Games like Ganbaru
If Ganbaru is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chibi Ninja Shino-kun: Treasure of Demon Tower, Tenko's Magical Sword Quest and DRAGON NINJA BYOKA — 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 Ganbaru: You hit a wall in your training. You heard a rumor of a Master living high in the mountains... Ganbaru is a fast-paced 2D precision platformer with a focus on precision and fluidity, with a strong japanese aesthetic and soundtrack.
Players who liked Ganbaru also play
Steam players who put hours into Ganbaru 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.
Chibi Ninja Shino-kun: Treasure of Demon Tower
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ganbaru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
Jump, slide and wall-kick your way through Demon Tower in this 90s-style ninja platformer!
Tenko's Magical Sword Quest
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ganbaru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
Run, Jump and dash your way through 65 challenging levels. Collect orbs too boost your speed and race to beat your own personal time in this hard to put down indie title! Collect all missing magical stone pieces to craft Tenkos legendary sword.
DRAGON NINJA BYOKA
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ganbaru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
Become the Dragon Ninja Byoka. Thrust through time from a fantasy feudal Japan into a dystopian urban landscape, slice, jump and dash your way through intense platforming action to slay the Chaos Serpent and avenge your dead Master.
Super Crazy Nynja
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ganbaru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
Super Crazy Nynja is a 2D platform game with a pixel art style. Play as a nynja, save your beloved from the clutches of aliens.
Hack or Die!
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ganbaru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
The Hacky-Sack Platformer! Keep the ball air-born while you kick your way through sprawling levels. Use unique kicking mechanics to rescue your best friend Kevin the dog. Just DONT DROP IT!!!
Pop Top Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ganbaru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
POP TOP ADVENTURE is a platform game, about the adventure with PEP POP, the hero who will need your help to recover the stolen trophies. Jump, climb, swim... Collect coins and emeralds... Defeat enemies and level bosses.. And enjoy the best of POP TOP ADVENTURE!
Atomic Owl
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ganbaru fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
You are Hidalgo Bladewing, a bird with a beef. Hack, slash, platform, and soar through a beautifully chaotic pixel-art neonscape in your quest to save your feathered friends. Challenging retro-inspired platforming gameplay, transforming weapons, and fowl Ninja action await.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ganbaru at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Ganbaru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
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 Ganbaru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
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 Ganbaru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
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 Ganbaru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ganbaru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
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 Ganbaru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ganbaru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Sally Face - Episode One
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ganbaru on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ganbaru.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Ganbaru.
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 with Ganbaru.
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 Ganbaru.
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 with Ganbaru.
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.
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Frequently asked about Ganbaru
- How much does Ganbaru cost?
- Ganbaru is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ganbaru?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ganbaru are Chibi Ninja Shino-kun: Treasure of Demon Tower, Tenko's Magical Sword Quest, DRAGON NINJA BYOKA.
- Who developed Ganbaru?
- Ganbaru was developed by 2 Bit Determine.
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 Ganbaru.
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