Rank 01- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- 2009
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- Released: 1996
- Developer: Shiny Entertainment
- Price: $19.99checked Nov 7
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 41% of 106 reviews
- Genres: Action
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Level design is wildly creative and unpredictable
- Password saves allow for flexible playthroughs
- Weapon swapping feels chaotic and fun
- Challenging
- Comedic
- Funny
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About Earthworm Jim
The closest matches to Earthworm Jim: Earthworm Jim 2, Psychonauts, Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, MDK2 HD, and Voodoo Vince: Remastered. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Earthworm Jim is your kind of game, the closest matches are Earthworm Jim 2, Psychonauts and Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, comedic and funny, and single out its 8 direction shooting and boss battle sequences. 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.
About Earthworm Jim: Jim wasn't always a studly super-worm. He was once just a spineless, dirt-eater with no real mission in his life...
Is Earthworm Jim worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 41% of 106 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 7).
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Level design is wildly creative and unpredictable
- Password saves allow for flexible playthroughs
- Weapon swapping feels chaotic and fun
- Whip combat is satisfying and unique
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Earthworm Jim is a wonderful game that was absolutely butchered in this port, which should honestly come as no surprise given Interplay's complete and utter fumbling and mishandling of this IP ever since they acquired it. I'm not 100% on…”
“A complete scam, for the first 2 games it uses the open source dos box emulator that you can use for FREE, and even then these are not even the good ports it contains missing levels and zero controller support, earthworm jim 3d to my…”
People who play it also play: Earthworm Jim 2, Psychonauts, Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Frequently asked about Earthworm Jim
Can I run it?
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, Psychonauts, Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack.
Who developed Earthworm Jim?
Earthworm Jim was developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Interplay Inc..