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Games like Full Bore

If Full Bore is your kind of game, the closest matches are Switch Box, ANIMAL WELL and La-Mulana — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its environmental storytelling rewards exploration, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 Full Bore: Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.

2014IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDMetacritic 72Windows · Linuxby Whole Hog Games
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Digging mechanics are intuitive and satisfyingEnvironmental storytelling rewards explorationPuzzles feel like logical epiphaniesAtmosphericContemplativeMysterious

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Steam players who put hours into Full Bore 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. Switch Box

    WHY THIS

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

    "Switch Box" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer. In an unfamiliar world, you must interact with the environment and utilize tools to solve challenges, overcome obstacles, and ultimately discover the path back home.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual1.19 USDSteam ↗
  2. ANIMAL WELL

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Second-strongest match for Full Bore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. La-Mulana

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Full Bore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dreaming Sarah

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Ranked #4 for Full Bore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Babushka's Glitch Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Ranked #5 for Full Bore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. La-Mulana 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Ranked #6 for Full Bore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hob

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Ranked #7 for Full Bore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Alwa's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Full Bore.

    Ranked #8 for Full Bore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Full Bore

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. The Witness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

    2016IndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. SteamWorld Dig

    WHY THIS

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

    SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Stephen's Sausage Roll

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Reviewers of Full Bore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Full Bore.

    A simple 3d puzzle game.

    2016Indie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. FEZ

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Reviewers of Full Bore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Full Bore.

    Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

    2013Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. La-Mulana

    WHY THIS

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

    LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Full Bore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Full Bore.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Full Bore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Full Bore.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Full Bore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Full Bore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Full Bore.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Full Bore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Full Bore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Full Bore.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Full Bore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Full Bore.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Full Bore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Full Bore.

    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 Adventure with Full Bore.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Full Bore.

    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 Full Bore.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. ANIMAL WELL

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. La-Mulana

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dreaming Sarah

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. La-Mulana 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Full Bore.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Alwa's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Full Bore.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Full Bore.

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Full Bore

How much does Full Bore cost?
Full Bore is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Full Bore?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Full Bore are Switch Box, ANIMAL WELL, La-Mulana.
Who developed Full Bore?
Full Bore was developed by Whole Hog Games and published by Nkidu Games Inc..

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