Games like Final Exam
If Final Exam is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abyss Odyssey, Streets of Rage 4 and Shing! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, funny and intense. 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 Final Exam: Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures.
Players who liked Final Exam also play
Steam players who put hours into Final Exam 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.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Final Exam.
Top pick for Final Exam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Final Exam.
Second-strongest match for Final Exam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
Shing!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Final Exam.
Third-strongest match for Final Exam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
BattleBlock Theater®
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Final Exam.
Ranked #4 for Final Exam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Foul Play
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and a funny mood with Final Exam.
Ranked #5 for Final Exam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Final Exam.
Ranked #6 for Final Exam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Final Exam.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
Absolum
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer with Final Exam.
Ranked #7 for Final Exam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Final Exam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Final Exam at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Final Exam on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Final Exam on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Final Exam.
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 ~70% under Final Exam on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Final Exam.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Final Exam on Steam right now. Shares Action with Final Exam.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Final Exam on Steam right now. Shares Action with Final Exam.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Final Exam on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Final Exam.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Final Exam on Steam right now. Shares Action with Final Exam.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Final Exam on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Final Exam.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Final Exam.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Final Exam.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
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.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Final Exam.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Final Exam.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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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.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Final Exam.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Final Exam.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
Shing!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Final Exam.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
BattleBlock Theater®
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Final Exam.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Final Exam.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Final Exam.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Final Exam.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Frequently asked about Final Exam
- Does Final Exam run on Steam Deck?
- Final Exam is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Final Exam cost?
- Final Exam is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Final Exam have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Final Exam supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Final Exam?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Final Exam are Abyss Odyssey, Streets of Rage 4, Shing!.
- Who developed Final Exam?
- Final Exam was developed by Mighty Rocket Studio and published by Focus Entertainment.
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