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Games like Adventures of Pip

If Adventures of Pip is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Way, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Total Party Kill — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hidden secrets reward exploration, 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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About Adventures of Pip: Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.

2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Tic Toc Games
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Art and soundtrack stand outBit resolution switching feels freshHidden secrets reward explorationChallengingContemplativeRetro

Players who liked Adventures of Pip also play

Steam players who put hours into Adventures of Pip 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. The Way

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Adventures of Pip.

    Top pick for Adventures of Pip fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Adventures of Pip.

    Second-strongest match for Adventures of Pip fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Total Party Kill

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Adventures of Pip.

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

    Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Offspring Fling!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Adventures of Pip.

    Ranked #4 for Adventures of Pip fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Adventures of Pip.

    Offspring Fling is a game about a poor forest creature that has misplaced all of her children.

    2012IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Castle In The Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Adventures of Pip.

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

    Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Out There Somewhere

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Adventures of Pip fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. ElecHead

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Adventures of Pip fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    ⚡+🤖+🧩

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. La-Mulana

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Adventures of Pip.

    Ranked #8 for Adventures of Pip fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Adventures of Pip at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Adventures of Pip on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Adventures of Pip on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Adventures of Pip on Steam right now. Shares Action with Adventures of Pip.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Adventures of Pip on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Adventures of Pip on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Adventures of Pip on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Adventures of Pip on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Adventures of Pip on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 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 and Adventure with Adventures of Pip.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Adventures of Pip.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Adventures of Pip.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Adventures of Pip.

    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 ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Adventures of Pip.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Adventures of Pip.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Out There Somewhere

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ElecHead

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    ⚡+🤖+🧩

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. La-Mulana

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Adventures of Pip.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Adventures of Pip.

    LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Adventures of Pip

Is Adventures of Pip verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Adventures of Pip 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 Adventures of Pip cost?
Adventures of Pip is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Adventures of Pip?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Adventures of Pip are The Way, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Total Party Kill.
Who developed Adventures of Pip?
Adventures of Pip was developed by Tic Toc Games.

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 Adventures of Pip.

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