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Games like Only Up: With Friends

If Only Up: With Friends is your kind of game, the closest matches are RUSH: Only Up Multiplayer, Up or Lava! and Snake Jump — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brutal, challenging and competitive. 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 Only Up: With Friends: Only Up: With Friends is a multiplayer parkour game where precision is essential. Race against your friends to the top by climbing a variety of dynamic obstacles. One mistake and its back to the start...

2023ActionIndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby NoGlyph Games
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Players who liked Only Up: With Friends also play

Steam players who put hours into Only Up: With Friends 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. RUSH: Only Up Multiplayer

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Only Up: With Friends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Only Up: With Friends.

    Join this intense MMO 3D platformer! Jump, parkour, and compete against others in a race to the top. Challenge your buddies, beat them, smash records, and reach unprecedented heights! The only rule is not to fall!

    2023ActionAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Up or Lava!

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Only Up: With Friends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only Up: With Friends.

    Participate in only up races with 100 players. Fall down, and you'll burn in the lava! Play with friends or other players. The last survivor wins. Could it be you?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Snake Jump

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Only Up: With Friends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only Up: With Friends.

    You're a snake who is tired of living on the ground. You wanna explore the sky and go as high as you can. Take on a thrilling obstacle cours and a beautiful mystery awaits you at the top...

    2023IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Wacky Jumpers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Only Up: With Friends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only Up: With Friends.

    "Wacky Jumpers" is a multiplayer racing video game inspired by the colorful and wacky universe of "Fall Guys" and the vertical gameplay of "Only Up". In this game, players embody fearless ninjas who compete in frantic races full of traps.

    2024ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Tag League

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Only Up: With Friends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only Up: With Friends.

    Tag League is an online PvP parkour game where you must use your movement and traversal skills to gain an advantage and beat the other team.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Roll a Ball With Your Friends

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based movement and a competitive mood with Only Up: With Friends.

    Ranked #6 for Only Up: With Friends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Only Up: With Friends.

    "Roll a Ball with your friends" is a multiplayer game for up to 8 players. Let's roll a cute ball and have an obstacle race! Compete with your friends in over 30 exciting levels such as Kitchen, Pirate, and Space!

    2021ActionCasualRacing2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. RADMINTON

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Only Up: With Friends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only Up: With Friends.

    Become a super rad parkour vigilante and fight back against ADCO. Experience over-the-top action and comical gunfights against 'the big corpo' as you traverse through movement-based levels and puzzles. A 3D-action parkour movement shooter where you can customize, style, rebel, and keep it RAD!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Climb and Cry

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Only Up: With Friends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only Up: With Friends.

    Co-op Rage Climber/Shooter, Play with friends in over 15 unique maps and be the first to reach the top and win the trophy. Momentum based movement and climbing. Shoot them before they shoot you. only one player can win. including a long and challenging single player mode.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Only Up: With Friends at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Only Up: With Friends on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Only Up: With Friends.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Only Up: With Friends on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only Up: With Friends.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Only Up: With Friends on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only Up: With Friends.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Only Up: With Friends on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Only Up: With Friends.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Only Up: With Friends on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Only Up: With Friends.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Only Up: With Friends on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Only Up: With Friends.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Only Up: With Friends on Steam right now. Shares Action with Only Up: With Friends.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Only Up: With Friends on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Only Up: With Friends.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 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 Only Up: With Friends.

    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. 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 Only Up: With Friends.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Only Up: With Friends.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Only Up: With Friends.

    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 ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only Up: With Friends.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Only Up: With Friends.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Only Up: With Friends.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Only Up: With Friends.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Only Up: With Friends

Does Only Up: With Friends run on Steam Deck?
Only Up: With Friends 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 Only Up: With Friends cost?
Only Up: With Friends is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Only Up: With Friends have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Only Up: With Friends supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Only Up: With Friends?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Only Up: With Friends are RUSH: Only Up Multiplayer, Up or Lava!, Snake Jump.
Who developed Only Up: With Friends?
Only Up: With Friends was developed by NoGlyph Games.

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 Only Up: With Friends.

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