Games like The Helper
If The Helper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rope Cow - Rope it to The Cow, The Christmas Gifts and Lair of the Clockwork God — 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 The Helper: The Helper is a fast-moving, energetic, fun and madness-packed 2D video game that allows you to play as “The Helper” (hence the name, duh!), a lad that helps The Professor by gathering Gravity Crystals for his secret experiment.
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Rope Cow - Rope it to The Cow
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Top pick for The Helper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
Rope swing like never before.
The Christmas Gifts
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Second-strongest match for The Helper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
The Christmas Gifts is a 2D Old School Christmas Themed Action Platformer based on the story of a boy named Kim who is in search of his gifts which got stolen from his garden.
Lair of the Clockwork God
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Third-strongest match for The Helper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
99 Levels To Hell
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Ranked #5 for The Helper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon.
Sword of Destiny
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Ranked #6 for The Helper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
Fight to restore the peace and justice in the world by thwarting the treacherous plans of the King, who turns the innocent into mindless skeletons to conquer the world.
Smilemo
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Ranked #7 for The Helper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
A new side-scrolling platformer where you go flying out of control at the slightest touch! In this virus-infected world, it is your job to collect the scattered pieces of vaccine code and exterminate the virus!
Jump Off The Bridge
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Ranked #8 for The Helper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Helper at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~50% under The Helper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
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
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Priced ~50% under The Helper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Helper.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~50% under The Helper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Helper.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~50% under The Helper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Helper.
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
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Priced ~50% under The Helper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Helper.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~50% under The Helper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Helper.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~50% under The Helper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Helper.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
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 The Helper.
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 and Adventure with The Helper.
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 The Helper.
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 The Helper.
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 and Adventure with The Helper.
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 The Helper.
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 The Helper.
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 The Helper
- How much does The Helper cost?
- The Helper is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Helper?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Helper are Rope Cow - Rope it to The Cow, The Christmas Gifts, Lair of the Clockwork God.
- Who developed The Helper?
- The Helper was developed by Scout Game Studios.
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