Games like Packmates
If Packmates is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hours After Midnight, God, Save the Queens! and DinoSwarm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, cozy and funny. 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 Packmates: Gear up your animal hero in this 1–3 player co-op survivor roguelite. Master tactical inventory arrangement to unleash devastating combos. Obliterate enemies and battle bosses to overcome the corruption infiltrating your forest!
Players who liked Packmates also play
Steam players who put hours into Packmates 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.
Hours After Midnight
WHY THIS
Top pick for Packmates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Packmates.
Dive deep into a roguelike survival quest against Rettam'diov, the Consumer of Worlds. Progress, earn experience, refine characters, and uncover potent tools. Face relentless hordes alone or amplify the thrill, teaming up cross-platform in our distinctive co-op mode.
God, Save the Queens!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Packmates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Packmates.
You are God. The king’s five daughters have been taken. Fight thousands of enemies, unlock powerful skills, and crush the evil wizard Zaharad in this brutal 2.5D roguelike!
DinoSwarm
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Packmates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Packmates.
DinoSwarm is a roguelite where you can hybridize Dinosaurs, fuse Powers and Elements, and more! The Swarm Queen is ready to invade the dimensions and gather as much DNA as she can. She will grant you incredible powers and enhancements. Invade Dimensions to collect DNA, Powers and Elements.
Void Reaver
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Packmates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Packmates.
Inventory management meets bullet heaven. In this sci-fi roguelite, your backpack determines your fate. Master the art of item layout to create game-breaking synergies and turn a humble arsenal into a screen-clearing storm of destruction. Collect 300+ items and annihilate the Void.
Wish Of Hers
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Packmates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Packmates.
Wish of Hers is a round-based 2.5D roguelike about surviving in unstable dreams. Each run is shaped by unlocked abilities, combined aspects, and your decisions. Experiment, adapt, and break your own builds!
Astro beasts
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Packmates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Packmates.
Astro Beasts is a cooperative arena survival shooter where cute animals fight off hordes of alien monsters. Battle together, build walls, place mines and turrets, combine upgrades, and turn the arena into your own fluffy space fortress.
Riftbound Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Packmates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Packmates.
Riftbound is a survivor-like bullet heaven focused on spell combinations and massive enemy waves. Defeat thousands of enemies, experiment with elemental chain reactions, and break the game with overlapping status effects. Play solo or in co-op.
HitTube
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Packmates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Packmates.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Packmates
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Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Packmates.
Reviewers of Packmates cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Packmates.
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!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Packmates.
Reviewers of Packmates cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Packmates.
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.
Backpack Hero
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Packmates.
Reviewers of Packmates cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Packmates.
The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Packmates at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Packmates on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Packmates.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Packmates.
Priced ~58% under Packmates on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Packmates.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Packmates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Packmates.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Packmates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Packmates.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Packmates on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Packmates.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Packmates on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Packmates.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Packmates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Packmates.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Packmates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Packmates.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Packmates.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Packmates.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Packmates.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Packmates.
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 Packmates.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Packmates.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Packmates.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Frequently asked about Packmates
- Is Packmates verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Packmates 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 Packmates cost?
- Packmates is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Packmates have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Packmates supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Packmates?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Packmates are Hours After Midnight, God, Save the Queens!, DinoSwarm.
- Who developed Packmates?
- Packmates was developed by Digital Confectioners.
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 Packmates.
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