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Games like Brave Joe

If Brave Joe is your kind of game, the closest matches are Knights of the Kitchen Table, Streetball Legends and Demon Strikes Back — 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.

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About Brave Joe: Step into the life of Joe Martin, a detective haunted by secrets in his childhood town. Uncover the truth of his father’s death, face eerie encounters, and navigate dark challenges. Third-person Story Game.

2024ActionIndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDWindowsby 1tempobro
Brave Joe — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Brave Joe 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.

  1. Knights of the Kitchen Table

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Brave Joe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Brave Joe.

    Giant food monsters are attacking! As a Knight of the Kitchen Table, it is your sworn duty to defeat them in this action-adventure, hack-and-slash, souls-like game!

    2022ActionAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Streetball Legends

    WHY THIS

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

    Streetball Legends is a basketball game with roguelite mechanics and a gameplay without rules. 

    ActionSportsIndieSteam ↗
  3. Demon Strikes Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Demon strikes back is a rogue-lite action game, across the abyssal fissure and beat all your foes! Seize their weapons, snatch their equipment, retrieve their relics, and reave their soul! The demon grows stronger than ever!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Russian Reality

    WHY THIS

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

    Meet the new satirical beat em up on the theme of Russia! You will find a deep storyline and a unique combat system in which you can make your own combinations based on the main hits and special moves.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.76 USDSteam ↗
  5. THROWDOWN BOXING 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Thirteen of the most gifted and powerful boxers on earth square-off in the world famous Throwdown Boxing Association competition! Choose your Kid Titan, prove you are the best of the best and help save the world from the villainous Ned "Cry Baby" Nerdman!

    2022ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crazy The Clown's Balloon Animal Massacre

    WHY THIS

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

    Crazy the Clown used to be the only one at the circus who made balloon animals for the kids. And then everything changed. Crazy told them all, more than once. He told them not to set up a balloon animal factory at the circus... but no one would listen.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Last Friend

    WHY THIS

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

    Doggone tired of the typical brawler or tower defense that is all bark and no bite? Then join Alpha and T. Juan on a dynamic adventure that has you battling hordes of baddies and bosses on their mission to save all the Doggos!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Retro Classix: Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Brave Joe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Brave Joe.

    Grab your club and get ready to go on a wild, prehistoric adventure with the Cavemen Ninjas – Joe & Mac! Play as Joe and Mac, two cavemen who fight against enemy cavemen and dinosaurs using prehistoric weapons.

    2021ActionSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Brave Joe at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Brave Joe on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Brave Joe.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brave Joe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Brave Joe.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Brave Joe on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Brave Joe.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Brave Joe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Brave Joe.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Brave Joe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Brave Joe.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Brave Joe on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Brave Joe.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Brave Joe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Brave Joe.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Brave Joe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Brave Joe.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Brave Joe.

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Brave Joe.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Brave Joe.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Brave Joe.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Brave Joe.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Brave Joe.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Brave Joe

How much does Brave Joe cost?
Brave Joe is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Brave Joe?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Brave Joe are Knights of the Kitchen Table, Streetball Legends, Demon Strikes Back.
Who developed Brave Joe?
Brave Joe was developed by 1tempobro.

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 Brave Joe.

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