Games like BattleBlock Theater®
If BattleBlock Theater® is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sticky Paws, Shell Out Showdown and Cobalt — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative level design, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →BattleBlock Theater is an action-adventure platformer developed by The Behemoth. Set in a mysterious theater occupied by highly technological felines, the game tasks players with navigating challenging stages filled with weapon-based puzzle solving and platformer-level design. The cooperative-backstabbing mechanics encourage tactical positioning as players work together or undermine each other to progress. Reviewers highlight the creative-level-design that keeps each stage feeling fresh and unpredictable. Players describe it as both challenging and funny throughout the campaign to rescue Hatty Hattington. The game holds a 97% positive rating from over 23,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck at $14.99.
About BattleBlock Theater®: 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.
Players who liked BattleBlock Theater® also play
Steam players who put hours into BattleBlock Theater® 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.
Sticky Paws
WHY THIS
Top pick for BattleBlock Theater® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
A 2D platformer game about a cat that can climb anything! Sticky Paws is the story of Sticky the Cat, who is on a little adventure to retrieve a cake that a mouse stole. Catlyn, a new playable character, has joined the adventure too!
Shell Out Showdown
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for BattleBlock Theater® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
A vending machine Rapid-Fire Food Combat Generosity Arena! Throw food, dodge food (but don't litter), and give to win in this hectic, platform combat arena free-for-all! Up to 4 local players + online play. Lots of different game modes, plus story and solo play modes for tons of food tossin' fun!
Cobalt
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for BattleBlock Theater® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Platverse: ABYA's Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for BattleBlock Theater® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
A hardcore platform-action game! Robot ABYA wakes up in the depths of end - times ruins. With a special water gun, it starts to uncover the apocalypse's truth. As it explores underground ruins, ABYA leaps, climbs, and shoots, pushing survival limits and gradually revealing doomsday mysteries.
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Ranked #5 for BattleBlock Theater® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with BattleBlock Theater®.
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!
Super Bunny Man
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Ranked #6 for BattleBlock Theater® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.
Levelhead
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Ranked #7 for BattleBlock Theater® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Chaotic co-op platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and endless community-built levels await, so grab a friend and GO!
20XX
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Ranked #8 for BattleBlock Theater® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
Reviewers mention these as similar to BattleBlock Theater®
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Sacred Citadel
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Reviewers of BattleBlock Theater® cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BattleBlock Theater®.
Sharpen your axe, string your bow, brew your potions! Ancaria needs heroes like you. Grab your friends to join the resistance!The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Reviewers of BattleBlock Theater® cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Foul Play
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Reviewers of BattleBlock Theater® cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BattleBlock Theater® at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under BattleBlock Theater® on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with BattleBlock Theater®.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under BattleBlock Theater® on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under BattleBlock Theater® on Steam right now. Shares Action with BattleBlock Theater®.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under BattleBlock Theater® on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under BattleBlock Theater® on Steam right now. Shares Action with BattleBlock Theater®.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under BattleBlock Theater® on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under BattleBlock Theater® on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BattleBlock Theater®.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under BattleBlock Theater® on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with BattleBlock Theater®.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with BattleBlock Theater®.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
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 BattleBlock Theater®.
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 Indie and Casual with BattleBlock Theater®.
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 Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BattleBlock Theater®.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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More from The Behemoth
Other recommendable Steam games by The Behemoth, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Castle Crashers®
WHY THIS
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind BattleBlock Theater®. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
Pit People®
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind BattleBlock Theater®. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.
Alien Hominid Invasion
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind BattleBlock Theater®. Shares Action with BattleBlock Theater®.
Old friends and bitter enemies await as you invade Earth alongside a Mothership full of alien friends! Blast, beam, and bite your way through an endless swarm of enemies as you and up to three of your fellow hominids cause mayhem with a huge arsenal of weapons, mutations, and acrobatic maneuvers.
Alien Hominid HD
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind BattleBlock Theater®. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!
BEHEMOTH
WHY THIS
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind BattleBlock Theater®. Shares Action and Casual with BattleBlock Theater®.
Dodge ‘n flap your wings in this new arcade extravaganza from The Behemoth! In BEHEMOTH™, you become one with the chicken to secure your flock in the nest and collect as much candy corn as possible!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Cobalt
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with BattleBlock Theater®.
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!
Super Bunny Man
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.
Levelhead
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with BattleBlock Theater®.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BattleBlock Theater®.
Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Chaotic co-op platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and endless community-built levels await, so grab a friend and GO!
Frequently asked about BattleBlock Theater®
- Is BattleBlock Theater® verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — BattleBlock Theater® is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does BattleBlock Theater® cost?
- BattleBlock Theater® is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does BattleBlock Theater® have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — BattleBlock Theater® supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to BattleBlock Theater®?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BattleBlock Theater® are Sticky Paws, Shell Out Showdown, Cobalt.
- Who developed BattleBlock Theater®?
- BattleBlock Theater® was developed by The Behemoth.
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