Games like Octopus Goulash
If Octopus Goulash is your kind of game, the closest matches are AETHER RUSH, Alcyone: The Last City and cyberpunkdreams — 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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AETHER RUSH
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Top pick for Octopus Goulash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
Become a mercenary courier in Lumina. Every Æther delivery is risky and coveted. Upgrade your vehicle, evade patrols, and choose your alliances: ASTRAEN or DOVAREN. Earn reputation, exclusive perks… and enemies.
Alcyone: The Last City
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Octopus Goulash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octopus Goulash.
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
cyberpunkdreams
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Octopus Goulash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Octopus Goulash.
2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?
The Ascent
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Ranked #4 for Octopus Goulash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
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Ranked #5 for Octopus Goulash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octopus Goulash.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
Heading Out
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Octopus Goulash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Octopus Goulash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Atomic Heart
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Octopus Goulash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Octopus Goulash.
In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Octopus Goulash at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Octopus Goulash on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Octopus Goulash.
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 ~62% under Octopus Goulash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
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!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~46% under Octopus Goulash on Steam right now. Shares Action with Octopus Goulash.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Octopus Goulash on Steam right now. Shares Action with Octopus Goulash.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~52% under Octopus Goulash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Octopus Goulash.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
How to Fish
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Priced ~62% under Octopus Goulash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Octopus Goulash on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Octopus Goulash.
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 ~62% under Octopus Goulash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Octopus Goulash.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Octopus Goulash.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Octopus Goulash.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octopus Goulash.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Octopus Goulash.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
erdetspill
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
Bestefar vil ha 2 is. Du må skaffe de. Det viser seg å være mer komplisert enn du trodde. Et absurd førstepersons-eventyrspill der du navigerer norsk byråkrati, snakker med rare folk og løser meningsløse oppdrag - i en liten norsk bygd.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octopus Goulash.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octopus Goulash.
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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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.
Heading Out
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Octopus Goulash.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Atomic Heart
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Octopus Goulash.
In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.
Frequently asked about Octopus Goulash
- How much does Octopus Goulash cost?
- Octopus Goulash is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Octopus Goulash?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Octopus Goulash are AETHER RUSH, Alcyone: The Last City, cyberpunkdreams.
- Who developed Octopus Goulash?
- Octopus Goulash was developed by Alessio Serenellini.
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