Games like The Absorber
If The Absorber is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pizzapocalypse 2, Big Hops and Pru the Pigeon — 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 The Absorber also play
Steam players who put hours into The Absorber 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.
Pizzapocalypse 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Absorber fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Use your pizza to bounce, swing and dash in this 3D platformer! Explore different countries, and put a stop to the greedy corporation selling Pizza-in-a-can!
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Absorber fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Pru the Pigeon
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Absorber fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!
Ruffy and the Riverside
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Absorber fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
In Ruffy and the Riverside, you wield the magic SWAP to Copy & Paste textures - turn ice into lava or waterfalls into vines! Explore, fight, skate on straw bales, and unleash your imagination in this quirky open-world action game. Dive into an adventure that lets you literally change the world!
Pumpkin Jack
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Absorber fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
Mr. Sleepy Man
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Absorber fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!
Gwen The Hen 64
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Absorber fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.
Togges
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Absorber fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Absorber.
Togges is a charming and colourful 3D Puzzle-Platformer. Go on adventures, stack adorable living blocks and solve puzzles around the Cosmos to save the Galaxy from the threats of the Void.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Absorber at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Absorber on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
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 ~50% under The Absorber on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Absorber.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Absorber on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Absorber.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Absorber on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Absorber.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Absorber on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Absorber on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Absorber.
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.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Absorber on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Absorber.
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.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with The Absorber.
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 The Absorber.
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 and Indie with The Absorber.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Absorber.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Absorber.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with The Absorber.
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 Indie with The Absorber.
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 The Absorber.
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.
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Ruffy and the Riverside
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
In Ruffy and the Riverside, you wield the magic SWAP to Copy & Paste textures - turn ice into lava or waterfalls into vines! Explore, fight, skate on straw bales, and unleash your imagination in this quirky open-world action game. Dive into an adventure that lets you literally change the world!
Pumpkin Jack
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
Mr. Sleepy Man
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!
Gwen The Hen 64
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Absorber.
Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.
Frequently asked about The Absorber
- How much does The Absorber cost?
- The Absorber is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Absorber?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Absorber are Pizzapocalypse 2, Big Hops, Pru the Pigeon.
- Who developed The Absorber?
- The Absorber was developed by Edward Smith, Steven Smith and published by Rredbird Studios.
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 Absorber.
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