Games like Tad the Lost Explorer
If Tad the Lost Explorer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zorro The Chronicles, Tiny Man's Revenge Remastered and Starlit World — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, funny and lighthearted. 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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Players who liked Tad the Lost Explorer also play
Steam players who put hours into Tad the Lost Explorer 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.
Zorro The Chronicles
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Top pick for Tad the Lost Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Zorro The Chronicles is an exciting and humorous game featuring combat and exploration gameplay inspired by the best action games in class.
Tiny Man's Revenge Remastered
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tad the Lost Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Tim Martin shrugs off his loss of height but cries over his lost soup. He embarks on an epic adventure in an innocent, yet sinister man's house, using his skills in Gliding, Climbing, and Dodging to steal everything he can. With his haul, he hopes to afford his beloved soup once again.
Starlit World
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tad the Lost Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Help Bo & Kiki save the Starlits from Oli’s evil spell in a cute and chaotic 3D platforming adventure! Discover special suits, fight bosses, and explore magical worlds as you rebuild Starlit Island and complete your sticker album!
Effie
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Ranked #4 for Tad the Lost Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Effie is a 3D action-adventure game that combines classic elements from the genre, such as combat, platforming, and puzzles, with the exploration of an expanded world. Live a unique fantasy adventure and relive the look and feel of old-school video-games!
Shenanigans
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tad the Lost Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
The Evil Dr. Wector has taken the Great Sunflower’s Sun Energy for his evil plan and now it is up to you to get it all back! Join the four hooligans, Simon, Sebrina, Rae, and Beast, in a wacky and goofy 2D adventure!
Go! Super Awesome Monkey!
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tad the Lost Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Play as SAM in Go! Super Awesome Monkey and save the world from AI Tech Overlords in this cute 3D Platformer! Collect pizza slices, coins, & floppy discs by spinning, dashing, and slamming (and more!) in 100+ levels. Play at your own pace: casually explore or speedrun to rise up the leaderboards!
G-ASTRO
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tad the Lost Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Play as a hyperintelligent, intergalactic, space Snail on a mission across the universe. Discover wildlife and plantlife to determine whether this world is habitable for snail-kind.
THE INDIE DEV
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tad the Lost Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
THE INDIE DEV invites you, the player, to a behind-the-scenes look at one wannabe indie darling's sordid tryst with game development. Learn what it takes to be an amateur, laugh at jokes, experience plot twists, and join our rookie dev on a rollercoaster ride that's rapidly running out of track.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Tad the Lost Explorer
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TY the Tasmanian Tiger
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Reviewers of Tad the Lost Explorer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
G'day, Mate. Explore the wilds of Australia with TY the Tasmanian Tiger, the charming Aussie platformer.
Lara Croft GO
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Reviewers of Tad the Lost Explorer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Reviewers of Tad the Lost Explorer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tad the Lost Explorer at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tad the Lost Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tad the Lost Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tad the Lost Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tad the Lost Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Tad the Lost Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Tad the Lost Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
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 Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
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 Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
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.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
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!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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More from Gammera Nest
Other recommendable Steam games by Gammera Nest, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Another title from Gammera Nest, the studio behind Tad the Lost Explorer. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tad the Lost Explorer.
The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo is a whimsical point’n’click adventure with a surrealist story, astounding hand-drawn animations and hilarious puzzles. Mr. Coo is trapped and broken into pieces. But most of all, he has no idea of what’s going on. Is that a giant chicken over there?
Nubla
WHY THIS
Another title from Gammera Nest, the studio behind Tad the Lost Explorer. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
A point'n'click adventure that will take you through the fantastic world of Nubla, full of puzzles and forgotten places. A journey of self-discovery, looking for your personal identity and place in the world.
MeteoHeroes
WHY THIS
Another title from Gammera Nest, the studio behind Tad the Lost Explorer. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
If you like platform and adventure games, get ready to enjoy MeteoHeroes, a game full of action and fun, fight for a clean and safe planet and take your superheroes to their final destination where they will have to face the fearsome Doctor Makina and the Maculans.
Valley of the Dead: MalnaZidos
WHY THIS
Another title from Gammera Nest, the studio behind Tad the Lost Explorer. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
MalnaZidos is a survival horror game, full of action, shooting and zombies, inspired by the hit Mediaset movie. Make your way through open levels full of secrets, play with up to 7 characters and survive this zombie plague during the Spanish Civil War.
Windfolk: Sky is just the Beginning
WHY THIS
Another title from Gammera Nest, the studio behind Tad the Lost Explorer. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Explore the skies of Eurian and help Esen to defeat the evil coalition in Windfolk: Sky is just the Beginning, a third-person shooter adventure game.
Twogether: Project Indigos Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Another title from Gammera Nest, the studio behind Tad the Lost Explorer. Shares Adventure with Tad the Lost Explorer.
Twogether: Project Indigos is a single player third person puzzle adventure. Set in the frightening Hexacells facilities, Twogether will pose original puzzles that will only be solvable by collaboration.
Frontball Planet
WHY THIS
Another title from Gammera Nest, the studio behind Tad the Lost Explorer.
Live fun matches of 1 or 2 players, full of action and with different cities in the background, against different opponents to defeat and several game modes to choose from both single player and local multiplayer.
Frequently asked about Tad the Lost Explorer
- How much does Tad the Lost Explorer cost?
- Tad the Lost Explorer is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tad the Lost Explorer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tad the Lost Explorer are Zorro The Chronicles, Tiny Man's Revenge Remastered, Starlit World.
- Who developed Tad the Lost Explorer?
- Tad the Lost Explorer was developed by Gammera Nest.
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