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Games like How Many Dudes?

If How Many Dudes? is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ultravibe, Liquid Swarm and Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't — 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 How Many Dudes?: How many dudes does it take to beat up a gorilla? A thousand toddlers? A horse-sized duck? A GOD? Enter the Dude Ranch and find out in this roguelike dudebuilder where you recruit an army of dudes to fight ridiculous battles.

2026StrategyIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Butterscotch Shenanigans
How Many Dudes? — Steam game cover

Players who liked How Many Dudes? also play

Steam players who put hours into How Many Dudes? 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. Ultravibe

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for How Many Dudes? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Ultravibe is a match3 roguelike where you build powerful synergies through vibes, powerups, and upgrades. Face tricky bosses, use unique powerups, perform special combos and craft unique builds in a unique, endlessly replayable fun loop.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Liquid Swarm

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for How Many Dudes? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Swallow swarms of monsters, earn XP, improve your stats, repeat. Minimalist active incremental roguelite with rewarding and satisfying gameplay. Reincarnate to get permanent XP bonuses and to unlock perks and Epic Bosses. Play alone or with friends.

    2027ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for How Many Dudes? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    From letters to lunacy, Cursed Words is a roguelike chasing ever-stronger synergies. Start with simple words like BUY or THIS or GAME, then use game-altering combos to break the rules. Before long you’ll be ¼♖♙K5XNG the ⅗H♗4 out of these 83VK??7?!

    2026StrategyIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Flag Conquest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for How Many Dudes? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    An incremental roguelite auto-battler. Build a persistent army, program its tactics with Gambits, and take a fallen kingdom back one flag at a time across zones that never stop scaling. Retreat, bank what you earned, come back stronger. Deep prestige, an endless Tower, and King of the Hill.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Facelet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for How Many Dudes? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Facelet is a roguelike deckbuilder played on a scrambled puzzle cube. Twist layers to line up colors, cash them in, and build a deck that scores a cube nobody would ever finish. Spend your winnings on Algorithms, Mods, stickers and Tools, then take the bigger cube into the next Depth.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Stickerino

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for How Many Dudes? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Slap stickers onto your cards and beat the score counter with astronomical multipliers in this roguelite deckbuilder! Collect snacks and Monstraks game-changers, flex your style, and crush Sticker Wizard's challenges!

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Roller Coaster Looper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for How Many Dudes? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    A roguelite idle-like roller coaster sim where you draft track segments, recruit riders, and combo card upgrades between rounds, then watch the thrill scores spiral gloriously out of control. Physics optional.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. No, Chef!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for How Many Dudes? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with How Many Dudes?.

    Half the team cooks. Half the team serves. The wall between them ruins everything. A 2-5 player co-op cooking roguelite about teamworking through a tiny window, stickering or drawing orders, lassoing customers, and making rent before the Landlord takes the keys.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below How Many Dudes? at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under How Many Dudes? on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with How Many Dudes?.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under How Many Dudes? on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with How Many Dudes?.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under How Many Dudes? on Steam right now. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under How Many Dudes? on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with How Many Dudes?.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under How Many Dudes? on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under How Many Dudes? on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under How Many Dudes? on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with How Many Dudes?.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under How Many Dudes? on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 How Many Dudes?.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Butterscotch Shenanigans

Other recommendable Steam games by Butterscotch Shenanigans, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Crashlands

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Butterscotch Shenanigans, the studio behind How Many Dudes?. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crashlands 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Butterscotch Shenanigans, the studio behind How Many Dudes?. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning Action RPG Crashlands.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Levelhead

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Butterscotch Shenanigans, the studio behind How Many Dudes?. Shares Indie with How Many Dudes?.

    Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Chaotic co-op platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and endless community-built levels await, so grab a friend and GO!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about How Many Dudes?

Is How Many Dudes? verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — How Many Dudes? is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does How Many Dudes? cost?
How Many Dudes? is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to How Many Dudes??
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside How Many Dudes? are Ultravibe, Liquid Swarm, Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't.
Who developed How Many Dudes??
How Many Dudes? was developed by Butterscotch Shenanigans.

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 How Many Dudes?.

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