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Games like How Many Dudes?

If How Many Dudes? is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ultravibe, Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't and Stickerino — 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.

2026StrategyIndieFree To PlayCasualWindowsby 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. Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't

    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?.

    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 PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Stickerino

    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?.

    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 ↗
  4. Roller Coaster Looper

    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?.

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Monster Masher

    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?.

    Drop monsters. Merge monsters. Pray the pit doesn't overflow. Monster Masher is a cozy-yet-chaotic puzzle game where matching creatures fuse into bigger beasts. Build combos, fight bosses, and pretend you're not addicted. You are though. Fr fr.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. 难蚌尖塔

    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?.

    《难蚌尖塔》是一款类《杀戮尖塔》的肉鸽卡牌构筑游戏。在这诡异且荒诞的塔中,互联网君子六艺、以及各种名场面都变成了蕴含强大力量的卡牌,你将构建卡组、击败敌人,在不断轮回的冒险中逐步揭开迷雾后的秘密。

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Swords and Sandals 3 Redux

    WHY THIS

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

    A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It's the hardest, most metal gladiator game ever made.

    2025StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dig n Fight

    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?.

    Dig n Fight is a roguelite idle game with backpack management. Equip yourself with treasures, skills, and runes to defeat your foes and bring back all the loot.

    IndieRPGCasualSteam ↗

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 and Free To Play 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 and Free To Play 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 and Free To Play 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 Free To Play 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 and Free To Play 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?

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, Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't, Stickerino.
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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