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Games like Playground Mayhem

If Playground Mayhem is your kind of game, the closest matches are Polygons Tower Defense, Defender Bros and Zombieville USA 3D — 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 Playground Mayhem: Defend your base solo or with friends against endless waves of foes using your weapons and turrets. Are you up for the challenge?

2024ActionStrategyIndieEarly Access3.99 USDWindowsby WindShift Studio
Playground Mayhem — Steam game cover

Players who liked Playground Mayhem also play

Steam players who put hours into Playground Mayhem 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. Polygons Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Playground Mayhem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.

    Defend this colorful world with a brilliant strategy! Strengthen your battlefield and don't let enemies reach their destination. Make amazing combinations, and choose the most powerful elements wisely!

    2023ActionStrategyCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Defender Bros

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Playground Mayhem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.

    Prepare your defenses during the day and survive until dawn. Defender Bros is a Top-Down Tower Defense Roguelike where you play as a Soldier defending your Base. Pick between multiple abilities as you level up to increase you power, then after each run buy perks and get stronger

    2024ActionStrategyIndie7.14 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Zombieville USA 3D

    WHY THIS

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

    Zombieville USA 3D is a stylized arcade shooter combining retro gameplay with strikingly polished visuals. Fight through an endless undead horde in the bleak hellscape of suburbia! Choose your weapons, grab a friend, and see how long you can survive.

    2025ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Playground Mayhem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. VERSUS SQUAD

    WHY THIS

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

    Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

    2016ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Zombie Builder Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Playground Mayhem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Playground Mayhem.

    Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.

    2018ActionFreeSteam ↗
  7. Frontline Zed

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Playground Mayhem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.

    Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Ultimate Zombie Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Playground Mayhem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.

    Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?

    2020ActionStrategyAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Playground Mayhem on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Playground Mayhem.

    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 Playground Mayhem on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Playground Mayhem.

    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 Playground Mayhem on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Playground Mayhem.

    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 Playground Mayhem on Steam right now. Shares Action with Playground Mayhem.

    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. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Playground Mayhem on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Playground Mayhem.

    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 ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Playground Mayhem on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Playground Mayhem.

    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 ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Playground Mayhem on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Playground Mayhem.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Playground Mayhem on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Playground Mayhem.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Playground Mayhem.

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Playground Mayhem.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Playground Mayhem.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Playground Mayhem.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Playground Mayhem.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Playground Mayhem

How much does Playground Mayhem cost?
Playground Mayhem is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Playground Mayhem have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Playground Mayhem supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Playground Mayhem?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Playground Mayhem are Polygons Tower Defense, Defender Bros, Zombieville USA 3D.
Who developed Playground Mayhem?
Playground Mayhem was developed by WindShift 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 Playground Mayhem.

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