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Games like Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy

If Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grønland, MUSHROOMAN and Silent Research — 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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About Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy: You will have to survive the cold New Year's Eve, look for food in the trash in the world where no one cares about you. This is an adventure where you have to survive Christmas, a holiday that has never been so cold before...

2024IndieAdventureSimulationEarly Access3.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Lunsemo Studio
Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy — Steam game cover

Players who liked Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy also play

Steam players who put hours into Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy 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. Grønland

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    Explore the frozen North, investigate your mysterious past, and try to remember... or forget. Grønland is a peculiar adventure game set in the lower Arctic of the late 19th century.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. MUSHROOMAN

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    Indie horror about giant killer mushrooms.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Silent Research

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    Silent Research is a short, atmospheric horror experience. Explore a fog-drenched forest, recover your missing research, and escape—before the silence breaks.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. It Sleeps Below the Haar

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    A short exploration game, set in a secluded coastal village in North East Scotland. Explore Kellas Bay and it's surrounding forests, caves and ocean to uncover what lies beneath the fog-covered village.

    2024IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. PANELKI

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Snowsquall Grip

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    Escape the snowy nightmare or be trapped forever — your call.

    2024IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Haunt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    A first-person atmospheric survival horror game set in Old Japan. Explore the claustrophobic labyrinth of Yuki-Onna's home, stay warm, scavenge for items and avoid her ten ghost children. Puzzle solutions and haunting scares shift, making every playthrough unique. Can you endure the relentless cold?

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Oxygen Train

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    Oxygen Train is an open-world survival train game. Wake up in a world lacking oxygen. Chop trees, mine, gather resources, upgrade your unique train. Survive by planting, fishing, farming, exploring, fighting. Build your train kingdom. Supports 1-8 online co-op.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy

How much does Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy cost?
Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy are Grønland, MUSHROOMAN, Silent Research.
Who developed Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy?
Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy was developed by Lunsemo Studio.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy.

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