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Games like Ocean Planet

If Ocean Planet is your kind of game, the closest matches are Botanica, Cosmic Crowbar and Clan O'Conall and the Crown of the Stag — 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 Ocean Planet: Button and Drop Bear live rent-free above their friend's steam bun shop. When their friend goes missing, it's up to them to figure out what happened and bring them home.

ActionStrategyIndieAdventureFree To PlayFree to playWindowsby Nonsense Machine
Ocean Planet — Steam game cover

Players who liked Ocean Planet also play

Steam players who put hours into Ocean Planet 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. Botanica

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ocean Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ocean Planet.

    Botanica is a hand drawn 2D side scrolling platform-adventure in a world of sentient plants. By learning and borrowing abilities from the enemies and bosses of this world you might just be able to defeat the scourge that threatens all of plant life.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cosmic Crowbar

    WHY THIS

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

    Cosmic Crowbar™ is a story-driven beat-em-up action adventure. A mysterious metallic alien crash lands in a scrapyard and merges with a crowbar to survive. Alone and far from home, our mighty metallic hero explores the perplexing planet Earth, assembling ardent allies and facing fiendish foes!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Clan O'Conall and the Crown of the Stag

    WHY THIS

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

    Master the powers of three Celtic Heroes in this hand-drawn action platformer! Solve challenging puzzles, slay unworldly demons, and cross beautiful landscapes by swapping instantly between characters. With an all-original Celtic soundtrack. You've never heard of it, so it must be mythical!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Scrabdackle

    WHY THIS

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

    The magical misadventure of a novice wizard thrown (literally) into the unfamiliar world outside. Go on a sprawling hand-drawn adventure with spells to study, bosses to best, and a huge handcrafted world to traverse on the long journey home.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. RWBY: Arrowfell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Ocean Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ocean Planet.

    Dive into an explosive new RWBY adventure! Instantly switch between Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, and use their weapons and Semblances to battle a mysterious new threat in this in-canon story set during RWBY Volume 7! Featuring a new song by Jeff Williams with vocals by Casey Lee Williams!

    2022ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. BIOMORPH

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Ocean Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ocean Planet.

    BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.

    2024ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Thank Goodness You're Here!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ocean Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ocean Planet.

    Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…

    2024IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Ocean Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ocean Planet.

    F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.

    2021ActionSportsIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. RWBY: Arrowfell

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Ocean Planet.

    Dive into an explosive new RWBY adventure! Instantly switch between Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, and use their weapons and Semblances to battle a mysterious new threat in this in-canon story set during RWBY Volume 7! Featuring a new song by Jeff Williams with vocals by Casey Lee Williams!

    2022ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. BIOMORPH

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Ocean Planet.

    BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.

    2024ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Thank Goodness You're Here!

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ocean Planet.

    Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…

    2024IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ocean Planet.

    F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.

    2021ActionSportsIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ocean Planet

Is Ocean Planet free to play?
Yes — Ocean Planet is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Ocean Planet?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ocean Planet are Botanica, Cosmic Crowbar, Clan O'Conall and the Crown of the Stag.
Who developed Ocean Planet?
Ocean Planet was developed by Nonsense Machine.

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 Ocean Planet.

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