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Games like Angry Penguin

If Angry Penguin is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shinobi Shift, Gangsta Magic and Granvil's Fairytale — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chaotic yet fair challenge, 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 Angry Penguin: hard platformer with a penguin, and it's probably a good game for youtube and twitch (do not insult my mother while playing pls)

2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby PAIN PEPPER
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Chaotic yet fair challengeCharming penguin protagonist in a varied environmentCheckpoint balance adapts to skillChallengingFunnyIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Angry Penguin 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. Shinobi Shift

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Angry Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Angry Penguin.

    Shinobi Shift is a first-person platformer with shooter elements where you can control the time!

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Gangsta Magic

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Angry Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Gangsta magician need solve puzzles, avoid traps and enemies and find mystery USA Cone in his adventure

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Granvil's Fairytale

    WHY THIS

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

    Granvil's fairytale is an interesting and challenging platform adventure that gives you a lot of satisfaction. By controlling the movements of the dwarf, you need to show above-average dexterity to move on to the next stage. At the same time, you will see an world full of obstacles and surprises!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Death Run

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Angry Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Death Run: The ultimate first-person parkour game in the sky! Experience a journey over floating platforms. Your mission: Survive and find the portal to the next level. Beat the clock for a high score. Dodge obstacles to win. Are you ready?

    2023ActionSportsIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lion Quest Infinity

    WHY THIS

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

    Jethro the Lion and friends steal a magic grandfather clock and embark on an unforgettable adventure. Are they here to save the universe, or is it simply a marketing ploy constructed as part of an elaborate book tour?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Road to Ballhalla

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Angry Penguin.

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

    Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. It's On The Mouse

    WHY THIS

    Shares precision platforming, checkpoint based progression, whimsical and a funny mood with Angry Penguin.

    Ranked #7 for Angry Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Become the best tiny maid on the block! Help Holly and her friends in this little café manager where jumping and running are key to make up for your lack of size! Scuttle around the tables, serve your customers and be careful as dangerous obstacles and bosses will show up to try to stop you!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Red Trigger

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Angry Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Red Trigger is an FPS Puzzle game inspired by Portal, Antichamber and more. Use a gun that can expand or retract red blocks. The catch? You can only expand three blocks at a time - so you need to manage your energy wisely.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Angry Penguin

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Angry Penguin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Angry Penguin.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Rat Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Angry Penguin.

    Reviewers of Angry Penguin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Angry Penguin.

    A survival stealth role-playing simulator where you play as a rat in a suburban neighborhood.

    2017IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Muck

    WHY THIS

    Shares a punishing mood with Angry Penguin.

    Reviewers of Angry Penguin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Wet Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Angry Penguin cross-mention this title as a similar play.

  5. Only Up !

    WHY THIS

    Shares checkpoint system, precision platforming, arcade style and a punishing mood with Angry Penguin.

    Reviewers of Angry Penguin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Angry Penguin.

    ⭐⭐⭐ Embark on an exciting journey in Only UP ! Play as Jacky, a teenager from the ghetto who wants to get out of poverty and join the wealth of the Space ! As you explore a huge world full of secrets and mysteries, you will have to climb as high as possible ! ⭐⭐⭐

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure6.29 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Angry Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Angry Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Penguin.

    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 ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Angry Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Angry Penguin.

    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 ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Angry Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Angry Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Angry Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Angry Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Angry Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Angry Penguin.

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Angry Penguin.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Penguin.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Angry Penguin

Is Angry Penguin verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Angry Penguin 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 Angry Penguin cost?
Angry Penguin is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Angry Penguin?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Angry Penguin are Shinobi Shift, Gangsta Magic, Granvil's Fairytale.
Who developed Angry Penguin?
Angry Penguin was developed by PAIN PEPPER.

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 Angry Penguin.

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