Games like Tooth and Tail
If Tooth and Tail is your kind of game, the closest matches are League of Pixels - 2D MOBA, World CHAMPIONS: Decathlon and Sons of Ra — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and stressful. 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.
Get personalized picks →Tooth and Tail is a 2017 real-time strategy game developed by Pocketwatch Games featuring deck-building mechanics for unit selection, where players lead armies of anthropomorphic animals including flame-throwing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls in campaigns with unique heroic objectives. The game utilizes faction-locked units, dynamic map generation, and resource scarcity to create challenging gameplay that reviewers describe as atmospheric, dark, and whimsical, with a darkly-whimsical art style and haunting soundtrack that has earned it an 80 on Metacritic. Players highlight the luck-driven unit draws as a key mechanic that forces creative adaptation during matches, while the short replayable sessions make it ideal for couch co-op with local multiplayer support. The game is playable on Steam Deck and holds an 83% positive rating from over 1,700 Steam reviews.
About Tooth and Tail: Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!
Players who liked Tooth and Tail also play
Steam players who put hours into Tooth and Tail 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.
League of Pixels - 2D MOBA
WHY THIS
Top pick for Tooth and Tail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tooth and Tail.
League of Pixels is a fast paced pixel art approach on the MOBA genre, with an average game length of 5-10 minutes.
World CHAMPIONS: Decathlon
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tooth and Tail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tooth and Tail.
Compete in the ultimate retro sports challenge!World Champions: Decathlon offers 10 thrilling events with pixel art graphics and fast-paced action. Now on sale! Add it to your wishlist and don’t miss out on discounts and updates!
Sons of Ra
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tooth and Tail.
Third-strongest match for Tooth and Tail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tooth and Tail.
Sons of Ra is the award-winning competitive tower defense game by indie studio Pharaoh Hound Games. Play solo or join your friends in this unique strategic experience.
PathBlasters
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tooth and Tail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tooth and Tail.
Run, blast, and solve your way to victory! Experience the rush of a colorful, fast-paced chase, solo or against a friend! Burst through the levels and up your score in this retro-inspired arcade setting.
Bunny Reversi
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tooth and Tail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tooth and Tail.
Classic reversi game also known as othello now comes to fully 3d! Play as a Bunny with AI or with a friend online or in split-screen mode on one PC.
Lupinball
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Tooth and Tail.
Ranked #6 for Tooth and Tail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tooth and Tail.
Werewolves shooting fireballs at each other! Survive each round as it becomes more and more chaotic from everyone's fireballs bouncing around non-stop. Be the last wolf standing in this hilarious 2-4 player arcade deathmatch, local or online!
Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Tooth and Tail.
Ranked #7 for Tooth and Tail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tooth and Tail.
Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!
Invisigun Reloaded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tooth and Tail.
Ranked #8 for Tooth and Tail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tooth and Tail.
The ultimate stealth battle adventure where everyone’s invisible! Risk versus reward guides your journey through the full-length single player campaign and local/online multiplayer. Vigilance is key as environmental tells such as footprints and other disturbances will point out careless cadets.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tooth and Tail at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tooth and Tail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tooth and Tail.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tooth and Tail on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tooth and Tail.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tooth and Tail on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tooth and Tail.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tooth and Tail on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tooth and Tail.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tooth and Tail on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tooth and Tail.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Tooth and Tail.
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 with Tooth and Tail.
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 Action and Indie with Tooth and Tail.
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 Tooth and Tail.
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 and Casual with Tooth and Tail.
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 Tooth and Tail.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Tooth and Tail.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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More from Pocketwatch Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Pocketwatch Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tooth and Tail.
Another title from Pocketwatch Games, the studio behind Tooth and Tail. Shares Action and Strategy with Tooth and Tail.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
Monaco 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Pocketwatch Games, the studio behind Tooth and Tail. Shares Action and Strategy with Tooth and Tail.
Get your crew back together for the ultimate heist experience! Return to Monaco, plan your operation, and skedaddle when things inevitably go awry in this co-op heist game. The city is yours for the taking!
Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tooth and Tail.
Another title from Pocketwatch Games, the studio behind Tooth and Tail. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tooth and Tail.
From the back-catalog of Pocketwatch Games, 2005's Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa was the game that started this indie's journey. Expect the unexpected out of this unique Tycoon game -- There are no people to please, there is no money to horde, there are only animals.
Venture Arctic
WHY THIS
Another title from Pocketwatch Games, the studio behind Tooth and Tail. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tooth and Tail.
The second entry in the Pocketwatch Games back-catalog, Venture Arctic is an “Interactive Nature Documentary”. Caribou and Wolves roam the tundra while Polar Bears and Orcas patrol the icy seas. The player must harness the forces of sun, snow, and wind to create balance in these fragile ecosystems.
Frequently asked about Tooth and Tail
- Does Tooth and Tail run on Steam Deck?
- Tooth and Tail is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Tooth and Tail cost?
- Tooth and Tail is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Tooth and Tail have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Tooth and Tail supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Tooth and Tail?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tooth and Tail are League of Pixels - 2D MOBA, World CHAMPIONS: Decathlon, Sons of Ra.
- Who developed Tooth and Tail?
- Tooth and Tail was developed by Pocketwatch Games.
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