Games like Gimmick! 2
If Gimmick! 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chloe the Cat, Explosive Candy World and A Strange Hotel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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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Players who liked Gimmick! 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Gimmick! 2 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.
Chloe the Cat
WHY THIS
Top pick for Gimmick! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Jump, swipe, and pounce your way through this colorful platforming adventure as Chloe the Cat! Explore each nook and cranny for food and secrets while leaping past danger around every corner.
Explosive Candy World
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Gimmick! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Forget about running and jumping. In Explosive Candy World you have to EXPLODE your way to the end of the level!
A Strange Hotel
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Gimmick! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Gimmick! 2.
Find clever solutions to the physics based puzzles of A Strange Hotel. In this short but sweet puzzle platformer you have to find solutions to simple and complex puzzles while using your vacuum to grab physics objects.
Goat's Tale Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Gimmick! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Step into the shoes of the new heroine and pursue the treasures in this exceptionally demanding adventure. Explore lands where only the most resilient players will reach the summit.
Raccoon Roller
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Gimmick! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Armed with your grapple cannon, race your way through the city's raccoon built obstacle courses and climb your way to top spot on the leaderboards.
Stolen Hearts: Wolf Knight
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming, checkpoint based progression and atmospheric with Gimmick! 2.
Ranked #6 for Gimmick! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Stolen Hearts: Wolf Knight is an action precision platformer. Dash through challenging obstacles. Take powers of the enemies. Discover hidden secrets. Find the lost Hearts and guide them safely home. Defeat the Wolf King and his minions. Collect fireflies for character customizations along the way.
Square of Joy
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Gimmick! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Climb up, reach the top, using nothing but your skill and will. Compete with steam friends and players from all over the world. Discover secrets along the way.
cloud uprising
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Gimmick! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
bounce, battle, break free! in this brutal precision platformer, join brennan, the god of rain, as he bounces through 8 worlds to topple his boss, mr glacier, giving control of the weather to humanity!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Gimmick! 2
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Cave Story+
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gimmick! 2.
Reviewers of Gimmick! 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Gimmick! Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Gimmick! 2.
Reviewers of Gimmick! 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Save the day as a star-shooting, platform-bouncing cutie pie in Gimmick! Special Edition. SUNSOFT's beloved physics-based action platformer finally bursts onto current platforms enriched with a rewind feature, a time attack mode, online leaderboards, and modern extras.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gimmick! 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Gimmick! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gimmick! 2.
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 Gimmick! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Gimmick! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
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 Gimmick! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Gimmick! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Gimmick! 2.
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 Gimmick! 2.
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 Gimmick! 2.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gimmick! 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Gimmick! 2.
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 Gimmick! 2.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gimmick! 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Bitwave Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Bitwave Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Earthion
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint based progression, hidden collectibles, retro and an atmospheric mood with Gimmick! 2.
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Gimmick! 2. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
Wunderling DX
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Gimmick! 2.
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Gimmick! 2. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!
Zero Wing
WHY THIS
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Gimmick! 2. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Truxton
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Gimmick! 2.
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Gimmick! 2. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
The ruthless Gidans invite you to an explosive space scramble! Head into the mighty Super Fighter and disintegrate your foes in all directions with various upgradeable weapons. Toaplan's no-frills vertical shooter Truxton speeds onto PC with new features and quality-of-life updates!
Twin Cobra
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Gimmick! 2.
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Gimmick! 2. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
Out Zone
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Gimmick! 2.
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Gimmick! 2. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Blast through alien hordes as the finest cyborg mercenary in existence! To emerge victorious, you'll need to manage time and resources skillfully. Toaplan's run-and-gun smash-hit finally arrives on PC, reloaded with new features and quality-of-life extras!
Tiger Heli
WHY THIS
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Gimmick! 2. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!
Slap Fight
WHY THIS
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Gimmick! 2. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Artificial intelligence threatens the galaxy. Buckle up and fight computing power with the only power that counts: FIREPOWER! Experience Toaplan's brain-melting Slap Fight (AKA Alcon) with its gauge-based power-ups and strategic gameplay. Now on PC with the latest features!
Frequently asked about Gimmick! 2
- Is Gimmick! 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Gimmick! 2 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 Gimmick! 2 cost?
- Gimmick! 2 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Gimmick! 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gimmick! 2 are Chloe the Cat, Explosive Candy World, A Strange Hotel.
- Who developed Gimmick! 2?
- Gimmick! 2 was developed by Bitwave Games and published by Clear River Games, SUNSOFT.
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 Gimmick! 2.
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