Games like Hellgineers
If Hellgineers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pingis!, Meta Pong and When Ski Lifts Go Wrong — 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 Hellgineers: Help the minions of the underworld across bubbling pools of lava with rickety bridges and non-regulated constructions. Will you go for the easiest route, or test your skills and aim for the coveted skulls? Return to completed challenges to perfect your builds!
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Pingis!
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Top pick for Hellgineers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Pingis! is a table tennis adventure where you face quirky opponents, acquire exciting powerups, and upgrade your racket in a story to become the Pingis World Champion!
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hellgineers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!
Squares and Stuff
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Ranked #4 for Hellgineers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Build, experiment, and share in Squares and Stuff, a pixel-retro sandbox game inspired by classic "falling sand" games. Unleash your creativity in an open-ended world filled with sandbox elements like water, paint, fire, sand, animals, humans, zombies, and a controllable 2D platform character.
Slackers - Carts of Glory
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Ranked #5 for Hellgineers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Step into the wonderful world of Slackers! Picture this: you and your friends run out of drinks and the store is closing! Hop in a shopping cart, the ultimate eco-friendly marvel, master the art of riding an unpredictable beast, discover shortcuts as you pave your path to glory!
Tinytopia
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Ranked #6 for Hellgineers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Hellgineers.
Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!
Bridge Constructor Studio
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Ranked #7 for Hellgineers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Bridge Constructor Studio is the latest in the best-selling series. Test your engineering skills in this physics-based puzzle game, combining the best of previous titles with a modern, charming visual style—the ultimate experience for creative builders!
People Playground
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Ranked #8 for Hellgineers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hellgineers at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hellgineers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hellgineers.
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
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Priced ~60% under Hellgineers on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
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
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Priced ~70% under Hellgineers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hellgineers.
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 Hellgineers on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hellgineers.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Hellgineers on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Hellgineers.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~80% under Hellgineers on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hellgineers.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hellgineers on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Hellgineers on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hellgineers.
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 and Simulation with Hellgineers.
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?
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 Simulation with Hellgineers.
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 with Hellgineers.
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 Hellgineers.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hellgineers.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Johan Peitz
Other recommendable Steam games by Johan Peitz, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Cosmic Collapse
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Hellgineers. Shares Indie and Casual with Hellgineers.
Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!
Shadow King
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Hellgineers. Shares Indie with Hellgineers.
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
Golf Monday
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Hellgineers. Shares Indie and Casual with Hellgineers.
Partake in what seems like a normal golf tournament. But watch out! Your competitors will stop at nothing to win.
Orb of Aeternum
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Hellgineers. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
A bite sized dungeon manager game that requires new strategies every time you play! Mine, build, and fight your way to success.
Sunset Solitaire
WHY THIS
Another title from Johan Peitz, the studio behind Hellgineers. Shares Indie and Casual with Hellgineers.
Classic Solitaire with pixel perfect graphics and soothing chip tunes. Four variants with separate difficulty modes and an addicting scoring mechanism for unlocking card backs.
Frequently asked about Hellgineers
- Does Hellgineers run on Steam Deck?
- Hellgineers 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 Hellgineers cost?
- Hellgineers is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hellgineers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hellgineers are Pingis!, Meta Pong, When Ski Lifts Go Wrong.
- Who developed Hellgineers?
- Hellgineers was developed by Johan Peitz, Vav and published by Apskeppet.
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