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Games like Scapegoat

If Scapegoat is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Catapult VR, 豆丁人 DOUDINGMAN and Bullet Time — 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.

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About Scapegoat: Scapegoat is a fun 2D top-down, Action Shooter game with cartoon and beautiful hand-drawn scenery. Fight multiple enemy animals, choosing and mastering an increasing variety of weapons to advance through the levels. Designed for both Keyboard/mouse or Gamepad controllers!

2022ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDWindows · macOSby Joseph Meering
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Steam players who put hours into Scapegoat 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. The Catapult VR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Scapegoat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    Game about hero in castle siege, vs stickmans with catapult and archers with bows and arrows.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 豆丁人 DOUDINGMAN

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a defensive shooter Roguelite game where enemies will be coming from the right side in an endless stream and you need to survive for a limited time to get through. If you can keep the goods on the left intact, all the better.

    2023ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bullet Time

    WHY THIS

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

    Bullet Time is the new shooting fun game. Mafia took your dog and you are coming for a big revenge! Use only one bullet and one shot to kill them all. Are you ready to test your shooting skills with one shot ONLY?

    2021ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Ultimate Shot

    WHY THIS

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

    You are the only hope, but thanks to your rich experience we are sure you will do well!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Ouroboros Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Scapegoat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Scapegoat.

    All the pleasure from the 90's Action RPGs put into a quirky infinite procedural dungeon. Explore, find treasures, loot and clear hallways from enemies within.

    2021ActionRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Medal of Guardians

    WHY THIS

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

    In a world where medals have power, players can choose from a variety of jobs, including knight, mage, priest, and archer, to fight monsters and strengthen their characters to their liking. This is an online action shooting game that can be enjoyed alone or with others.

    2022ActionIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Ancient Tombs

    WHY THIS

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

    Top-down 2D adventure in retro style. Explore a dangerous world filled with both living and undead enemies. Solve puzzles and search tombs & dungeons, find secrets, weapons and upgrades.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Rum & Gun

    WHY THIS

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

    Rum & Gun combines fast-paced shooter action with ARPG loot and character building. Journey across the Indian Ocean, uncover the secrets of the Drunken God, and become a legendary pirate captain. You're not on the Caribbean anymore...

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Scapegoat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Scapegoat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scapegoat.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Scapegoat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scapegoat.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Scapegoat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Scapegoat.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Scapegoat on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scapegoat.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Scapegoat on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scapegoat.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Scapegoat on Steam right now. Shares Action with Scapegoat.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Scapegoat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Scapegoat.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. NERTS! Online

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Scapegoat.

    NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Scapegoat

How much does Scapegoat cost?
Scapegoat is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Scapegoat?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scapegoat are The Catapult VR, 豆丁人 DOUDINGMAN, Bullet Time.
Who developed Scapegoat?
Scapegoat was developed by Joseph Meering and published by JugglingJoeStudios.

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 Scapegoat.

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