Games like Earthworms
If Earthworms is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dinner with an Owl: Owl Observatory, Bad Dream: Coma and Lucid Dream Adventure — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, mysterious and inventory management. 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 Earthworms: Detective story in a hand-painted, surrealist world of science-fiction. Full of riddles and puzzles, with a tone of pulp, horror and comedy. Inspired by movies and TV shows like: Donnie Darko, X Files, Stranger Things, Twin Peaks.
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Steam players who put hours into Earthworms 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.
Dinner with an Owl: Owl Observatory
WHY THIS
Top pick for Earthworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
A surreal point-and-click adventure about time loops, perception, and a dinner you can never leave.
Bad Dream: Coma
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and a mysterious mood with Earthworms.
Second-strongest match for Earthworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Lucid Dream Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Third-strongest match for Earthworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Ranked #4 for Earthworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Botanicula
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Ranked #5 for Earthworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Samorost 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Ranked #6 for Earthworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
TSIOQUE
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Ranked #7 for Earthworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.
Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Ranked #8 for Earthworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Earthworms at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Earthworms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
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 ~50% under Earthworms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Earthworms.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Earthworms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Earthworms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Earthworms on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Earthworms.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthworms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Earthworms.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthworms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Earthworms.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Earthworms on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Earthworms.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
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 and Casual with Earthworms.
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 Adventure with Earthworms.
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 Indie with Earthworms.
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 Earthworms.
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 Earthworms.
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 and Casual with Earthworms.
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 Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
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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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Bad Dream: Coma
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and a mysterious mood with Earthworms.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Botanicula
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Samorost 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
TSIOQUE
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Earthworms.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.
Frequently asked about Earthworms
- Is Earthworms verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Earthworms 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 Earthworms cost?
- Earthworms is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Earthworms?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Earthworms are Dinner with an Owl: Owl Observatory, Bad Dream: Coma, Lucid Dream Adventure.
- Who developed Earthworms?
- Earthworms was developed by All Those Moments and published by Ultimate Games S.A., Art Games Studio S.A..
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