Games like 99 Fails
If 99 Fails is your kind of game, the closest matches are ✌ Johnny Rocket, Beastie Land and Higher: The Last Dream — 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 99 Fails: 99 Fails is an impossibly difficult roguelite platformer featuring 3 mechanics in Zeebo's surreal nightmare with bizarre monsters & music by legendary David Wise!
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✌ Johnny Rocket
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Top pick for 99 Fails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
A comic adventure introducing Johnny Rocket in an action platformer game stylized as a free-hand black and white cartoon.
Beastie Land
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Second-strongest match for 99 Fails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Beastie Land is a high-speed 2D platformer inspired by 90’s classics. Master precision platforming and explore vibrant levels to discover hidden treasures with your unique beast characters!
Higher: The Last Dream
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Third-strongest match for 99 Fails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Higher: The Last Dream is a 2D Metroidvania/Action Platformer with a psychological dark fantasy atmosphere. Embody Starlight, an amnesiac being with no memory of his identity. Journey through hostile worlds where you will navigate ever-changing levels.
Aeterna Noctis
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Ranked #4 for 99 Fails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
Rain World
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Ranked #5 for 99 Fails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
BZZZT
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Ranked #6 for 99 Fails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
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Ranked #7 for 99 Fails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 99 Fails.
Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!
Kaze and the Wild Masks
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Ranked #8 for 99 Fails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with 99 Fails.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with 99 Fails.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 99 Fails.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 99 Fails.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with 99 Fails.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Aeterna Noctis
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Frequently asked about 99 Fails
- Does 99 Fails have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — 99 Fails supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to 99 Fails?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 99 Fails are ✌ Johnny Rocket, Beastie Land, Higher: The Last Dream.
- Who developed 99 Fails?
- 99 Fails was developed by Frying Jelly.
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 99 Fails.
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