Games like Covid Carl
If Covid Carl is your kind of game, the closest matches are Super Time Force Ultra, Best Buds vs Bad Guys and Guns of Fury — 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 Covid Carl: Covid Carl is a Metroidvania/Contra-style 2d side-scrolling shooter. It will feature a brief story, 10 levels, and boss fights
Players who liked Covid Carl also play
Steam players who put hours into Covid Carl 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.
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Top pick for Covid Carl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Best Buds vs Bad Guys
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Covid Carl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is a 2D run ’n’ gun from a game developer Dad and his 11 year old son, with a special message behind it. Travel to 11 different worlds, all presented in classic 16-bit style, with a catchy chip-tune soundtrack and lots of over-the-top weapons!
Guns of Fury
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Covid Carl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
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!
The Original Moorhuhn Hunt
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Covid Carl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
The Classic Returns!Experience the thrill of The Original Moorhuhn Hunt, a cult classic celebrating 25 years of action with tens of millions of sales and downloads! Aim, shoot, and reload to dominate the leaderboard. Are you ready to become the number one hunter?
Contra: Operation Galuga
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Covid Carl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Covid Carl.
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
Super Catboy
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Covid Carl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!
Rise & Shine
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Covid Carl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.
Beholgar
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Covid Carl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Covid Carl at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Covid Carl on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Covid Carl on Steam right now. Shares Action with Covid Carl.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Covid Carl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Covid Carl.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Covid Carl on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Covid Carl on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Covid Carl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Covid Carl.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Covid Carl on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 Action with Covid Carl.
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 Covid Carl.
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 Covid Carl.
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 Covid Carl.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Covid Carl.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Covid Carl.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Covid Carl.
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.
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Guns of Fury
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
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!
Contra: Operation Galuga
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Covid Carl.
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
Super Catboy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!
Beholgar
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Covid Carl.
Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.
Frequently asked about Covid Carl
- How much does Covid Carl cost?
- Covid Carl is listed on Steam at 2.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Covid Carl?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Covid Carl are Super Time Force Ultra, Best Buds vs Bad Guys, Guns of Fury.
- Who developed Covid Carl?
- Covid Carl was developed by Dumpster Fire Studio LLC.
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 Covid Carl.
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