Games like Tailgate
If Tailgate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Herdles, Not a Dog and Braveboy — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Tailgate: Hyde, an aging labrador retriever, wakes up and realizes that Derek, his beloved Human has disappeared. The doggo reluctantly leaves the house to investigate, only to find himself in the middle of an ancient dog prophecy.
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Steam players who put hours into Tailgate 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.
Herdles
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Top pick for Tailgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tailgate.
An adorable open world platformer where you play as a magical dog. Zoom around a vibrant landscape, using an evolving arsenal of abilities to explore, solve challenges and discover secrets – one bark at a time!
Not a Dog
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tailgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tailgate.
What will the world look like on behalf of a cute little dog driven by a cherished wish? Will you follow your dream or stay with your beloved owner, find a new life, or greet the dawn with your loyal friend?
Braveboy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tailgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tailgate.
Pick your breed, and build your clan. An open-world adventure about a pup from the Scottish highlands destined to lead a rebellion against the evil Cat King Of England.
Hello Again
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tailgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tailgate.
Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.
Doggy Don't Care
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tailgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tailgate.
What does your dog get up to when you're not home? In this bone-afide adventure, unleash adorable chaos, solve puzzles, and leave your mark (literally!) as a mischievous pup on the loose.
Toto's Journey
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tailgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tailgate.
Toto’s Journey is a cozy adventure inspired by the world of The Wizard of Oz. Play as Toto, a brave dog lost in a magical world after a mysterious cyclone. Explore enchanted lands, meet unusual creatures, and solve environmental puzzles as you search for a way back home.
Haiju
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tailgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tailgate.
Gather the 36 Heavenly Wind Bells from across otherworldly landscapes drawn from Japanese mythology. Charge through enemies and glide over vast gaps in a high-speed action platformer charged with electric energy.
Nacho Chihuahua: The Movie: The Game
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Ranked #8 for Tailgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tailgate.
Join Nacho as he pursues his true destiny: to return to his homeland, South of the Border!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tailgate.
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.
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 Tailgate.
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 Tailgate.
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 Tailgate.
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 Tailgate.
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 Tailgate.
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 Tailgate.
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.
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Frequently asked about Tailgate
- What games are most similar to Tailgate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tailgate are Herdles, Not a Dog, Braveboy.
- Who developed Tailgate?
- Tailgate was developed by July12 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 Tailgate.
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