Games like Hot Lava
If Hot Lava is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deathrun Guys, Sycamore and Lost Marbles — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its rewards precise movement, tactical positioning matters and challenging. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Hot Lava: The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
Players who liked Hot Lava also play
Steam players who put hours into Hot Lava 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.
Deathrun Guys
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hot Lava fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Deathrun Guys is an online platform racing game with a Bunnyhop system to gain speed! Compete in competitive mode or against your friends. Run, jump and knock down your enemies to win the race and secure your trophy.
Sycamore
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hot Lava fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Find the hidden levels, collect all the coins, or play with friends in Sycamore, a 3D platformer under development based around quick, fast-paced movement where you will race to the end of a level and compete in leaderboard times with players from around the world.
Lost Marbles
WHY THIS
Shares level routing, speedrunning and a challenging mood with Hot Lava.
Third-strongest match for Hot Lava fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hot Lava.
Lost Marbles is a fast pace physics-based rolling platformer. The game includes 3 game modes; Time Trials, Gem Arenas and Arcade Playlists. The game is broken into 5 difficulties, so no matter your style of gaming, there will always be something to play, and every level has a global scoreboard.
Pogo Girlfriend 👧🏼
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hot Lava fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Racing with Hot Lava.
A foddy-like pogo game with a lot of heart! Play with your friends!
Raising Torolith
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hot Lava fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hot Lava.
A physics based first-person platformer. Pump your adrenaline through high speed and precision in this parkour adventure! Climb walls, slide, dash & fly. Reach the orbs and raise entire castles from the water!
Dark Runner
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hot Lava fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Parkour, speedrun and darkness. This combination is quite a challenge. Unique lighting mechanics like you've never seen before are the main reason you'll want this game to never end.
Rooftop Renegade
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hot Lava fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Power up your hoverblades in this speedrunning platformer! Weave through futuristic cities making split second pathing decisions. Boost through constant bombardment and dangerous hazards. Go it alone or bring up to 3 friends for local multiplayer mayhem.
PANZER BALL
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hot Lava.
Ranked #8 for Hot Lava fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Panzer Ball is a fast-paced 3D platformer inspired by the classic surf and bunnyhop game modes. Jump in and see how fast you can complete the courses in both single and multiplayer.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hot Lava at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Hot Lava on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hot Lava.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hot Lava on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hot Lava on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hot Lava.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hot Lava on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hot Lava on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hot Lava.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 with Hot Lava.
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 Hot Lava.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hot Lava.
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 with Hot Lava.
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 Hot Lava.
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.
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More from Klei Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Klei Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Hot Lava. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hot Lava.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Hot Lava. Shares Indie with Hot Lava.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Don't Starve
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Hot Lava. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hot Lava.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Griftlands
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Hot Lava. Shares Indie with Hot Lava.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Hot Lava. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Rotwood
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hot Lava.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Hot Lava. Shares Action and Adventure with Hot Lava.
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Hot Lava. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.
Invisible, Inc.
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Hot Lava. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Lava.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Frequently asked about Hot Lava
- Does Hot Lava run on Steam Deck?
- Hot Lava is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Hot Lava cost?
- Hot Lava is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Hot Lava have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Hot Lava supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Hot Lava?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hot Lava are Deathrun Guys, Sycamore, Lost Marbles.
- Who developed Hot Lava?
- Hot Lava was developed by Klei Entertainment.
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 Hot Lava.
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