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Games like Run, Doodleguy!

If Run, Doodleguy! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Head Bumper: Editcraft, Rhythm Quest and Maker Max — 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 Run, Doodleguy!: Easily Create and Share custom content with players around the world in this endlessly customizable runner from the world of your notebook!

2022ActionCasual2.99 USDWindowsby Michael Herndon
Run, Doodleguy! — Steam game cover

Players who liked Run, Doodleguy! also play

Steam players who put hours into Run, Doodleguy! 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. Head Bumper: Editcraft

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Run, Doodleguy! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Create your own levels, blocks and crafting recipes. Play community levels and take on challenges to get custom body parts that allow you to create your own unique character in the colors and combinations of the body parts of your choice.

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Rhythm Quest

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Run, Doodleguy! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Rhythm Quest is a 2-button rhythm platformer game. Jump, attack, and fly to the beat through upbeat songs that are hand-crafted to highlight complex rhythms!

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  3. Maker Max

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Run, Doodleguy! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Build devious levels. Share them with the world. Watch others suffer. Maker Max is a free-to-play platformer where you create, upload, and race through community-made levels — then claim the leaderboard before anyone else does.

    ActionStrategyAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Ninas Escape

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Run, Doodleguy! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Help litte Nina to escape from a multitude of levels, containing platforms, ladders, lifts, deadly pools of water, slime and lava. Avoid spiders, evil people, rolling boulders, electric barriers, Forcefields and much more. You can play alone or locally with up to 4 people in a network session.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Pets party

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Run, Doodleguy! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Choose your pet, customize it, and compete against your friends in frantic races and chaotic battles. Throw items, use weapons, and unleash total mayhem! Online and local multiplayer party game for more than 8 players.

    2026ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. BattleBlock Theater®

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Run, Doodleguy! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Crabbling Hook

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Run, Doodleguy! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Crabbling Hook is a fast paced 2D Precision Platformer. Use your trusty extendable claws as grappling hook to dodge varying obstacles and get back to your tide-pool, or create your own obstacle course for other crabs to master.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. Project Pixel

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Run, Doodleguy! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Welcome to Project Pixel! Build and share stages online, jump through hand-crafted levels within the game's story mode, or find hidden gems within the player-driven Community Hub! You can play single player or join a lobby with friends in online co-op.

    2026ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Run, Doodleguy! at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Run, Doodleguy! on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run, Doodleguy!.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Run, Doodleguy! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    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 ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Run, Doodleguy! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Run, Doodleguy! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    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 ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Run, Doodleguy! on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run, Doodleguy!.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Run, Doodleguy! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    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.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Run, Doodleguy! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Run, Doodleguy! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    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.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Run, Doodleguy!.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Run, Doodleguy!.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  5. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Extreme

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.

    2007Free To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Tukoni: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.

    2020IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Meteor 60 Seconds!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Run, Doodleguy!.

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Run, Doodleguy!

How much does Run, Doodleguy! cost?
Run, Doodleguy! is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Run, Doodleguy!?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Run, Doodleguy! are Head Bumper: Editcraft, Rhythm Quest, Maker Max.
Who developed Run, Doodleguy!?
Run, Doodleguy! was developed by Michael Herndon.

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 Run, Doodleguy!.

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