Games like Straight Up
If Straight Up is your kind of game, the closest matches are Runestone:Pathfinders, Capsule Rush and Only Way is Down — 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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Players who liked Straight Up also play
Steam players who put hours into Straight Up 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.
Runestone:Pathfinders
WHY THIS
Top pick for Straight Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
"Runestone: Pathfinder" is a 3D adventure platformer game set in the world of Runestone. Players will play as a rookie pathfinder and help the rookie get through his first trial.
Capsule Rush
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Straight Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Capsule Rush is a third-person 3D platformer game set in different environments. You spawn in on a platform, along the journey you'll have to traverse through many obstacles in order to reach the finish line. Compete against others for the fastest time and buckle up for the challenges waiting ahead!
Only Way is Down
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Straight Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
Embark on a purrfectly perilous rage filled adventure as this lil kitty cat took an unfortunate catnap and ended up stranded sky high! With no way but down, master your feline agility and platforming prowess to navigate your descent through the urban jungle in this gravity defying escapade!
Dream Swing
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Straight Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Grapple and air-strafe your way to the top of the Leaderboard in this fast-paced movement-based time trial. Collect as many candies as possible within 5 minutes as you dip and weave around the ruins in the sky. Can you handle the speed?
Celerity
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Straight Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Celerity is a fast-paced FPS parkour game. Use Wall Running, Grappling Hooks, Hookshots and many more, chain your moves and never lose momentum.
Carry The Glass
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Straight Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Team up as two quirky construction workers in this fun 2-player co-op platformer! Carry a fragile glass window through colorful levels filled with challenges. Communicate and coordinate to dodge obstacles and solve puzzles. Can you finish the job without breaking the glass?
Grow Home
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Straight Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Straight Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Straight Up at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Straight Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Straight Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Straight Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Straight Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Straight Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
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 ~67% under Straight Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Straight Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Straight Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Straight Up.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Indie with Straight Up.
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 Straight Up.
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 with Straight Up.
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 Straight Up.
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 Indie with Straight Up.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from CryneX
Other recommendable Steam games by CryneX, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Retro Invasion
WHY THIS
Another title from CryneX, the studio behind Straight Up. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
If you like retro games, then Retro Invasion is the right place for you. The game mechanics are simple and quick for everyone to understand. It is a retro designed shooter.
Attack Zone
WHY THIS
Another title from CryneX, the studio behind Straight Up. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Attack Zone is an FPS Shooter. You are placed in an attack zone and must fight for your survival.
Hero World
WHY THIS
Another title from CryneX, the studio behind Straight Up. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
You've always wanted to be a hero, and now's your time. Help Tom save his sister Lisa and prove yourself as a hero. It's up to you to rescue Lisa. Are you brave enough to accept the challenge and save her in Hero World?
Bomber Party
WHY THIS
Another title from CryneX, the studio behind Straight Up. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Experience an explosive and nerve-wracking adventure! Eliminate other players, strategically use bombs, collect power-ups, and survive to earn trophies. The first player to reach the required number of trophies wins the game. Are you ready to triumph as the last survivor? Let's go!
Black Hole Void
WHY THIS
Another title from CryneX, the studio behind Straight Up. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
In Black Hole Void, you can expect the unique experience of mastering the power of a black hole by devouring cities and challenging yourself in various game modes while competing for the top spot on the leaderboard.
Escape The Garage
WHY THIS
Another title from CryneX, the studio behind Straight Up. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Wake up at an abandoned train station and find yourself in a dark garage. Solve puzzles, find clues, and uncover secrets to escape. With a suspenseful atmosphere and three different endings, this game will captivate you. Can you escape the nightmare?
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Only Way is Down
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
Embark on a purrfectly perilous rage filled adventure as this lil kitty cat took an unfortunate catnap and ended up stranded sky high! With no way but down, master your feline agility and platforming prowess to navigate your descent through the urban jungle in this gravity defying escapade!
Grow Home
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Straight Up.
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Straight Up.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Frequently asked about Straight Up
- How much does Straight Up cost?
- Straight Up is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Straight Up?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Straight Up are Runestone:Pathfinders, Capsule Rush, Only Way is Down.
- Who developed Straight Up?
- Straight Up was developed by CryneX and published by CryneX, CryTechGames.
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