Games like Monkey Wave
If Monkey Wave is your kind of game, the closest matches are Seek Shellter, HOT WHEELS™ Infinite Rush and PopTag — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Monkey Wave: Monkey Wave is a fast-paced action clicker where you defend your banana stash against waves of hostile apes. Click rapidly to defeat primates and epic bosses in solo, co-op, and PvP modes. Deploy strategic abilities and survive the chaos of the jungle.
Players who liked Monkey Wave also play
Steam players who put hours into Monkey Wave 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.
Seek Shellter
WHY THIS
Top pick for Monkey Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Wave.
Seek Shellter is an arcade-style pathfinder full of cute snails who must collect batteries and seek shelter before the timer runs out. Team up with a friend or go solo to clear levels, win minigames and unlock worlds steeped in retro-60s atomic charm. Do you have what it takes to beat the bomb?
HOT WHEELS™ Infinite Rush
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Monkey Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Jump into a Hot Wheels™-sized world with four islands packed with events, challenges and full-throttle mayhem. Collect iconic vehicles, assemble your Rush Squad, build epic tracks, and earn the title of Rush Master.
PopTag
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Monkey Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Wave.
PopTag is a wild multiplayer party game for up to 8 players! Play as a beatboxing balloon dog, crash outrageous parties, and pop your friends! Collect gummy beans, unleash wacky powerups, and survive hilarious parties you weren’t invited to!
The Boo Croo
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Monkey Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Wave.
4-player cooperative and competitive party game with various minigames where everyone can win... and everyone can lose!
Fill The Void
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Monkey Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Monkey Wave.
A satisfying game about consuming entire worlds to grow a black hole. Traverse small diaorama worlds as a black hole or as a sphere who can jump around and knock things over. Gain upgrades, new skins, abilities, stages, and collect everything in the world to view in your gallery.
Draw & Guess
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Monkey Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Monkey Wave.
An online party game of drawing and guessing for up to 16 players with a variety of modes. Bring out the best (or worst) of your drawing and guessing skills!
Kiln
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Monkey Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Monkey Wave.
An online, multiplayer, pottery party brawler from Double Fine Productions. Grab your friends to assemble a team of colorful spirits, then sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel. The size and shape of your pots determine their play-style and abilities—work together to douse the enemy's kiln!
Lumberhill
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Monkey Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Wave.
A crazy multiplayer party game in which lumberjacks try to complete tasks with nature fighting them every step of the way. Race against the clock, fight wildfires, pirates, and extremely annoying monkeys as you travel around the world and through time. Play online/local co-op and pvp or play solo.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monkey Wave at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Monkey Wave on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Wave.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Monkey Wave on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monkey Wave.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Monkey Wave on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monkey Wave.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Monkey Wave on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Monkey Wave.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Monkey Wave on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Monkey Wave.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Monkey Wave on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Monkey Wave.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Monkey Wave on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Monkey Wave.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Monkey Wave on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monkey Wave.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Monkey Wave.
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 Monkey Wave.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monkey Wave.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monkey Wave.
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 and Casual with Monkey Wave.
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 Monkey Wave.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Monkey Wave.
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.
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Frequently asked about Monkey Wave
- How much does Monkey Wave cost?
- Monkey Wave is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Monkey Wave have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Monkey Wave supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Monkey Wave?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monkey Wave are Seek Shellter, HOT WHEELS™ Infinite Rush, PopTag.
- Who developed Monkey Wave?
- Monkey Wave was developed by SnowSeal.
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 Monkey Wave.
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