Games like Salmon Man
If Salmon Man is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monkey Doo, LOST BALLOONS: Airy mates and Oeuf — 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 Salmon Man: Salmon Man is a unique VR platformer where armed with nothing but a paddle, you will climb upstream and explore a beautiful, absurd world filled with humor, physics-based challenges, and rage-inducing obstacles. Now with multiplayer!
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Monkey Doo
WHY THIS
Top pick for Salmon Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Salmon Man.
Live in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle with all your Monkey friends! Swing on vines, throw doo at your enemies, and climb everything! A Variety of Playable Maps Multiple Gamemodes Customizable Cosmetics
LOST BALLOONS: Airy mates
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Salmon Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
"If only I could fly free in that sky..." This is a hard action-adventure game that should be played while holding on to the memories of those days of floating balloons with such thoughts in mind. Easy among the LOST object series by KIMIDORI SOFT, so it is recommended for first-time players.
Bad Grip Club
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Salmon Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
Bad Grip Club is a physics-based co-op climbing game for VR with crossplay. Climb a cartoonish mountain where physical grip and teamwork are your only hope. Pull your friends up, use quirky items, and survive diverse biomes. Can your squad reach the top without falling down together?
Journey Up
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Salmon Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
Gain sentience and climb up out of the mines and beyond on your own or online with up to 4 players. Play with checkpoints or without for a more tense experience. Supports VR and desktop monitor mode. Can you reach the top?
Outta Hand
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Salmon Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
Outta Hand lets you embody one of the Hand-People, wide-eyed, hop-happy lab experiments with the power to jump great heights, leap impossible lengths, and shake hands from… really, really far away. Like a whole big dining room away.
*NEW* SCUFFED EPIC BHOP SIMULATOR 2023 (POG CHAMP)
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Salmon Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
Jump into it with *NEW* EPIC SCUFFED BHOP SIMULATOR 2023 POG CHAMP, a new parkour game which has spicy memes, graphics, and physics engine! Play with up to 10 friends in multiplayer and by yourself in single player!
Pogopa
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Salmon Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
In this funny & unconventional physics-based platformer, you help Grandpa conquer a treacherous mountain to rescue his granddaughter. Master the Pogo3000 and Grandma’s Balloon Helmet to reach the summit!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Salmon Man at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Salmon Man on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Salmon Man on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Salmon Man on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Salmon Man.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Salmon Man on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Salmon Man.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Salmon Man on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Salmon Man.
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 ~86% under Salmon Man on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Salmon Man.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Salmon Man on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Salmon Man on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Salmon Man.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Salmon Man.
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 Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
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 Salmon Man.
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 Salmon Man.
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 and Casual with Salmon Man.
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 Action and Indie with Salmon Man.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Salmon Man.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Frequently asked about Salmon Man
- How much does Salmon Man cost?
- Salmon Man is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Salmon Man have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Salmon Man supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Salmon Man?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Salmon Man are Monkey Doo, LOST BALLOONS: Airy mates, Oeuf.
- Who developed Salmon Man?
- Salmon Man was developed by Valem Studio.
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 Salmon Man.
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