Games like Heave Ho 2
Below are 21 hand-picked alternatives to Heave Ho 2 for fans of indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Heave Ho 2 also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Heave Ho 2: Get a grip, it’s Heave Ho 2! The insane 2-4 player party game sequel takes the couch co-op mayhem online for the first time. Grab what you can and swing to win!
Players who liked Heave Ho 2 also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Planted!
Top pick for Heave Ho 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
Planted! is a horticultural combat party game where gardens are arenas, what you grow becomes your ammunition, and 1–4 players settle their differences by growing vegetables and throwing them at each other. Because, why not?
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Snowbrawll
Second-strongest match for Heave Ho 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
Snowbrawll is a multiplayer party game with up to 4 players. Crush your friends in an epic snowball fight, throw your snowball, and knock them off the cliff. Roll up the biggest snowball, yeet it with style and become the ultimate snowball champion. Are you ready to Brawll?
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Party Animals
Third-strongest match for Heave Ho 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?
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INVERSUS Deluxe
Ranked #4 for Heave Ho 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Heave Ho 2.
INVERSUS is is a competitive and cooperative arcade shooter for 1 to 4 players online or on the couch. Fight for territory in a dynamic negative-space map where open paths for your team are the walls of your opponent's team. Strategize and trap the enemy to win!
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Tricky Towers
Ranked #5 for Heave Ho 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.
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Overcooked! 2
Ranked #6 for Heave Ho 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
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The Jackbox Party Pack 11
Ranked #7 for Heave Ho 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Heave Ho 2.
The pack is back! The Jackbox Party Pack 11 transports your game night with 5 new games! Destroy wholesome jokes in Doominate, record your voice in Hear Say, create kookiness in Cookie Haus, sleuth through social clues in Suspectives, and collaborate with your crew in Legends of Trivia!
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Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
Ranked #8 for Heave Ho 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon is a bike-racing party game where you and your friends build the course together. Add obstacles and dangerous traps, take the lead with power-ups, and race to the finish!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heave Ho 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heave Ho 2.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heave Ho 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heave Ho 2.
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.
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heave Ho 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Party Animals
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?
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INVERSUS Deluxe
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Heave Ho 2.
INVERSUS is is a competitive and cooperative arcade shooter for 1 to 4 players online or on the couch. Fight for territory in a dynamic negative-space map where open paths for your team are the walls of your opponent's team. Strategize and trap the enemy to win!
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Tricky Towers
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.
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Overcooked! 2
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Heave Ho 2.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
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The Jackbox Party Pack 11
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Heave Ho 2.
The pack is back! The Jackbox Party Pack 11 transports your game night with 5 new games! Destroy wholesome jokes in Doominate, record your voice in Hear Say, create kookiness in Cookie Haus, sleuth through social clues in Suspectives, and collaborate with your crew in Legends of Trivia!
Frequently asked about Heave Ho 2
- Does Heave Ho 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Heave Ho 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Heave Ho 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heave Ho 2 are Planted!, Snowbrawll, Party Animals.
- Who developed Heave Ho 2?
- Heave Ho 2 was developed by Le Cartel Studio and published by Devolver Digital.
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 Heave Ho 2.
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