Games like Square of Joy
If Square of Joy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nummels, Joe Wander and the Enigmatic Adventures and Super Magbot — 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 Square of Joy also play
Steam players who put hours into Square of Joy 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.
Nummels
WHY THIS
Top pick for Square of Joy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
Help the Nummels get to the exit without dying horribly along the way! This is a 2d platformer where you have to prepare a path for the Nummels to get back home. Pick up and place ladders and bridges, dig and blast through the ground, and use mind control. Everyone dies without your help!
Joe Wander and the Enigmatic Adventures
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Square of Joy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
Start the best Enigmatic Adventure of your life! Explore 4 different worlds with smooth platforming, solve brain-teasing puzzles, and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the mysterious world of Joe Wander.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Square of Joy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Desvelado
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Square of Joy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
Turn off the lights, dodge the ghosts and go to sleep as soon as you can in this hand-crafted 2d platform experience! In this vampiric precision platformer you will overcome challenging puzzles and deadly enemies before going to sleep in your cosy coffin.
Ynglet
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Square of Joy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.
Leap Year
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Square of Joy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Munin
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Square of Joy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.
The Bridge
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Square of Joy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Square of Joy at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Square of Joy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
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 ~57% under Square of Joy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Square of Joy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Square of Joy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Square of Joy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Square of Joy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Square of Joy.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Square of Joy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Square of Joy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 with Square of Joy.
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. Shares Action and Adventure with Square of Joy.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Square of Joy.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Square of Joy.
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 Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Square of Joy.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Nummels
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
Help the Nummels get to the exit without dying horribly along the way! This is a 2d platformer where you have to prepare a path for the Nummels to get back home. Pick up and place ladders and bridges, dig and blast through the ground, and use mind control. Everyone dies without your help!
Joe Wander and the Enigmatic Adventures
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
Start the best Enigmatic Adventure of your life! Explore 4 different worlds with smooth platforming, solve brain-teasing puzzles, and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the mysterious world of Joe Wander.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Ynglet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.
Leap Year
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Square of Joy.
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Munin
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.
The Bridge
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Square of Joy.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Frequently asked about Square of Joy
- How much does Square of Joy cost?
- Square of Joy is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Square of Joy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Square of Joy are Nummels, Joe Wander and the Enigmatic Adventures, Super Magbot.
- Who developed Square of Joy?
- Square of Joy was developed by Demibug.
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