Games like Pit People®
If Pit People® is your kind of game, the closest matches are Warriors: Rise to Glory, For The King and BattleBlock Theater® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep strategic depth, fun and strategic combat and great art style. 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 →Pit People is a turn-based tactical RPG from The Behemoth, released in 2018 at $19.99. Players describe it as funny and whimsical, with reviewers highlighting its deep strategic depth, fun-and-strategic combat, great art style, and hilarious writing. The game features character-capturing, equipment customization, loot collection, sidequests, and a PvP arena alongside its core combat. Online co-op for two players and a hardcore mode provide additional ways to engage. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and holds a 93% positive rating from over 4,500 Steam reviews.
About Pit People®: In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.
Players who liked Pit People® also play
Steam players who put hours into Pit People® 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.
Warriors: Rise to Glory
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a funny mood with Pit People®.
Top pick for Pit People® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pit People®.
In this rogue-lite turn-based RPG, you create a bloodline of gladiators, fight online with or against your friends in the arena, decide the fate of your fallen rivals, and bring honor, wealth, and the spoils of war to improve your legacy.
For The King
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat with Pit People®.
Second-strongest match for Pit People® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pit People®.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
BattleBlock Theater®
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pit People®.
Third-strongest match for Pit People® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pit People®.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pit People®.
Ranked #4 for Pit People® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pit People®.
The greatest rock-racing, tower defense, art history game is back! Like the title says, Bigger & Boulder cranks up the surrealism and gameplay with chaotic 4P multiplayer, new time periods, and improved graphics, physics, and destructibility powered by UE4 to be, well… BIGGER AND BOULDER.
ZEPHON
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Pit People® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Pit People®.
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
Worms W.M.D
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a funny mood with Pit People®.
Ranked #6 for Pit People® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pit People®.
The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.
Bombix
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pit People®.
Ranked #7 for Pit People® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Pit People®.
Do you like shooting? Then arm yourself - the world of Bombix awaits you! You will find yourself in the shoes of a small but VERY dangerous fighter, gather together a team of thugs and show 'em all how to fight!
Card Hog
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pit People®.
Ranked #8 for Pit People® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pit People®.
Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pit People® at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Pit People® on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pit People®.
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 Pit People® on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pit People®.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pit People® on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pit People®.
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 Pit People® on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pit People®.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pit People® on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Pit People®.
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 with Pit People®.
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 Pit People®.
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 Pit People®.
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 Pit People®.
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 Pit People®.
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 Pit People®.
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 Pit People®.
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 The Behemoth
Other recommendable Steam games by The Behemoth, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Castle Crashers®
WHY THIS
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind Pit People®. Shares Action and Indie with Pit People®.
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
BattleBlock Theater®
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pit People®.
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind Pit People®. Shares Action and Indie with Pit People®.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Alien Hominid Invasion
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pit People®.
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind Pit People®. Shares Action with Pit People®.
Old friends and bitter enemies await as you invade Earth alongside a Mothership full of alien friends! Blast, beam, and bite your way through an endless swarm of enemies as you and up to three of your fellow hominids cause mayhem with a huge arsenal of weapons, mutations, and acrobatic maneuvers.
Alien Hominid HD
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pit People®.
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind Pit People®. Shares Action and Indie with Pit People®.
The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!
BEHEMOTH
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Pit People®.
Another title from The Behemoth, the studio behind Pit People®. Shares Action with Pit People®.
Dodge ‘n flap your wings in this new arcade extravaganza from The Behemoth! In BEHEMOTH™, you become one with the chicken to secure your flock in the nest and collect as much candy corn as possible!
Frequently asked about Pit People®
- Is Pit People® verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Pit People® 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 Pit People® cost?
- Pit People® is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Pit People® have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Pit People® supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Pit People®?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pit People® are Warriors: Rise to Glory, For The King, BattleBlock Theater®.
- Who developed Pit People®?
- Pit People® was developed by The Behemoth.
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