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Games like A Step Forward

If A Step Forward is your kind of game, the closest matches are Derpy Conga, Aboxcalipse and Totally Reliable Delivery Service — 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 A Step Forward: Help balloon Pong to go back to home where his friend is. You have only one way to revive is find and pass all portals. There are various puzzles and obstacles in front of you. Solve and overcome the problem one by one to move forward.

2021ActionIndieAdventureSimulationCasual4.99 USDWindowsby A Step Forward
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Players who liked A Step Forward also play

Steam players who put hours into A Step Forward 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. Derpy Conga

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for A Step Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    A physics-based puzzle-platformer about the importance of friendship! Gather your friends in a conga line and help them save their endangered planet, but beware: the longer the chain, the harder to control! On the other hand (haha!), journeys are better with friends on your side.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Aboxcalipse

    WHY THIS

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

    Grab cure materials, build boxes and load them onto the truck while smashing zombies with them along the way. In Aboxcalipse, you and your friend are warehouse workers in a zombie apocalypse who use the stock itself as a weapon to survive

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Totally Reliable Delivery Service

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for A Step Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Head's Adventures:chibichibi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for A Step Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    A cooperative (maybe sabotaging) platformer that blends action-jumping and physics simulation. You can challenge solo or team up with a friend locally or remotely in two-player mode to unlock even more unexpected ways to play. Healing balloons and time-race to unlock more subsequent levels.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for A Step Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Step Forward.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Wobbly Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for A Step Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses. There is a whole Wobbly World out there to explore!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. ADIOS Amigos: Galactic Explorers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for A Step Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.

    2018ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Pikuniku

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for A Step Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Step Forward at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under A Step Forward on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    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 A Step Forward on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Step Forward.

    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 A Step Forward on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Step Forward.

    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 A Step Forward on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with A Step Forward.

    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. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under A Step Forward on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with A Step Forward.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under A Step Forward on Steam right now. Shares Casual with A Step Forward.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under A Step Forward on Steam right now. Shares Action with A Step Forward.

    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 ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under A Step Forward on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with A Step Forward.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 A Step Forward.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 A Step Forward.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Step Forward.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with A Step Forward.

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Step Forward.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Simulation with A Step Forward.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 A Step Forward.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Totally Reliable Delivery Service

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Step Forward.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wobbly Life

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses. There is a whole Wobbly World out there to explore!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Pikuniku

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A Step Forward.

    Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about A Step Forward

How much does A Step Forward cost?
A Step Forward is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does A Step Forward have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — A Step Forward supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to A Step Forward?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Step Forward are Derpy Conga, Aboxcalipse, Totally Reliable Delivery Service.
Who developed A Step Forward?
A Step Forward was developed by A Step Forward.

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 A Step Forward.

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