Games like Only an Alien Going Up!
If Only an Alien Going Up! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Broll, Only Down! and Grow Home — 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Only an Alien Going Up! 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.
Broll
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Top pick for Only an Alien Going Up! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Broll is a 3D ragdoll-based platformer, explore open levels, use the ragdoll to interact with the world, and solve awesome challenges!
Only Down!
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Second-strongest match for Only an Alien Going Up! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Have game developers often forced you to climb somewhere with no purpose? This time, your goal is to hit rock bottom and nothing else. It should be simple enough, good luck to everyone.
Grow Home
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Third-strongest match for Only an Alien Going Up! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
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Ranked #4 for Only an Alien Going Up! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
You are a young teenage Jackie from the ghetto who wants to get out of poverty and embark on a journey of learning about the world and yourself. The world has definitely gone crazy, though it has never been normal, but maybe now is the chance for you. Crisis is a time for action and decisive steps...
Spanky!
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Ranked #5 for Only an Alien Going Up! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Spanky! is THE booty-physics party game that brings cheeky movement mechanics to chaos-filled party modes. Twerk online with up to 7 friends and slap some jiggly tush!
Crumble
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Ranked #6 for Only an Alien Going Up! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Crumble is a dynamic physics platformer. Move like a Slime, jump like a ball, swing like Spiderman!
Carry The Glass
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Ranked #7 for Only an Alien Going Up! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Team up as two quirky construction workers in this fun 2-player co-op platformer! Carry a fragile glass window through colorful levels filled with challenges. Communicate and coordinate to dodge obstacles and solve puzzles. Can you finish the job without breaking the glass?
Clustertruck
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Ranked #8 for Only an Alien Going Up! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Only an Alien Going Up! at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Only an Alien Going Up! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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 Only an Alien Going Up! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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 Only an Alien Going Up! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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
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Priced ~80% under Only an Alien Going Up! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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™
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Priced ~50% under Only an Alien Going Up! on Steam right now. Shares Action with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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
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Priced ~80% under Only an Alien Going Up! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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™
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Priced ~50% under Only an Alien Going Up! on Steam right now. Shares Action with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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
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Priced ~60% under Only an Alien Going Up! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
An Arcade Full of Cats
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
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More from Vutune
Other recommendable Steam games by Vutune, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Drifter King Online
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Another title from Vutune, the studio behind Only an Alien Going Up!. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Precision drift racing solo or against friends.
Tornado Driver
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Another title from Vutune, the studio behind Only an Alien Going Up!. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Endless runner game with different environments and objects being randomly generated.
Jonas Willy Online
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Another title from Vutune, the studio behind Only an Alien Going Up!. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Online third-person shooter (TPS) up to 20 players.
Super Marble Brothers
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Another title from Vutune, the studio behind Only an Alien Going Up!. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Precision 3D platform game with cooperative or single player challenges above the clouds.
Chaotic Pursuit
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Another title from Vutune, the studio behind Only an Alien Going Up!. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Chaotic Pursuit is a hardcore Top-Down Shooter with cute graphics. You miss a shot and you're out!
Ring Stars
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Another title from Vutune, the studio behind Only an Alien Going Up!. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Ring Stars is a physics-based 3D fighting game with local multiplayer for up to 4 players.
The Sheriff's Town
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Another title from Vutune, the studio behind Only an Alien Going Up!. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
The Sheriff's Town is a game where you control a sheriff to exterminate hordes of zombies.
Little Splash
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Another title from Vutune, the studio behind Only an Alien Going Up!. Shares Action and Indie with Only an Alien Going Up!.
Little Splash is a 2D precision platformer inspired by the classics you love. Here you play as an agile protagonist who will splash paint all over your path, are you ready to make the cleanest run possible?
Frequently asked about Only an Alien Going Up!
- How much does Only an Alien Going Up! cost?
- Only an Alien Going Up! is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Only an Alien Going Up!?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Only an Alien Going Up! are Broll, Only Down!, Grow Home.
- Who developed Only an Alien Going Up!?
- Only an Alien Going Up! was developed by Vutune.
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 an Alien Going Up!.
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