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Games like The Gauntlet

If The Gauntlet is your kind of game, the closest matches are Celerity, Spectrolite and Freeline! — 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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About The Gauntlet: Sprint, slide, jump and ride your way through a variety of challenges to survive. A single player, parkour like speed-runner game. You play as a contestant in a running man like Game Show - you have some devilish challenges to get through.

2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDWindowsby Round Table Studios
The Gauntlet — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Gauntlet also play

Steam players who put hours into The Gauntlet 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. Celerity

    WHY THIS

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

    Celerity is a fast-paced FPS parkour game. Use Wall Running, Grappling Hooks, Hookshots and many more, chain your moves and never lose momentum.

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Spectrolite

    WHY THIS

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

    Spectrolite is a challenging first-person platformer set in futuristic environments. Combine parkouring with powerful abilities, test your skills in fast paced timed challenges, and follow the call of a mysterious specter while traveling through a ruined world.

    2021ActionIndie16.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Freeline!

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Gauntlet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Gauntlet.

    Quick on your paws! Freeline is a frenetic, kinetic, expressive speedrunning platformer about taking down the surveillance state and reclaiming the rooftops.

    ActionRPGRacingSteam ↗
  4. Boson X

    WHY THIS

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

    Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.

    2014ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bloodthief

    WHY THIS

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

    Bloodthief is an ultra-fast melee dungeon-runner where you use momentum to parkour through hazardous dungeons and brutally slash through enemies. Speed-run through haunted crypts and castles and learn what dark secrets lie beneath.

    2025ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Neon White

    WHY THIS

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

    Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Clustertruck

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Super Cloudbuilt

    WHY THIS

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

    Rocket-powered 3D parkour platformer, built for speed running and exploration. Defeat enemies and overcome obstacles as you hurtle with break-neck momentum above a vast abyss. Collect power-ups, drop checkpoints and take your place on the international leaderboards.

    2017ActionIndieDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Gauntlet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Gauntlet.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Gauntlet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Gauntlet.

    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 ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Gauntlet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Gauntlet.

    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 ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Gauntlet on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Gauntlet.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Gauntlet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Gauntlet.

    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. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Gauntlet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Gauntlet.

    "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 ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Gauntlet on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Gauntlet.

    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.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Gauntlet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Gauntlet.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 with The Gauntlet.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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 The Gauntlet.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Gauntlet.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Gauntlet.

    Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Meteor 60 Seconds!

    WHY THIS

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

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Gauntlet

How much does The Gauntlet cost?
The Gauntlet is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Gauntlet?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Gauntlet are Celerity, Spectrolite, Freeline!.
Who developed The Gauntlet?
The Gauntlet was developed by Round Table Studios and published by Scattergood Studios.

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 The Gauntlet.

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