Games like Animal Arena
If Animal Arena is your kind of game, the closest matches are Runback, Dueledged and Crank Clash — 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 Animal Arena: Animal Arena is a wacky local multiplayer battle game for 1-4 players featuring cute animals and simple one button controls. Fight across unique arenas, collect weapon power-ups, and stomp opponents to win! Earn points by battling to unlock more playable animals!
Players who liked Animal Arena also play
Steam players who put hours into Animal Arena 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.
Runback
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Top pick for Animal Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Fight, upgrade, and fight again! Runback is an online roguelite party fighter where the phrase ‘best-of-five’ takes on a whole new meaning. Spend points between fights to evolve your character, turn the tide, or simply cement your dominance over your friends!
Dueledged
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Second-strongest match for Animal Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Enter the world of Dueledged for action packed couch party styled fun. Even one slice from your enemy's sword could spell defeat, so stay light on your feet while running, dashing, and leaping around 10 beautiful locations. Strike at your foes decisively and be the last one standing.
Crank Clash
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Third-strongest match for Animal Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Crank Clash is a fast-paced, action-packed 2D "Capture The Flag" multiplayer game where you compete individually or in teams. Play locally with 2 to 4 friends on your flat-screen TV. Or unleash chaos on your home LAN with family and friends or at your next classic LAN party with 2 to 8 players.
Knockout Battle
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Ranked #4 for Animal Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Knockout Battle is a chaotic multiplayer party game where you absolutely destroy your friends! Turn them into a thousand pieces and yeet them straight into space! Drink potions to get huge, fast like Flash, or strong like Hulk. Use guns, Thor’s hammer, or casually drop a NUKE!
Top Gang
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Ranked #5 for Animal Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Top Gang is a very chaotic platform game for up to 4 cooperative players. You need to eliminate all enemies in the level to be able to advance at the same time you will have to rescue the "Nuggets" and take them safely to the exit. Your friends can be a big help or a stumbling block.
Rabbit Claw Party
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Ranked #6 for Animal Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Animal Arena.
Catch lively rabbits with a claw in a cute scoring stage game. Read each rabbit’s movement, clear levels, complete tasks, collect stickers, decorate your photo wall, fill the rabbit catalog, and enjoy local two-player co-op or competition.
OVERALL THE BALL
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Ranked #7 for Animal Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Overall The Ball is a party game played locally, from 2 to 4 players. Bounce a giant ball and eat your friends , play as colorful characters, use your abilities to take advantage and score points! Become the master of the arena!
Hot Guns: International Missions
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Ranked #8 for Animal Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Your conventional methods of operation are "shoot first then shoot again!"
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Animal Arena at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~67% under Animal Arena on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Animal Arena on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Animal Arena.
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 ~67% under Animal Arena on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Animal Arena.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under Animal Arena on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Animal Arena.
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
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Priced ~67% under Animal Arena on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Animal Arena.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Animal Arena on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under Animal Arena on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Animal Arena.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Animal Arena.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Animal Arena.
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 Animal Arena.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Animal Arena.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Animal Arena.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Animal Arena.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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 Animal Arena.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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More from Adventure Islands
Other recommendable Steam games by Adventure Islands, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Total Party Kill
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Another title from Adventure Islands, the studio behind Animal Arena. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!
Super Dangerous Dungeons
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Another title from Adventure Islands, the studio behind Animal Arena. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!
Duke Dashington Remastered
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Another title from Adventure Islands, the studio behind Animal Arena. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Hop into the shoes of Duke Dashington and save treasures from collapsing dungeons! Do you have what it takes to be the fastest treasure hunter in the world?
Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
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Another title from Adventure Islands, the studio behind Animal Arena. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Hop into a Game Boy inspired metroidvania adventure! Explore a huge and open dungeon and find ability upgrades to help you in your quest! Can you survive the tiny dangerous dungeons and find the presumably huge treasure?
Heart Star
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Another title from Adventure Islands, the studio behind Animal Arena. Shares Indie and Casual with Animal Arena.
Heart Star is an adorable puzzle platformer where you guide two little friends through two parallel worlds. Swap between the worlds to solve unique puzzles. Overcome all obstacles with the power of teamwork!
Tightrope Theatre
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Another title from Adventure Islands, the studio behind Animal Arena. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Tightrope Theatre is now hiring daredevils! Hop on a shaky unicycle and complete increasingly dangerous tightrope acts! Do you have what it takes to become a superstar?
Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
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Another title from Adventure Islands, the studio behind Animal Arena. Shares Action and Indie with Animal Arena.
Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through traps and puzzles to reach the legendary treasure! Experience the classic mini metroidvania remade with new visuals, music, and content!
Frequently asked about Animal Arena
- How much does Animal Arena cost?
- Animal Arena is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Animal Arena have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Animal Arena supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Animal Arena?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Animal Arena are Runback, Dueledged, Crank Clash.
- Who developed Animal Arena?
- Animal Arena was developed by Adventure Islands.
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