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Games like Backyard Boxing

If Backyard Boxing is your kind of game, the closest matches are ARVIS Punch, Ragdoll Boxing Multiplayer and Mutant Boxing League VR — 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 Backyard Boxing: "Backyard Boxing" is a gritty urban boxing game where you fight to rise through an illegal league while hustling in the streets. Battle fierce opponents, gamble, drug deal, and travel to new cities, gaining fans and respect. Dominate the league and become a street legend!

2025ActionSportsIndieCasualRacing7.99 USDWindowsby Crime House Games, TheShadeGameDev
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Players who liked Backyard Boxing also play

Steam players who put hours into Backyard Boxing 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. ARVIS Punch

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Backyard Boxing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Backyard Boxing.

    Become the best boxer by training and fighting with all the boxers and immersive elements. Test your senses and enjoy real boxing simulation at your fingertips.

    2024ActionSportsIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Ragdoll Boxing Multiplayer

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Backyard Boxing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Backyard Boxing.

    Dive into Ragdoll Boxing, the ultimate physics-driven boxing game where every punch counts. Powered entirely by realistic, real-time physics, this game brings you closer to the raw excitement and unpredictability of a genuine boxing match. Control your boxer with intuitive active ragdoll mechanics.

    2025ActionSportsIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Mutant Boxing League VR

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Backyard Boxing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Backyard Boxing.

    Welcome to Mutant Boxing League, a single-player VR game built to make your daily workout something fun and challenging. Every opponent has a different style and a trick up their sleeve, so you need to punch, jab, block, dodge and slip to become an unstoppable boxing champion. 

    2024ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Superation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Backyard Boxing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Backyard Boxing.

    Fight Thor and earn your place among the Aesir. Unlock new blessings from the gods and complete challenges to unlock the wisdom of the runes in Superation: a boxing boss-rush roguelike experience

    2025ActionSportsIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Undisputed

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Backyard Boxing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Backyard Boxing.

    Become Undisputed in the most authentic boxing game to date! Featuring true to life visuals, bone-jarring action, and more licensed boxers than ever before, Undisputed gives you unprecedented control to master every inch of the ring.

    2024ActionSportsSimulation49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Boxing Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Backyard Boxing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Backyard Boxing.

    Build your gym, train your boxers and make them stronger to beat stronger opponents.

    2025ActionSportsIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Fighting Championship (VFC)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Backyard Boxing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Backyard Boxing.

    VFC captures the spirit of classics like Street Fighter and Tekken with a fresh VR twist. Enjoy finely tuned gameplay that rewards real-life skills while delivering exciting, over-the-top action. Play online or train with unique NPCs—jump in and have fun your way! discord at discord.gg/2r9tz4b

    2018ActionSportsIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Backyard Boxing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Backyard Boxing.

    First-Person VR kung fu fighter with high-fidelity, physics-based combat, and an artistic style that pays homage to the golden era of martial arts films. Play with friends in Co-Op mode, challenge others in PvP battles, or embark on epic single-player adventures.

    2021ActionSports19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Backyard Boxing on Steam right now. Shares Action with Backyard Boxing.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Backyard Boxing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Boxing.

    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 ↗
  3. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Backyard Boxing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Boxing.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Backyard Boxing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backyard Boxing.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Backyard Boxing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backyard Boxing.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Backyard Boxing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backyard Boxing.

    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 ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Backyard Boxing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Backyard Boxing.

    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 ↗
  8. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Backyard Boxing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Boxing.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Backyard Boxing.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Casual with Backyard Boxing.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Backyard Boxing

How much does Backyard Boxing cost?
Backyard Boxing is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Backyard Boxing?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backyard Boxing are ARVIS Punch, Ragdoll Boxing Multiplayer, Mutant Boxing League VR.
Who developed Backyard Boxing?
Backyard Boxing was developed by Crime House Games, TheShadeGameDev and published by Crime House 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 Backyard Boxing.

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