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Games like Meat Lovers

Below are 20 hand-picked alternatives to Meat Lovers for fans of action, indie, simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Meat Lovers also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Meat Lovers: Grow explosive crops by day. Blow up meat lovers by night. See how many days you can last. Earn one coin per sunrise to unlock new areas, trade with NPCs, or gamble at the wishing well. Solo or co-op with up to 4 friends. Good luck.

2026ActionIndieSimulationWindows · macOSby ooo
Meat Lovers — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    HitTube — Steam game cover

    HitTube

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

    HitTube is an open-world co-op roguelite looter shooter where you become a post-apocalyptic video blogger in a procedurally generated, destructible New York. Shoot, loot, trade and use magical cards to gain superpowers.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
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    Don't Starve Together — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve Together

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

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Son of a Witch — Steam game cover

    Son of a Witch

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

    Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    SAHUR: Escape Together — Steam game cover

    SAHUR: Escape Together

    Ranked #4 for Meat Lovers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Meat Lovers.

    SAHUR – a cooperative survival horror for 1-4 players. Band together to survive a night of terror and stop the deranged Sahur. Explore treacherous streets, scavenge for resources, and stay clear of his minions…

    2025ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Yet Another Zombie Survivors — Steam game cover

    Yet Another Zombie Survivors

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

    The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

    2023ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Noobs Are Coming — Steam game cover

    Noobs Are Coming

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

    YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS. Brutal synergy arena roguelike. Pick your Final Boss character, equip boss patterns and combine tons of attacks to create unique builds. Play solo or in co-op!

    2025ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Space Beast Terror Fright — Steam game cover

    Space Beast Terror Fright

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

    S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Survive the Nights — Steam game cover

    Survive the Nights

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

    Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Life is Strange - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

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

    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 ↗
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Meat Lovers.

    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 ↗
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Meat Lovers.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    STRAFTAT — Steam game cover

    STRAFTAT

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

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    Don't Starve Together — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve Together

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

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Son of a Witch — Steam game cover

    Son of a Witch

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

    Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Yet Another Zombie Survivors — Steam game cover

    Yet Another Zombie Survivors

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

    The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

    2023ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Noobs Are Coming — Steam game cover

    Noobs Are Coming

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

    YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS. Brutal synergy arena roguelike. Pick your Final Boss character, equip boss patterns and combine tons of attacks to create unique builds. Play solo or in co-op!

    2025ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Meat Lovers

Does Meat Lovers have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Meat Lovers supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Meat Lovers?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Meat Lovers are HitTube, Don't Starve Together, Son of a Witch.
Who developed Meat Lovers?
Meat Lovers was developed by ooo.

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 Meat Lovers.

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