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Games like Screwball

If Screwball is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grub Gauntlet, Dungeon Bar: Gachi Puzzles and Game Of Puzzles: Slavic Mythology — 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 Screwball: Screwball is a story-rich puzzle game built around crafting items. Hilariously voiced by a one-man cast, the game is hand-animated to appear as though you’re playing a cartoon strip, and offers hours of gameplay with more than 80 custom-tailored puzzles and over 500 craftable items.

2025Casual9.74 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Scott Tipton
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Players who liked Screwball also play

Steam players who put hours into Screwball 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. Grub Gauntlet

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Screwball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    Grub Gauntlet is a playful physics-based puzzle game. Use bombs, portals, gravity wells, and more to make your way around walls, past spikes, through gates all to find your missing lunch!

    2021IndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dungeon Bar: Gachi Puzzles

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Screwball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    Dungeon Bar is a classic puzzle game in neonoir style. You will have to piece by piece collect pictures of legendary personalities of the Gachimuchi...

    2023IndieCasual0.71 USDSteam ↗
  3. Game Of Puzzles: Slavic Mythology

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Screwball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    A puzzle game where you need to assemble a complete image from several pieces.

    2020IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Apothecurse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Screwball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Faced with expulsion from his order, fledgling alchemist Leon must brave the seas and travel to Port Gelour, a plague-ridden city on the brink of revolution. Craft potent potions, befriend quirky locals, and uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the waves in a quest for alchemy and discovery!

  5. Time of the Clones

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Screwball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    Thanks to an unsuccessful experiment, the scientific complex found itself in a time loop. Any ideas how to fix this?!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Inversion Institute

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Screwball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    A visual novel/puzzle game set in a medieval fantasy world. Using "Magic Ink," you will draw working logical gizmos and contraptions to solve problems for the Institute and surrounding townsfolk. With the help of other characters, you may even invent a machine that will change the world forever.

    2022SimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Alveole

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Screwball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    Alveole is a minimalistic puzzle where the player must understand how to run and why does he do it?

    2021IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. CooKing: Around the World

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Screwball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    8 menus are included in the game, each of which will accommodate 10-12 dishes, accompanied by at least 200 ingredients. All menus take place in the cuisine of different nations. We will turn around e.g. American, French, Hungarian, Italian lands of flavors.

    2021IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~49% under Screwball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~49% under Screwball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~49% under Screwball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~49% under Screwball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~49% under Screwball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Screwball on Steam right now.

    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 ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Screwball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    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. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Screwball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 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.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Screwball.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Screwball.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Screwball

How much does Screwball cost?
Screwball is listed on Steam at 9.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Screwball?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Screwball are Grub Gauntlet, Dungeon Bar: Gachi Puzzles, Game Of Puzzles: Slavic Mythology.
Who developed Screwball?
Screwball was developed by Scott Tipton.

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 Screwball.

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