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Games like Brush Burial

If Brush Burial is your kind of game, the closest matches are Brush Burial: Gutter World, Brush Burial: Bruiseland and Fast Radio Burst — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration reveals secrets everywhere, 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 Brush Burial: A lo-fidelity First Person Snatcher inspired by the immersive sims of yesteryear. Play as Fennel, a knife-wielding swamp devil with an eye for gold and a penchant for violence. Use your tail to toy with your prey: grab and fling objects, climb impossible heights, and knock your enemies off balance.

2023ActionIndieAdventure3.49 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Knife Demon Software
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Steam players who put hours into Brush Burial 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. Brush Burial: Gutter World

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth, precision platforming, immersive sim and an atmospheric mood with Brush Burial.

    Top pick for Brush Burial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    A murky first-person immersive sim with tightly-wound melee combat and tangled, vertical levels to explore. Use your forked tail to tie your enemies in knots and climb impossible heights. Kill your mark with quickness and cunning, using whatever tools you see fit.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Brush Burial: Bruiseland

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Brush Burial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    You are a hunter of men, and your quarry is numerous, armed, and afraid. Bind and break them. This is a first-person immersive sim with tightly interconnected environments, sleek and sadistic melee combat, and over a hundred cosmetics to unlock.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Fast Radio Burst

    WHY THIS

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

    You took the job to escape. Then the light descended. Fast Radio Burst is a first-person narrative parkour platformer where unexplained cosmic beams transport you into surreal, liminal memories.

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  4. Crimerunner

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Brush Burial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    From an errand boy to the big shot – is this possible? Start as a teenage criminal doing menial tasks, skill up, earn respect and make connections. Prove your worth and climb to the top… Parkour style!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Endless Thief: a Fluffy Stealth Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Brush Burial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    You're a master thief in this ambient animal stealth game. You sneak past any guard, pick any lock, break into and steal from any secured building. Guards see, hear, speak and chase. Observe and prepare the best plan. Ghost unseen in shadows, distract, stalk, trap or knock out and hide guards.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. B.C. Piezophile

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Brush Burial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    B.C. Piezophile is a first-person action horror game set deep underwater. It features a foreign ocean brimming with ambivalent environments, hazardous anomalies and baroque ecosystems. Stranded in the hadal zone, the player must ascend over 6,150 AeC before they can dream of rescue.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Pseudoregalia

    WHY THIS

    Shares precision platforming, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Brush Burial.

    Ranked #7 for Brush Burial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Before I Go

    WHY THIS

    Shares melee combat, precision platforming and atmospheric with Brush Burial.

    Ranked #8 for Brush Burial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    Explore the haunting, dreamlike fantasy world of BEFORE I GO, a punishing Metroidvania where you embody the innocence of an inner child on an allegorical odyssey towards death acceptance. The end is inevitable, but will you brave the journey?

    2026ActionIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Brush Burial on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Brush Burial on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Brush Burial.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Brush Burial on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Brush Burial.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Brush Burial on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Brush Burial.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Brush Burial on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Brush Burial.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Brush Burial on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Brush Burial.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Brush Burial on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Brush Burial.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Brush Burial on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Brush Burial.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Brush Burial

Does Brush Burial run on Steam Deck?
Brush Burial 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 Brush Burial cost?
Brush Burial is listed on Steam at 3.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Brush Burial?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Brush Burial are Brush Burial: Gutter World, Brush Burial: Bruiseland, Fast Radio Burst.
Who developed Brush Burial?
Brush Burial was developed by Knife Demon Software.

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 Brush Burial.

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