Games like HatMania
If HatMania is your kind of game, the closest matches are Send It!, Flippin Kaktus and Tiny Thor — 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.
Get personalized picks →About HatMania: HatMania is a retro top down multitasking platformer with a twist. To succesfully guide two companions through a treacherous dungeon, you must split your attention and navigate both their fates at the same time.
Players who liked HatMania also play
Steam players who put hours into HatMania 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.
Send It!
WHY THIS
Top pick for HatMania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HatMania.
You are mail. The mailbox is waiting. Dash and jump through deadly levels at absurd speeds to ensure delivery! Perfect your routes, chase medal times, and master 100 bite-sized levels built for speedrunning and replayability.
Flippin Kaktus
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for HatMania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Flippin Kaktus is an action-driven vendetta with 80s vibes, featuring a spiky hero with the thorny past and rage-outbreaks combat style.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HatMania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
Below The Ocean
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for HatMania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Dive into the world 'Below the Ocean'! Master thrilling moves like tether-swinging, bubble-jumping, bungee-bouncing, and sling-shot in a mesmerizing underwater adventure. Solve intriguing puzzles and seek hidden treasures. Are you ready to embark on this unforgettable journey?
Lone Fungus
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for HatMania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
RedEx
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for HatMania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
RedEx is a 2D shooter with Tower Defence mechanics, with a minimalist pixel art stile. You are to fight against mercenaries of underground smuggling organization which pretends to be a logistic corporation called RedExpress.
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for HatMania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Guns of Fury
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for HatMania fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HatMania at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under HatMania on Steam right now. Shares Action with HatMania.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under HatMania on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under HatMania on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HatMania.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under HatMania on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under HatMania on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HatMania.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HatMania.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HatMania.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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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.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
Lone Fungus
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Guns of Fury
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HatMania.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Frequently asked about HatMania
- How much does HatMania cost?
- HatMania is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to HatMania?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HatMania are Send It!, Flippin Kaktus, Tiny Thor.
- Who developed HatMania?
- HatMania was developed by Diplopian.
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 HatMania.
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