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Games like Gang Beasts

If Gang Beasts is your kind of game, the closest matches are Party Animals, Snowbrawll and A Gummy's Life — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, funny and lighthearted. 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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Gang Beasts is a physics-based multiplayer party game developed by Boneloaf and Rocket Science that released in 2017. Players control gelatinous characters in brutal slapstick fights across absurd hazardous environments set in Beef City, with gameplay centered on grappling, climbing, and physics-based combat through local multiplayer or party modes. Reviewers note that speedrun-friendly short levels and the unpredictable physics create a comedic and lighthearted experience where matches become hilarious spectacles. Players highlight the easy-to-pick-up-but-hard-to-master gameplay loop, with the title verified on Steam Deck at $19.99 and currently holding an 85% positive rating from over 24,700 Steam reviews.

About Gang Beasts: Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.

2017ActionIndieAdventureSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby Boneloaf, Rocket Science
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Absurd physics make fights unpredictableEasy to pick up but hard to masterPerfect for couch co op with friendsComedicFunnyLighthearted

Players who liked Gang Beasts also play

Steam players who put hours into Gang Beasts 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. Party Animals

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based combat and a funny mood with Gang Beasts.

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

    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?

    2023ActionIndieCasual13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Snowbrawll

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. A Gummy's Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Gang Beasts.

    Third-strongest match for Gang Beasts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    A Gummy’s Life is a local & online party multiplayer with candy-coated physics-based fights. Choose your favorite gummy, customize it to your taste and show who rules over the sugar! Play with friends, family or AIs in multiple manic game modes or battle online - as easy as taking candy from a baby.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Elemental Showdown

    WHY THIS

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

    Unleash elemental chaos in this thrilling top-down arena party game! Fight using Fire, Water, and Plant elements, strategically switching between them to gain the upper hand. Navigate elemental shifting zones to outsmart your friends and emerge victorious!

    2025ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Sumo Fumble: Physics Party

    WHY THIS

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

    Sumo Fumble is a silly physics-based couch party game with procedurally self-balancing characters. Grab, heave, and throw your rivals into wild hazards, or pull their pants off for a laugh. Fumble, flail, and fall your way to victory in ever-changing arenas!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Mad Streets

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based combat and a comedic mood with Gang Beasts.

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

    Mad Streets is a hilarious multiplayer party game with an emphasis on brutal yet comical fist fighting throughout a multitude of modes, local and online, where players battle it out in wild physics driven chaos to determine who is the baddest player in town!

    2022ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Pummel Party

    WHY THIS

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

    Pummel Party is a 4-8 player online and local-multiplayer party game. Pummel friends or AI using a wide array of absurd items in the board mode and compete to destroy friendships in the unique collection of minigames.

    2018ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Ultimate Chicken Horse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gang Beasts.

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

    Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

    2016ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Gang Beasts

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Ultimate Chicken Horse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gang Beasts.

    Reviewers of Gang Beasts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

    2016ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. TowerFall Ascension

    WHY THIS

    Shares local multiplayer with Gang Beasts.

    Reviewers of Gang Beasts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

    2014ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Heave Ho

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gang Beasts.

    Reviewers of Gang Beasts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gang Beasts.

    Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end!

    2019IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gang Beasts.

    Reviewers of Gang Beasts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

    2015ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Rubber Bandits

    WHY THIS

    Shares local multiplayer and a comedic mood with Gang Beasts.

    Reviewers of Gang Beasts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Rubber Bandits is a criminally fun multiplayer party game for up to 4 players. With 8 action-packed game modes, players steal, brawl, and dash to the finish line with the most loot to win!

    2021ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Overcooked

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Gang Beasts.

    Reviewers of Gang Beasts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Nidhogg

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Gang Beasts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

    2014ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hidden in Plain Sight

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gang Beasts.

    Reviewers of Gang Beasts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Hidden in Plain Sight is a local-multiplayer stealth party game. Blend into the crowd of AI characters and eliminate the other players before they eliminate you!

    2014ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gang Beasts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Gang Beasts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gang Beasts.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gang Beasts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gang Beasts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gang Beasts.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gang Beasts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gang Beasts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Gang Beasts.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gang Beasts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gang Beasts.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Gang Beasts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gang Beasts.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Gang Beasts.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Gang Beasts.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gang Beasts.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gang Beasts.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Simulation with Gang Beasts.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Gang Beasts.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gang Beasts.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Party Animals

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based combat and a funny mood with Gang Beasts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    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?

    2023ActionIndieCasual13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. A Gummy's Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Gang Beasts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    A Gummy’s Life is a local & online party multiplayer with candy-coated physics-based fights. Choose your favorite gummy, customize it to your taste and show who rules over the sugar! Play with friends, family or AIs in multiple manic game modes or battle online - as easy as taking candy from a baby.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mad Streets

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based combat and a comedic mood with Gang Beasts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Mad Streets is a hilarious multiplayer party game with an emphasis on brutal yet comical fist fighting throughout a multitude of modes, local and online, where players battle it out in wild physics driven chaos to determine who is the baddest player in town!

    2022ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Chicken Horse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Gang Beasts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gang Beasts.

    Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

    2016ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gang Beasts

Is Gang Beasts verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Gang Beasts is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Gang Beasts cost?
Gang Beasts is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Gang Beasts have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Gang Beasts supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Gang Beasts?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gang Beasts are Party Animals, Snowbrawll, A Gummy's Life.
Who developed Gang Beasts?
Gang Beasts was developed by Boneloaf, Rocket Science and published by Boneloaf.

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