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Games like The Sickle Family

If The Sickle Family is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Tail: Definitive Edition, Pink Gum and Puppergeist — 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 The Sickle Family: The Sickle Family is a haunting adventure game about dogs, exploring how inaction, even when everything seems normal, can lead to deep trauma and heartbreak. It tells a real-life story of grief, loss, and the hidden consequences of everyday moments.

2026ActionAdventureCasual1.24 USDWindowsby CH757
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Players who liked The Sickle Family also play

Steam players who put hours into The Sickle Family 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. Space Tail: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Sickle Family fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Sickle Family.

    Space Tail is a 2.5D adventure platformer that follows an emotional, story-driven journey through the cosmos. Play as a brave space-traveling dog exploring mysterious planets, solving puzzles, and forming unique bonds with alien civilizations along the way.

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  2. Pink Gum

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Sickle Family fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Sickle Family.

    A short and deeply emotional game experience where life itself is presented through a unique perspective.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Puppergeist

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Sickle Family fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    Journey through the Doggie Underworld in this heartwarming rhythm visual novel. Reunite with your lost Pup by connecting with other dog spirits, learning their stories, and lifting their moods through rhythm games full of charm and challenges!

    2026ActionAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  4. One Last Push

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Sickle Family fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    Survive the horrors of WW1 in this intense PvE survival shooter. Scavenge supplies, earn your regiment’s respect, and fight for reinforcements before you become another name lost in the mud.

    2026ActionAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Sickle Family fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.

    2026IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Afterdream

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Sickle Family fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

    2023IndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Before Your Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Sickle Family fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. FAR: Changing Tides

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Sickle Family fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Sickle Family on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Sickle Family.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mining Mechs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under The Sickle Family on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Sickle Family.

    Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual0.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Seraph's Last Stand

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under The Sickle Family on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Sickle Family.

    Create insane builds and break the game in all possible ways to get your name into the leaderboards! Every round you get stronger, but so does the enemies...

    2022ActionCasual0.69 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ULTIMATE HARDBASS DEFENCE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under The Sickle Family on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Sickle Family.

    SHOOT. SURVIVE. DANCE HARDBASS.

    2019ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer0.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Sickle Family on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Sickle Family.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Sickle Family on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Sickle Family on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Sickle Family.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Sickle Family on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Sickle Family.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 The Sickle Family.

    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 ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Sickle Family.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 The Sickle Family.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    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 ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Sickle Family.

    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 ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.

    2026IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Afterdream

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

    2023IndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. FAR: Changing Tides

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sickle Family.

    An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Sickle Family

How much does The Sickle Family cost?
The Sickle Family is listed on Steam at 1.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Sickle Family?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Sickle Family are Space Tail: Definitive Edition, Pink Gum, Puppergeist.
Who developed The Sickle Family?
The Sickle Family was developed by CH757.

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 The Sickle Family.

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