Games like Earthworm Jim
If Earthworm Jim is your kind of game, the closest matches are Earthworm Jim 2, Rayman® Origins and Psychonauts 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, comedic and funny. 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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Players who liked Earthworm Jim also play
Steam players who put hours into Earthworm Jim 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.
Earthworm Jim 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Earthworm Jim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Earthworm Jim is back with more side-scrolling platform action. Whip, run, jump, fly, and Snott swing your way to victory!
Rayman® Origins
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Earthworm Jim.
Second-strongest match for Earthworm Jim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Experience the magical universe of Rayman with legendary 2D gameplay that has captured the hearts of millions of fans!
Psychonauts 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Earthworm Jim.
Third-strongest match for Earthworm Jim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
Psychonauts
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Earthworm Jim.
Ranked #4 for Earthworm Jim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Earthworm Jim.
Ranked #5 for Earthworm Jim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Pikuniku
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Earthworm Jim.
Ranked #6 for Earthworm Jim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Earthworm Jim.
Ranked #7 for Earthworm Jim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Prepare to be scared! A clash between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune has unleashed ghostly mayhem all over Bikini Bottom. Switch seamlessly between SpongeBob and Patrick, combine their unique skills and save Bikini Bottom from total ghostification!
LEGO® Indiana Jones™: The Original Adventures
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Earthworm Jim.
Ranked #8 for Earthworm Jim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Build, Battle and Brawl your way out of trouble! Play through all three classic Indiana Jones™ movies and relive your favorite Indy adventures in the tongue-in-cheek worlds of LEGO®. Explore and Discover - Battle enemies, solve puzzles, and seek out the world's greatest treasures.
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SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Earthworm Jim cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
SEGA’s collection of Mega Drive & Genesis Classics comes to a new generation, now updated with even more features: online multiplayer, achievements, mirror mode, rewind, save states, VR and more! Over 50 classic games in one great package. Get into the classics!
Earthworm Jim 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Earthworm Jim cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Earthworm Jim is back with more side-scrolling platform action. Whip, run, jump, fly, and Snott swing your way to victory!
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Earthworm Jim cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
Chip's Challenge (Amiga/C64/Lynx/Mega Drive/SNES/Spectrum)
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Earthworm Jim cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The classic brain-twisting grid-based puzzle game returns in this collection, including the original 1989 Atari Lynx version, three classic ports, and two brand new Sega Mega Drive and SNES ports. Help Chip impress Melinda the Mental Marvel by beating her 140+ tough challenges.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Earthworm Jim at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthworm Jim on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthworm Jim on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
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 Earthworm Jim on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthworm Jim on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Earthworm Jim on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Earthworm Jim on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Wires And Whiskers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
Transformice
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!
Everlasting Summer
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Shiny Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Earthworm Jim.
Another title from Shiny Entertainment, the studio behind Earthworm Jim.
Sacrifice is the acclaimed real-time strategy game that focuses on combat instead of resource gathering. The only two resources you'll need to worry about are mana and souls. Need more units? Capture the souls of your enemy. Cast spells of awesome power.
MDK
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Earthworm Jim.
Another title from Shiny Entertainment, the studio behind Earthworm Jim. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
ON A GOOD DAY, ONLY 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE. As vast alien mining cities suck the power and minerals from every major metropolis on Earth simultaneously, time is of the essence as millions of civilians are expiring by the second.
Earthworm Jim 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Shiny Entertainment, the studio behind Earthworm Jim. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Earthworm Jim is back with more side-scrolling platform action. Whip, run, jump, fly, and Snott swing your way to victory!
Messiah
WHY THIS
Another title from Shiny Entertainment, the studio behind Earthworm Jim. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Bob is an angel ordered by God himself to go and clean up the putrid world of the future. He has been given the power of possession so that he can sneak up on any person, animal or genetically engineered being and leap right into their souls! The rules are up to you - enjoy the freedom.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Earthworm Jim.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Pikuniku
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Earthworm Jim.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Earthworm Jim.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Earthworm Jim.
Prepare to be scared! A clash between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune has unleashed ghostly mayhem all over Bikini Bottom. Switch seamlessly between SpongeBob and Patrick, combine their unique skills and save Bikini Bottom from total ghostification!
Frequently asked about Earthworm Jim
- Does Earthworm Jim run on Steam Deck?
- Earthworm Jim 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 Earthworm Jim cost?
- Earthworm Jim is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Earthworm Jim?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Earthworm Jim are Earthworm Jim 2, Rayman® Origins, Psychonauts 2.
- Who developed Earthworm Jim?
- Earthworm Jim was developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Interplay Inc..
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