Games like A Happy Place
If A Happy Place is your kind of game, the closest matches are Simulacro, Harold's Walk and Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and eerie. 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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Steam players who put hours into A Happy Place 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.
Simulacro
WHY THIS
Top pick for A Happy Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Simulacro is a 3D action-platformer with a measured pace and unconventional mechanics. In a world of strange physics and synthetic creatures, the experience challenges genre standards with a unique approach.
Harold's Walk
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for A Happy Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Harold's Walk on Steam is a remaster of the original Harold's Walk game that debuted on the Nintendo 3ds in 2020. Odd and unusual spaces comprise most of your journey as you venture through this surreal collectathon.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting, hidden collectibles, adventure and an atmospheric mood with A Happy Place.
Third-strongest match for A Happy Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with A Happy Place.
Tomba is back for more in Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition, a celebration of the often overlooked sequel to the legendary platformer, Tomba!
Pumpkin Jack
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with A Happy Place.
Ranked #4 for A Happy Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
Pru the Pigeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for A Happy Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with A Happy Place.
Ranked #6 for A Happy Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Mr. Sleepy Man
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Happy Place.
Ranked #7 for A Happy Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!
Demon Turf: Neon Splash
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Happy Place.
Ranked #8 for A Happy Place fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Happy Place.
Maintain a constant momentum of precision platforming through surreal worlds, filled with bright neon colors, and enjoy the intoxicating combination of 2D & 3D art! Explore and hunt collectables or knuckle-down and master satisfying mechanics to compete for the best times across the world!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Happy Place at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A Happy Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Happy Place.
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
Priced ~50% under A Happy Place on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under A Happy Place on Steam right now. Shares Action with A Happy Place.
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 ~50% under A Happy Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Happy Place.
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 ~50% under A Happy Place on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Happy Place.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under A Happy Place on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
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 ~70% under A Happy Place on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A Happy Place on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
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.
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 A Happy Place.
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 Action and Adventure with A Happy Place.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Happy Place.
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 A Happy Place.
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 Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with A Happy Place.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Happy Place.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Harold's Walk
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Harold's Walk on Steam is a remaster of the original Harold's Walk game that debuted on the Nintendo 3ds in 2020. Odd and unusual spaces comprise most of your journey as you venture through this surreal collectathon.
Pumpkin Jack
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with A Happy Place.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with A Happy Place.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Mr. Sleepy Man
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Happy Place.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A Happy Place.
Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!
Frequently asked about A Happy Place
- How much does A Happy Place cost?
- A Happy Place is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Happy Place?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Happy Place are Simulacro, Harold's Walk, Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition.
- Who developed A Happy Place?
- A Happy Place was developed by Ziggity.
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 A Happy Place.
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