Games like Bat Boy
If Bat Boy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Astalon: Tears of the Earth, Berserk Boy and Heritage - A Dragon's Tale — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, nostalgic and retro. 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 Bat Boy also play
Steam players who put hours into Bat Boy 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.
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Top pick for Bat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bat Boy.
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Second-strongest match for Bat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Heritage - A Dragon's Tale
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Third-strongest match for Bat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Conquer 17 challenging levels in this 2D platformer adventure game, using a combination of spells, your sword, and other skills and abilities. Explore the overworld between levels, defeat demons, find secrets, and gain experience to make yourself stronger for the challenges ahead.
Jack of Clubs Golf
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Bat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Play golf, fight robots, and explore an 18-hole course as Jack, a pilot stranded on a recently-abandoned island resort. Discover secrets and complete challenges to earn items that improve your golf game. Unravel the mystery of the island in pursuit of your golf ball across a huge, continuous course.
Panzer Paladin
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Ranked #6 for Bat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bat Boy.
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Ranked #7 for Bat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Bat Boy.
Ranked #8 for Bat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Bat Boy
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Super World War
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Bat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The world has gone mad, it's time to unleash chaos! Super World War is a turn based strategy game for up to 4 players. Take control of wild leaders and wage war in solo, local multiplayer or online.
Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Bat Boy.
Reviewers of Bat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bat Boy.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Reviewers of Bat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Reviewers of Bat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bat Boy.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
Shovel Knight Dig
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Reviewers of Bat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bat Boy at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Bat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bat Boy.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Bat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Bat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bat Boy.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Bat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Bat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bat Boy.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Bat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bat Boy.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Bat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bat Boy.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Bat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bat Boy.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
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 with Bat Boy.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bat Boy.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bat Boy.
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 Bat Boy.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bat Boy.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bat Boy.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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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.
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Heritage - A Dragon's Tale
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Conquer 17 challenging levels in this 2D platformer adventure game, using a combination of spells, your sword, and other skills and abilities. Explore the overworld between levels, defeat demons, find secrets, and gain experience to make yourself stronger for the challenges ahead.
Panzer Paladin
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Bat Boy.
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Bat Boy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Bat Boy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bat Boy.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Frequently asked about Bat Boy
- Is Bat Boy verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Bat Boy 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 Bat Boy cost?
- Bat Boy is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Bat Boy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bat Boy are Astalon: Tears of the Earth, Berserk Boy, Heritage - A Dragon's Tale.
- Who developed Bat Boy?
- Bat Boy was developed by X PLUS Co., Ltd., Sonzai Games and published by DANGEN Entertainment.
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