Games like High On Life
If High On Life is your kind of game, the closest matches are High On Life 2, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, comedic 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.
Get personalized picks →High on Life is a 2022 action-adventure first-person shooter developed and published by Squanch Games, Inc. Set in a sci-fi universe, the game features dialogue-driven gameplay and boss battles as core mechanics, with satirical and meta-humor throughout. Players describe the boss fights as creative and varied, with chaotic fourth-wall breaks that contribute to the comedic tone. The game pairs players with talking weapons that have distinct personalities and voice lines, creating comedic dynamics throughout the adventure. Reviewers highlight the writing quality as sharp and consistently funny. The game runs at $39.99 USD and is verified for Steam Deck play. Based on over 13,000 Steam reviews, the game holds a 90% positive rating.
About High On Life: HIGH ON KNIFE DLC OUT NOW!! - Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take down Garmantuous and his gang, and save the world!
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Steam players who put hours into High On Life 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.
High On Life 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for High On Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with High On Life.
Second-strongest match for High On Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with High On Life.
Third-strongest match for High On Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with High On Life.
America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.
RoboCop: Rogue City
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for High On Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
Become the legendary part man, part machine, all cop hero and deliver justice in Old Detroit.
POSTAL 4: No Regerts
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for High On Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
POSTAL 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever™", POSTAL 2!
Duke Nukem Forever
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with High On Life.
Ranked #6 for High On Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with High On Life.
The King arrives with an arsenal of over-the-top weapons, giant explosions and pure unadulterated fun!
Crysis® 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with High On Life.
Ranked #7 for High On Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
The fate of the world is in your hands. New and old enemies threaten the peace you worked so hard to achieve 24 years ago. Your search for the Alpha Ceph continues, but this time you'll also need to expose the truth behind the C.E.L.L. corporation.
Shadow Warrior
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with High On Life.
Ranked #8 for High On Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
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Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with High On Life.
Reviewers of High On Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with High On Life.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.
The Stanley Parable
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with High On Life.
Reviewers of High On Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with High On Life.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
Portal
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Reviewers of High On Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with High On Life.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Tales from the Borderlands
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with High On Life.
Reviewers of High On Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with High On Life.
Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
Thank Goodness You're Here!
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with High On Life.
Reviewers of High On Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with High On Life.
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…
Pony Island
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with High On Life.
Reviewers of High On Life cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with High On Life.
Reviewers of High On Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below High On Life at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under High On Life on Steam right now. Shares Action with High On Life.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under High On Life on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under High On Life on Steam right now. Shares Action with High On Life.
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.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under High On Life on Steam right now. Shares Action with High On Life.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under High On Life on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under High On Life on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under High On Life on Steam right now. Shares Action with High On Life.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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.
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 High On Life.
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 with High On Life.
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 Adventure with High On Life.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Adventure with High On Life.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with High On Life.
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.
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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.
High On Life 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with High On Life.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with High On Life.
America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.
Duke Nukem Forever
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with High On Life.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with High On Life.
The King arrives with an arsenal of over-the-top weapons, giant explosions and pure unadulterated fun!
Shadow Warrior
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with High On Life.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with High On Life.
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Frequently asked about High On Life
- Is High On Life verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — High On Life is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does High On Life cost?
- High On Life is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to High On Life?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside High On Life are High On Life 2, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.
- Who developed High On Life?
- High On Life was developed by Squanch Games, Inc..
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