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Games like Promenade

If Promenade is your kind of game, the closest matches are Totally Ratical Adventures, Pizzapocalypse 2 and Paperman: Adventure Delivered — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its simple mechanics executed brilliantly, challenging and contemplative. 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 Promenade: Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers

2024IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Holy Cap
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Floor themes fuel curiosity to exploreOctopus companion feels adorable and usefulSimple mechanics executed brilliantlyChallengingContemplativeCozy

Players who liked Promenade also play

Steam players who put hours into Promenade 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. Totally Ratical Adventures

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Promenade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Promenade.

    A 3d Platformer where you play as a CUTE RAT on a quest to save your friends! Bounce your way through 8 Colorful Worlds! Uncover a Dark Mystery...

    2022Adventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Pizzapocalypse 2

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Promenade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    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!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Paperman: Adventure Delivered

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Promenade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    Explore colorful worlds, uncover secrets, and collect all golden letters in this 3D collectathon platformer. Go on an adventure with Paperman and the team, find the lost mail and defeat the greedy dragon!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Effie

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Promenade.

    Ranked #4 for Promenade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    Effie is a 3D action-adventure game that combines classic elements from the genre, such as combat, platforming, and puzzles, with the exploration of an expanded world. Live a unique fantasy adventure and relive the look and feel of old-school video-games!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Yooka-Laylee

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Promenade.

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

    Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Promenade.

    Ranked #6 for Promenade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    Terry wants to launch himself into space using his new car. Doing something this cool and reckless will surely make him the talk of the town. Run, drive and glide through this small journey of big discoveries as Terry works towards achieving this goal.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. A Hat in Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Promenade.

    Ranked #7 for Promenade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

    2017IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Promenade.

    Ranked #8 for Promenade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Promenade.

    A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Promenade

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Scribblenauts Unlimited

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Promenade.

    Reviewers of Promenade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Promenade.

    The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.

    2012StrategyAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Promenade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Promenade.

    Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America. 150 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mars Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Promenade cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Mars Odyssey is a single player VR simulator experience. Land on Earth’s sister planet. Walk the surface of Mars in your living room and interact with full-scale, realistic NASA Landers and Rovers. Learn about the Red Planet, its history, and its geography in this interactive experience. Play time: 20 min.

    2016Simulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Celeste

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Promenade.

    Reviewers of Promenade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Promenade.

    Reviewers of Promenade cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    At Thors Military Academy, Erebonia’s best learn everything from the art of war to liberal arts. First year Rean Schwarzer learns he’s been selected to join the controversial Class VII, and they’ll need to deal with more than just class warfare--they’ll need to safeguard their country from chaos.

    2017RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Promenade.

    Reviewers of Promenade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Promenade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Promenade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Promenade.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Promenade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Promenade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Promenade.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Promenade on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Promenade.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Promenade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Promenade.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Promenade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Promenade.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Promenade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 with Promenade.

    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 Adventure with Promenade.

    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 Promenade.

    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 Indie with Promenade.

    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 with Promenade.

    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 Promenade.

    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 with Promenade.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Promenade.

    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. Yooka-Laylee

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Promenade.

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

    Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Promenade.

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

    Terry wants to launch himself into space using his new car. Doing something this cool and reckless will surely make him the talk of the town. Run, drive and glide through this small journey of big discoveries as Terry works towards achieving this goal.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. A Hat in Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Promenade.

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

    A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

    2017IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Promenade

Is Promenade verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Promenade 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 Promenade cost?
Promenade is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Promenade?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Promenade are Totally Ratical Adventures, Pizzapocalypse 2, Paperman: Adventure Delivered.
Who developed Promenade?
Promenade was developed by Holy Cap.

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 Promenade.

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