Games like BASED
If BASED is your kind of game, the closest matches are Joe Adventure, One Neck Ahead and The Impossible Waterboy — 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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Players who liked BASED also play
Steam players who put hours into BASED 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.
Joe Adventure
WHY THIS
Top pick for BASED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
Save Joe Mama and don’t explode any of your Joes by keeping them on the move. You can only control one at a time but they are all exploding at the same time. Throw them around to traverse deadly terrain in this rage-inducing speedrun-friendly platformer!
One Neck Ahead
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for BASED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with BASED.
A gimmick-based precision platformer where you carry your own ground. Place platforms mid-jump and combine them with a wide variety of movement-bending gimmicks.
The Impossible Waterboy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for BASED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
Hi, I’m Waterboy. Help me reach the exit through mind-boggling rotating puzzle-platform levels where floors become walls, timing matters, and every mistake teaches you something. It’s almost impossible, but I trust you.
InOut
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for BASED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
Meow with Pipeline
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for BASED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
Meow with Pipeline: a precision pixel platformer with cute cats and challenges. Guide a cat through dangerous pipe networks—run, jump, dodge traps and master tough platforming. Tight controls and skill-based progression make every victory satisfyingly earned.
Hatch Flap
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for BASED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
Go on an adventure to find your lost little baby flamingo and bring it back home. Will you be able to move forward with the whole world against you?
Blade Bounce
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for BASED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
Blade Bounce is a 2D puzzle platformer where you bounce on things with your magic spear as a little dog named Bob in this tightly crafted, casual and speedrunner-friendly journey.
Greetings from El Rey
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Ranked #8 for BASED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
A noir 2.5D platformer in which Satrapo explores a sealed city through a rotating 2D perspective, engaged in an obsessive hunt for the mysterious R. A paranoid tale about desire, featuring eccentric characters and complex three-dimensional labyrinths.
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 BASED.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BASED.
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?
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 BASED.
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 BASED.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BASED.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BASED.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BASED.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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More from Thomas Moon Kang
Other recommendable Steam games by Thomas Moon Kang, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
One Step From Eden
WHY THIS
Another title from Thomas Moon Kang, the studio behind BASED. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Duelists of Eden
WHY THIS
Another title from Thomas Moon Kang, the studio behind BASED. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
Build a deck and battle online in real-time action with rollback netcode!
Astral Gun
WHY THIS
Another title from Thomas Moon Kang, the studio behind BASED. Shares Action and Indie with BASED.
Astral gun is the hyper-competitive 2-4 player party game focused on exciting, intense, and hardcore matches. Create your own play style with 14 unique weapons and thousands of combinations!
Frequently asked about BASED
- Does BASED have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — BASED supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to BASED?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BASED are Joe Adventure, One Neck Ahead, The Impossible Waterboy.
- Who developed BASED?
- BASED was developed by Thomas Moon Kang.
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 BASED.
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