Games like Platypus
If Platypus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Apidya' Special, Major Hoof and Rutabaga Desert Storm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brutally difficult but satisfying, challenging and intense. 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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Apidya' Special
WHY THIS
Top pick for Platypus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus.
Apidya is making a comeback in this authentic 24-bit pixel remake, built from the ground up, but utterly faithful to the original.
Major Hoof
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Platypus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus.
The game is a 2D pixel-art shooter with both horizontal and vertical scrolling, featuring bullet hell elements. It combines a pixel-art aesthetic inspired by classic Amiga titles, fast-paced combat, and subtle skeletal animations in the background - creating a unique retro atmosphere!
Rutabaga Desert Storm
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Platypus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus.
Lead the vegetable revolution alone or with a friend in the side-scrolling shoot ‘em up Rutabaga Desert Storm! Take down wave after wave of enemies, dodge their projectiles, and grab power-ups to boost your destruction! Can you defeat the oppressive humans and free the proletariat vegetable masses?
Really Big Sky
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Platypus.
Ranked #4 for Platypus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus.
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
Shoot 1UP DX
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Platypus.
Ranked #5 for Platypus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
Enemy Mind
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Platypus.
Ranked #6 for Platypus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus.
A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.
Gunboat God
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Platypus.
Ranked #7 for Platypus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus.
Become the all-powerful Gunboat God in this fluid shoot 'em up. Carve the waves as you stylishly fight hordes of monsters in hundreds of quick-fire missions. Transform your Gunboat and upgrade your weapons, skills and abilities to take on giant, challenging, multi-stage bosses!
Jets'n'Guns Gold
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Platypus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Platypus.
Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Platypus at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Platypus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Platypus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus.
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.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Platypus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Platypus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Platypus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Platypus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Toree 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Platypus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus.
A bite-sized 3D Platformer sequel with more focus on the things people enjoyed in the first game like fast gameplay, flow focused levels and cute costumes (two this time).
UBERMOSH Vol.5
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Platypus on Steam right now. Shares Action with Platypus.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Platypus.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Platypus.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Platypus.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Platypus.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Platypus.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Waves
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Platypus.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Frequently asked about Platypus
- How much does Platypus cost?
- Platypus is listed on Steam at 3.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Platypus have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Platypus supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Platypus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Platypus are Apidya' Special, Major Hoof, Rutabaga Desert Storm.
- Who developed Platypus?
- Platypus was developed by Anthony Flack and published by Claymatic 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 Platypus.
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