

    WHY THIS

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

    Eggstinct! is a cooperative, physics-driven dinosaur adventure where you and your friends must work together to rescue fragile eggs and survive chaotic prehistoric hazards.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. CTRL+ALT+REPEAT

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pain Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    CTRL+ALT+REPEAT is a multiplayer 3D parkour platformer where you race against the clock and your friends. As you progress through harder obstacles you will unlock increasingly complex movement abilities.

    2023IndieCasualRacing4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Free For Fall

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pain Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    A 3D party platformer where you grab obstacles from a shared box, place them on the course, then race through the deadly gauntlet you all created. Outsmart your friends while surviving your own traps!

    2025IndieCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Stickman

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pain Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pain Party.

    The Stickman is a movement-based FPS inspired by Titanfall 2 and Trackmania! Climb the leaderboards in PvE time trials, battle friends in PvP, or create custom stages with the built-in Level Editor and style your Stickman with numerous customization options!

    2026ActionIndieEarly Access11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Only Up: SKIBIDI

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pain Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pain Party.

    Only Up: Skibidi is an exciting multiplayer 3D platformer. Overcome challenging obstacles and climb higher and higher. Attention and focus will help you reach new heights, and this rule applies both in the game and in life.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Monkey Doo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pain Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pain Party.

    Live in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle with all your Monkey friends! Swing on vines, throw doo at your enemies, and climb everything! A Variety of Playable Maps Multiple Gamemodes Customizable Cosmetics

    2023ActionMassively Multiplayer14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 2Person

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pain Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pain Party.

    Dive with your friends into this weird 3D platformer where you see through each other's eyes. In this game you will be able to have a second person's perspective where you'll need communication, coordination and skill to relearn how to control your character and pass the challenges that await you.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pain Party at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Pain Party on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pain Party.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Pain Party on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Pain Party on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Pain Party on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pain Party.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pain Party on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pain Party.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Pain Party on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pain Party on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pain Party.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Pain Party on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pain Party.

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pain Party.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    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 ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Pain Party.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pain Party.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    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 ↗

More from Icehelm

Other recommendable Steam games by Icehelm, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Gone Golfing

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Pain Party.

    Another title from Icehelm, the studio behind Pain Party. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    Gone Golfing is a first person golfing survival horror. Try to finish the course with as few strokes as possible while surviving the horrors lurking at the cozy cove mini golf resort.

    2020Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. VITAL

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Pain Party.

    Another title from Icehelm, the studio behind Pain Party. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    VITAL is a first person puzzle platformer taking place in a dream world. You have no idea where you are or how you got there. The only thing that is certain is that someone or something doesn't want you to wake up. Explore the mind of a fragile individual and solve physics-based puzzles.

    2019IndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Godfist

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Icehelm, the studio behind Pain Party. Shares Action and Indie with Pain Party.

    Godfist is a single-player first person roguelike deck builder, where you have to punch enemies off the tower to progress. Your mission is to climb to the top of the tower and punch god in the face.

    2023ActionIndie0.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENDLOOP

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Icehelm, the studio behind Pain Party. Shares Indie with Pain Party.

    You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.

    2024Indie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pain Party

How much does Pain Party cost?
Pain Party is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Pain Party have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Pain Party supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Pain Party?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pain Party are Bird Game 3, Eggstinct!, CTRL+ALT+REPEAT.
Who developed Pain Party?
Pain Party was developed by Icehelm.

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 Pain Party.

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