Games like Pickle Pete
If Pickle Pete is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fading Reel, Flaghead and Warriors of the End — 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 Pickle Pete: A roguelite bullet heaven where you dodge and auto-shoot through waves of enemies. Build devastating weapon, gear and mutation combinations with deep synergies. Face over 30 unique bosses across diverse biomes in this challenging arena shooter.
Players who liked Pickle Pete also play
Steam players who put hours into Pickle Pete 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.
Fading Reel
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Top pick for Pickle Pete fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Pickle Pete.
A sepia Roguelike — lead a chained squad through 22 waves. Map events split your line, milestone recruits add firepower. Linked Blink, run upgrades, 19 Evolutions, and a permanent meta tree carry you to the final Boss Hydra.
Flaghead
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Pickle Pete fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pickle Pete.
Flaghead is an arena shooter roguelite where you play as a country, surviving through history from the dark ages into the cybernetic futures and beyond.
Warriors of the End
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Pickle Pete fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pickle Pete.
Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!
Mighty X Arms
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Ranked #4 for Pickle Pete fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pickle Pete.
Mighty X Arms is a roguelike survivor inspired by Brotato, featuring collectible weapon-creatures called Arms. Build your loadout, upgrade them, and mow down enemy swarms to survive.
Forecast Death
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Ranked #5 for Pickle Pete fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pickle Pete.
Survive the chaos of a bullet-heaven action game. Tear through enemy hordes, stack wild ability combos, and endure cataclysms that rewrite the rules mid-fight. The pace ramps up every minute - either you grow stronger, or you get wiped out.
Kern Panic
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Ranked #6 for Pickle Pete fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pickle Pete.
A bullet heaven with a terminal aesthetic, set in a world ruled by rhythm. Face endless hordes, learn each level's patterns, install upgrades on your pilot and survive the beat.
Micron Survivor
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Ranked #7 for Pickle Pete fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pickle Pete.
Micron Survivor is a survival game with rogue-lite elements where you play as alien microorganisms under the microscope. Evolve, unlock research objectives, find symbiotic weapons, upgrade your builds, and fight hordes of terrestrial organisms to rule the microcosm.
MitoSwarm
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Ranked #8 for Pickle Pete fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pickle Pete.
Fight the horde with your own swarm! In this action roguelite survival game, multiply your Mitos clones to crush endless waves. Loot chests, mutate your stats, and build overpowered synergies to dominate the arena.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pickle Pete at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Pickle Pete on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pickle Pete.
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
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Priced ~60% under Pickle Pete on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Pickle Pete.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Pickle Pete on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Pickle Pete.
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
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Priced ~60% under Pickle Pete on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pickle Pete.
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
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Priced ~80% under Pickle Pete on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pickle Pete.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pickle Pete on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pickle Pete.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Pickle Pete on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pickle Pete.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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Priced ~50% under Pickle Pete on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pickle Pete.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pickle Pete.
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.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pickle Pete.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pickle Pete.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Pickle Pete.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Pickle Pete.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Pickle Pete
- Is Pickle Pete verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Pickle Pete 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 Pickle Pete cost?
- Pickle Pete is listed on Steam at 4.95 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pickle Pete?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pickle Pete are Fading Reel, Flaghead, Warriors of the End.
- Who developed Pickle Pete?
- Pickle Pete was developed by Nightowls.
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 Pickle Pete.
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