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Games like Step By Step

If Step By Step is your kind of game, the closest matches are JumpKin, Bunny Flush and Speed Creators — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its difficulty ramps up fairly, challenging and funny. 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 Step By Step: In a game where you can't stop moving, every step is progress. But whether that progress is forward or backward, that is up to you...

2023ActionStrategyIndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Tripp Rainey, Brice DiPiazza
Step By Step — Steam game cover
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Challenging foddian gameplay that creates satisfying progression momentsCharming visuals and sound designDifficulty ramps up fairlyChallengingFunnyIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Step By Step 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. JumpKin

    WHY THIS

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

    Think you're the best pumpkin? Being a pumpkin isn't for everyone. So join the competition with your friends in this addictive 2D platformer. It's time to immerse yourself in the JumpKin challenge!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bunny Flush

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Step By Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Step By Step.

    Just go up, don't look down. You will be addicted to this platform game that will challenge you to the fullest.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Speed Creators

    WHY THIS

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

    A hectic party platformer where everyone builds a slice of a sprawling level filled with movement altering blocks and deadly traps. Then run, jump, and punch your way to victory in a frantic race to the finish!

    2026ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Candy Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Step By Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Step By Step.

    Dive into The Candy Adventure! Join your friend after falling through a magical portal and getting lost in a world of enchanted sweets. On an epic journey home. Alone or in cooperation, every moment is a delightful surprise. Adventure, friendship and sweetness await you!

    2024IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Survivor Joe Lost Island

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Step By Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Step By Step.

    Fight, explore, and survive a strange island in this 2D action-platformer, building your character with weapons and perks while tackling a story campaign or diving into a replayable roguelike temple mode.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Tales From The Arcade: Fartmania

    WHY THIS

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

    There is no one else, just you, a bad case of IBS, and a family of fellow swine to save. Bounce, fart, jump, and explore your way up into the very stratosphere to rescue your friends from the clutches of their alien kidnappers.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. CRAYON SHINCHAN The Storm Called! FLAMING KASUKABE RUNNER!!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Step By Step.

    Ranked #7 for Step By Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Step By Step.

    The action-packed "Crayon Shin-chan" runner anyone can casually play is here! Gather various costumes and crew and blaze through the streets of Kasukabe and the world of the movies!

    2022ActionAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Soul Guardians

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Step By Step.

    Ranked #8 for Step By Step fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Step By Step.

    Soul Guardians is a 2D cross-scroll action RPG game. Hired as a mercenary of the Empire, the protagonist goes on a journey to stop the conspiracy of the Dark Forces Undertaker. Raising unique characters, collecting and combining chain arts to enjoy your own hot action!

    2023ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Step By Step on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Step By Step.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Step By Step on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Step By Step.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Step By Step on Steam right now. Shares Action with Step By Step.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Step By Step on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Step By Step.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Step By Step on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Step By Step.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Step By Step on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Step By Step.

    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 ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Step By Step on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Step By Step.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Step By Step on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Step By Step.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Step By Step.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Step By Step.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Step By Step.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Step By Step

Does Step By Step run on Steam Deck?
Step By Step 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 Step By Step cost?
Step By Step is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Step By Step have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Step By Step supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Step By Step?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Step By Step are JumpKin, Bunny Flush, Speed Creators.
Who developed Step By Step?
Step By Step was developed by Tripp Rainey, Brice DiPiazza and published by Trippster Studios.

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 Step By Step.

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