Games like Familiar
If Familiar is your kind of game, the closest matches are Creaks, BOX and 10mg: You are such a Soft and Round Kitten. — 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 Familiar: Familiar is an illustrated puzzle misadventure from Damsel Stone, following a witch's cat trying to undo a spell gone-wrong. Use a combination of platforming, problem solving, potion drinking, and people pleasing to undo the ongoing disaster and bring familiarity back to your home.
Players who liked Familiar also play
Steam players who put hours into Familiar 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.
Creaks
WHY THIS
Top pick for Familiar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
BOX
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Familiar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Familiar.
BOX is a logic puzzle-platformer where you must navigate small mazes to collect every "dot". Rotate the stage to change the layout of the level, as well as your own position within it. Take your time.
10mg: You are such a Soft and Round Kitten.
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Familiar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
10mg is a collection of 10 minute long games. You are such a Soft and Round Kitten is about a curious kitten. Come, take the form of this kitten.
Eschaton
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Familiar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.
Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D.
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Familiar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
Rescue cats! Collect hearts! Defy the laws of physics! Q.P.I.D. is part platformer, part physics puzzler, part race against the clock. Did we mention the cats?
The Pedestrian
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Familiar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
The Bridge
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Familiar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Paper Beast - Folded Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Familiar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Familiar at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Familiar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Familiar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Familiar.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Familiar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Familiar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Familiar on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Familiar.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Familiar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Familiar.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Familiar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Familiar.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Familiar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Familiar.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Familiar.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Familiar.
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 Familiar.
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 with Familiar.
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 Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
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 Familiar.
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 Familiar.
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.
Creaks
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
The Pedestrian
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
The Bridge
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Familiar.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Frequently asked about Familiar
- How much does Familiar cost?
- Familiar is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Familiar?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Familiar are Creaks, BOX, 10mg: You are such a Soft and Round Kitten..
- Who developed Familiar?
- Familiar was developed by Damsel Stone.
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 Familiar.
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