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Shares hidden collectibles with Leap Year.
- $17.49 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2024
Games like Leap Year
- 18 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Leap Year also play
The closest matches to Leap Year: ANIMAL WELL, Öoo, Constance, Pseudoregalia, and Bat to the Heavens. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Pseudoregalia
Why this: Shares time trials and metroidvania exploration with Leap Year.
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Bat to the Heavens
Why this: Shares backtracking and precision platforming with Leap Year.
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Derelict Star
Why this: Also Metroidvania and Nonlinear, like Leap Year.
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La-Mulana 2
Why this: Shares metroidvania exploration with Leap Year.
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Isles of Sea and Sky
Why this: Shares backtracking and exploration with Leap Year.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Leap Year
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: Daniel Linssen
- Price: $4.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 97% of 818 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Dlc extends the experience significantly for more content
- Intricate level design encouraging exploration
- Reliance on player insight for advancement
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Immersive
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Why this: Shares metroidvania exploration and precision platforming with Leap Year.
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Why this: Shares exploration with Leap Year.
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Why this: Shares precision platforming with Leap Year.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ANIMAL WELL
Why this: Shares hidden collectibles with Leap Year.
Öoo
Why this: Shares puzzle platforming and metroidvania exploration with Leap Year.
Constance
Why this: Shares metroidvania exploration and backtracking with Leap Year.
Bat to the Heavens
Why this: Shares backtracking and precision platforming with Leap Year.
Derelict Star
Why this: Also Metroidvania and Nonlinear, like Leap Year.
La-Mulana 2
Why this: Shares metroidvania exploration with Leap Year.
Isles of Sea and Sky
Why this: Shares backtracking and exploration with Leap Year.
About Leap Year
The closest matches to Leap Year: ANIMAL WELL, Öoo, Constance, Pseudoregalia, and Bat to the Heavens. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Leap Year is your kind of game, the closest matches are ANIMAL WELL, Öoo and Constance — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and immersive, and single out its backtracking and environmental puzzle solving. 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.
About Leap Year: Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Is Leap Year worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 97% of 818 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Dlc extends the experience significantly for more content
- Intricate level design encouraging exploration
- Reliance on player insight for advancement
- Speedrun achievements with cheese friendly checkpoint system
People who play it also play: ANIMAL WELL, Öoo, Constance
Frequently asked about Leap Year
Can I run it?
Is Leap Year verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Leap Year 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 Leap Year cost?
Leap Year is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Leap Year?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Leap Year are ANIMAL WELL, Öoo, Constance.
Who developed Leap Year?
Leap Year was developed by Daniel Linssen and published by Daniel Linssen, Sokpop Collective.