Games like The Deer
If The Deer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Snowmen, Stay! Stay! Democratic People's Republic of Korea! and Plug & Play — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its calm prehistoric exploration, educational content is engaging and atmospheric. 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 The Deer: "The Deer" is an educational interactive experience for children. You'll be an ancient Deer during the Pleistocene (Ice Age) epoch and you'll discover everything about this marvelous era. Unfortunately there were no T-Rex during this age since they were already extinct millions of years before.
Players who liked The Deer also play
Steam players who put hours into The Deer 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.
Snowmen
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Deer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
Escape this infinite snowy realm full of grotesque snowmen by exploring and collecting the ingredients your captor demands in this short fairy tale like xmas horror game!
Stay! Stay! Democratic People's Republic of Korea!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Deer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
Try and navigate your way through one of the world's most tightly controlled dictatorships, with two cute soldiers by your side. Avoid getting shot, executed, black-bagged, or tried for treason as you explore Pyongyang's most famous tourist attractions.
Plug & Play
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Deer.
Third-strongest match for The Deer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.
The Horror Story: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Deer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
Welcome to The Horror Story: Rebirth, a remake version from the original Horror Story powered by Unreal Engine 5. Like all horror games, it contains jumpscares, flashing lights, and loud noises.
Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Deer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Deer.
A short love story with a twist: the love of your life is 50% human, and 50% grasshopper.
A Dump in the Dark
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Deer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
Your cheeks will quiver in fear, as ghastly ghouls accost your rear. You will gape in horror, as you face the dark. Only your rump can guide you through.
Rapid Tap
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Deer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Deer.
Enjoy a fun, grid tapping game that gets faster the more you play. See how long you can last tapping the flashing buttons. Now with a bunch of fun skins!
Succumate
WHY THIS
Shares mini games and a relaxing mood with The Deer.
Ranked #8 for The Deer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
From the creator of Summer Memories comes a new game where you must look after a demon named Lilim! Now you must juggle your time to keep her happy... or else!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Deer at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Deer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Deer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Deer.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Deer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Deer.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Deer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Deer.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Deer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Deer.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Deer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Deer.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Deer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Deer.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Deer.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Deer.
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 Indie with The Deer.
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 The Deer.
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 and Adventure with The Deer.
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 with The Deer.
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 Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
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.
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More from Fabio Ferrara
Other recommendable Steam games by Fabio Ferrara, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Suicide Guy
WHY THIS
Another title from Fabio Ferrara, the studio behind The Deer.
Suicide Guy is set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist. What would you do in order to save the thing you love most? Immerse yourself into his weird dreams and help him to wake up before it's too late.
Woodle Tree Adventures
WHY THIS
Another title from Fabio Ferrara, the studio behind The Deer. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
Woodle Tree Adventures is an old school platform game with a catchy and unique art style! Explore a total of 6 worlds and save the lands with the magical water drops you'll find through your journey, bringing back peace and balance and finally becoming the new hero!
Suicide Guy: Sleepin' Deeply
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Deer.
Another title from Fabio Ferrara, the studio behind The Deer. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
In this new chapter of "Suicide Guy" you'll be challenged with even more insane puzzles, generated by the surreal dreams of the Guy. You'll encounter the weirdest of the living beings as you go deeper and deeper into his subconscious. This time to wake him up you'll need all your skills.
Heaven Island - VR MMO
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Deer.
Another title from Fabio Ferrara, the studio behind The Deer. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Deer.
More a Journey in your Inner Self than a game, "Heaven Island" is an experience in which you'll explore wonderful places. The inspiration for the environments comes from the Renzo Piano designs and from the book "Origins of Architectural Pleasure" in which the welfare is of primary importance.
Woodle Tree 2: Worlds
WHY THIS
Another title from Fabio Ferrara, the studio behind The Deer. Shares Adventure with The Deer.
Woodle Tree 2: Worlds is an open world platformer/adventure videogame. This time the forces of evil are taking over the Wood Lands with a black substance that is absorbing energy and life from the living creatures! Will you be able to take over this enormous new evil force?
Heaven Forest - VR MMO
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Deer.
Another title from Fabio Ferrara, the studio behind The Deer. Shares Adventure with The Deer.
The pressing human questions about life depend directly on our attitudes toward the universe. You'll find the answers you're searching for through a series of reasonings and clues during your journey in this game as well as in your own life.
Suicide Guy VR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Deer.
Another title from Fabio Ferrara, the studio behind The Deer.
Experience Suicide Guy now in Virtual Reality for the greatest, most immersive snooze! These surreal dreams have never been so chaotic and frantic. If you're faint of heart, do not play this game.
The Way of Life Free Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Deer.
Another title from Fabio Ferrara, the studio behind The Deer. Shares Indie with The Deer.
The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.
Frequently asked about The Deer
- Does The Deer run on Steam Deck?
- The Deer is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Deer cost?
- The Deer is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Deer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Deer are Snowmen, Stay! Stay! Democratic People's Republic of Korea!, Plug & Play.
- Who developed The Deer?
- The Deer was developed by Fabio Ferrara, Giulia Airoldi and published by Chubby Pixel.
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