Games like Forest of Strays
If Forest of Strays is your kind of game, the closest matches are Keo and the Cosmic Crystals, Blickel and Flob and the Shattered Dimension — 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 Forest of Strays: Forest of Strays is a hardcore platformer with many dangers scattered across the stages. Try to complete every level while collecting every leaf along the way, fighting enemies, evading traps and getting through precise jumps! Can the lost girl find her cat and return home?
Players who liked Forest of Strays also play
Steam players who put hours into Forest of Strays 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.
Keo and the Cosmic Crystals
WHY THIS
Top pick for Forest of Strays fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Forest of Strays.
Keo and the Cosmic Crystals is a 2D platform game with colorful and cute graphics, featuring high difficulty and precision challenges.
Blickel
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Forest of Strays fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
A colorful and retro 2D platformer where you must shoot enemies, platform around tough obstacles, and race through several distinct worlds each with its own unique challenges and gameplay elements. Can you make it to the end?
Flob and the Shattered Dimension
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Forest of Strays fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forest of Strays.
After an experiment went wrong, a lab assistant embarks on an adventure to rescue his creator, the great scientist Dr. Franz, who is now trapped in another dimension. Join Flob on this journey, explore hostile environments, and rescue Dr. Franz.
soul balance
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Forest of Strays fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
A Cute Doodle-Style Clear-Screen Battle Game. Control Four Unique Little Robots, Fight and Rampage Inside a Bionic Body That Has Awakened Self-Consciousness!
Worlds of Colors
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Forest of Strays fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
Worlds of Colors takes place in a completely different universe from ours. Explore the different worlds, created by god-like beings known as the Overseers. You play as an inhabitant of these worlds called Nivu, guided by one of the Overseers trying to save the universe from collapsing.
Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Forest of Strays fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
A Simple and Bite-sized retro 2D Platformer about a frog on another side-scrolling adventure
Archaeogem
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Forest of Strays fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Forest of Strays.
Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!
Olija
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Forest of Strays fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Forest of Strays at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Forest of Strays on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays on Steam right now. Shares Action with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays on Steam right now. Shares Action with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forest of Strays.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Forest of Strays.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Forest of Strays.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays.
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 with Forest of Strays.
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 Forest of Strays.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Forest of Strays.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Nether Lamp
Other recommendable Steam games by Nether Lamp, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Marimoth
WHY THIS
Another title from Nether Lamp, the studio behind Forest of Strays. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
Soulslinger
WHY THIS
Another title from Nether Lamp, the studio behind Forest of Strays. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
Soulslinger is a challenging auto runner in which you must reap your way through the Underworld! Destroy obstacles, eat pies, and get blessings to defeat threatening foes with the help of your powerful Soulblaster.
SMaC!
WHY THIS
Another title from Nether Lamp, the studio behind Forest of Strays. Shares Indie with Forest of Strays.
SMaC! is an anomaly-spotting game where you work as a shotgun-wielding maid. Identify fake customers by their behavior and blow them away, while keeping the real ones happy with their orders.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
A Simple and Bite-sized retro 2D Platformer about a frog on another side-scrolling adventure
Archaeogem
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Forest of Strays.
Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!
Olija
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Forest of Strays.
Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Frequently asked about Forest of Strays
- How much does Forest of Strays cost?
- Forest of Strays is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Forest of Strays?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Forest of Strays are Keo and the Cosmic Crystals, Blickel, Flob and the Shattered Dimension.
- Who developed Forest of Strays?
- Forest of Strays was developed by Nether Lamp.
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