Games like A Hat in Time
If A Hat in Time is your kind of game, the closest matches are Yooka-Laylee, MegaGum and Ruffed Up — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its active modding community, endless replayability and customization and imaginative level design. 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 →A Hat in Time is a 2017 indie adventure developed by Gears for Breakfast. This 3D platformer tasks players with navigating colorful worlds as they collect items and solve puzzles. The game blends traditional platforming with exploration and collectathon mechanics, while built-in mod support and custom-level features extend its longevity significantly. Players describe the experience as immersive, nostalgic, and whimsical, and reviewers highlight the lovable protagonist and imaginative level design as particularly compelling. The title earned a Metacritic score of 79 and holds a 98% positive rating from over 29,000 Steam reviews. Priced at $29.99, it runs Verified on Steam Deck.
About A Hat in Time: A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
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Yooka-Laylee
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with A Hat in Time.
Top pick for A Hat in Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
MegaGum
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for A Hat in Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Play as Uja in this colorful 3D action-platformer set inside the twisted candy empire of Mister Gum, where chewing gum powers the world. Run on walls, glide across deadly factory floors, fight bizarre living Gummies, and uncover the dark secrets hidden inside the gigantic GUM Tower.
Ruffed Up
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for A Hat in Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Ruffed Up is a chaotic, 2-4 player co-op physics game where you and your fellow dogs drag your unconscious dog walker across town to safety. Dodge traffic, cross treacherous terrain, and somehow get everyone home in one piece. It’s no walk in the park!
Any World
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for A Hat in Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
A retro 3D-Platformer about an alien named Ottis. Repair your portal device to get back home! Leap across the seven worlds of Emria: from pixelated depths to clay-themed skies. Collect parts, battle aliens, and keep running!
Demon Turf: Queens Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Ranked #5 for A Hat in Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
The ultimate version of the 3D Platformer with attitude! Join Beebz on three seperate adventures to ultimately claim the Demon Queen title! Jump, spin and punch your way across the turfs with this Expressive Platformer!
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Ranked #6 for A Hat in Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with A Hat in Time.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Pru the Pigeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for A Hat in Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!
Woodle Tree 2: Deluxe+
WHY THIS
Shares collectathon and a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Ranked #8 for A Hat in Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
A new edition of Woodle Tree 2 is here, with many enhancements! Will you be able to save Mother Nature in this vast open-world Adventure? This time a devastating menace is taking over the Wood Lands with a black substance that is absorbing life and energy from all living creatures!
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Yooka-Laylee
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with A Hat in Time.
Reviewers of A Hat in Time cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Reviewers of A Hat in Time cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with A Hat in Time.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Reviewers of A Hat in Time cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Blast your way through an interdimensional adventure with Ratchet and Clank – now on PC! Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond at hyper-speed!
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an immersive mood with A Hat in Time.
Reviewers of A Hat in Time cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with A Hat in Time.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Sonic Generations Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with A Hat in Time.
Reviewers of A Hat in Time cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with A Hat in Time.
Reviewers of A Hat in Time cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Discover Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013. Command your ship, hunt Templars and carve your legend as Edward Kenway across the Caribbean's Golden Age of Piracy.
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with A Hat in Time.
Reviewers of A Hat in Time cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America. 150 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with A Hat in Time.
Reviewers of A Hat in Time cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Hat in Time at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under A Hat in Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Hat in Time.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Priced ~50% under A Hat in Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Hat in Time.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under A Hat in Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an immersive mood with A Hat in Time.
Priced ~50% under A Hat in Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under A Hat in Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Hat in Time.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Priced ~67% under A Hat in Time on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with A Hat in Time.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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 A Hat in Time.
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 Adventure with A Hat in Time.
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 Indie with A Hat in Time.
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 A Hat in Time.
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 A Hat in Time.
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 A Hat in Time.
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 Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
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.
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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.
Yooka-Laylee
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with A Hat in Time.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
Demon Turf: Queens Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Hat in Time.
The ultimate version of the 3D Platformer with attitude! Join Beebz on three seperate adventures to ultimately claim the Demon Queen title! Jump, spin and punch your way across the turfs with this Expressive Platformer!
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Hat in Time.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with A Hat in Time.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Frequently asked about A Hat in Time
- Is A Hat in Time verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — A Hat in Time 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 A Hat in Time cost?
- A Hat in Time is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does A Hat in Time have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — A Hat in Time supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to A Hat in Time?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Hat in Time are Yooka-Laylee, MegaGum, Ruffed Up.
- Who developed A Hat in Time?
- A Hat in Time was developed by Gears for Breakfast.
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