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Games like Joe and the Lost Pixels

If Joe and the Lost Pixels is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pit Panic, PuppeTNetiK - Speedrun Challenge and Bit Maze — 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 Joe and the Lost Pixels: Lethal pixels, impossible platforms, and retro nods! Joe and the Lost Pixels is a brutal 2.5D platformer where you'll die more times than in your worst '80s nightmares. Every level is a trap. Every pixel, a threat. Do you dare?

2025ActionIndieAdventureCasual4.19 USDWindowsby RetroBlade Studios
Joe and the Lost Pixels — Steam game cover

Players who liked Joe and the Lost Pixels also play

Steam players who put hours into Joe and the Lost Pixels 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. Pit Panic

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Joe and the Lost Pixels fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    Escape the sinking Aztec temple in this cartoonish rogue-like arcade platformer. Dig your own path up, jump and climb in blazing speed, hoard loot, trade lives for god-like powers, beat bosses, master 1000 handmade levels and humble other players in daily leaderboards.

    2026IndieAdventure12.74 USDSteam ↗
  2. PuppeTNetiK - Speedrun Challenge

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Joe and the Lost Pixels fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    Try to take control of this military climbing prototype with the help of a magnet in a multitude of locations! Reach the top of the leaderboards!

    2021ActionAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bit Maze

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Joe and the Lost Pixels fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    Guide Bitty through the mazes in this twisting plattformer.

    2026IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. BOPPING DRIVE

    WHY THIS

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

    Strive to be the top driver as you combo your way through! Soar across the city's skyline as you leap between rooftops and smash weapon-wielding robots! Scrape your way to the next finish line in this modern golden-age styled arcade platformer.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Joon Shining

    WHY THIS

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

    Master the elements. Explore mystical worlds. Harness ancient powers. Joon Shining is an enchanted golf-like platformer with a fantasy twist. Use magic to bend physics, influence environments, and make impossible shots, as you puzzle your way through a strange & mythic multiverse

    2023ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Bililitz

    WHY THIS

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

    Bililitz is an exploration-focused Metroidbrainia where curiosity is your greatest ability. There are no quest markers, no objective arrows, and no enemies standing between you and progress. Every discovery comes from observation, experimentation, and understanding how the world truly works.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Martin and the Magic Staff

    WHY THIS

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

    Discover the world of a fabulous puzzle platformer in the pixel art style. You have to help the aspiring magician to pass all the challenges and fill his sorcerous staff with pure magic.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dead Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Joe and the Lost Pixels fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Joe and the Lost Pixels on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Joe and the Lost Pixels on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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 ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Joe and the Lost Pixels on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Joe and the Lost Pixels on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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 ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Joe and the Lost Pixels on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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 ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Joe and the Lost Pixels on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Joe and the Lost Pixels on Steam right now. Shares Action with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Joe and the Lost Pixels on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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 Joe and the Lost Pixels.

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Joe and the Lost Pixels

How much does Joe and the Lost Pixels cost?
Joe and the Lost Pixels is listed on Steam at 4.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Joe and the Lost Pixels?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Joe and the Lost Pixels are Pit Panic, PuppeTNetiK - Speedrun Challenge, Bit Maze.
Who developed Joe and the Lost Pixels?
Joe and the Lost Pixels was developed by RetroBlade Studios.

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 Joe and the Lost Pixels.

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