Games like Super Meat Boy
If Super Meat Boy is your kind of game, the closest matches are ReDrop, HAMISH and MineRalph — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its achieving deathless runs, collecting every bandage and endless replayability. 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 →Super Meat Boy is a precision platformer developed by Team Meat that launched in 2010 at $14.99 USD. Players control a small red protagonist navigating brutal obstacle-avoidance sequences that demand precise-timing and feature checkpoint-respawn mechanics, with character-throw moves used to traverse levels. Reviewers and players describe the experience as challenging, dark, and punishing, with the core appeal lying in achieving-deathless-runs, collecting-every-bandage, and unlocking-hidden-levels. The game rewards mastery through endless-replayability with intense platforming sequences. It holds a 94% positive rating from 13,383 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About Super Meat Boy: The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Players who liked Super Meat Boy also play
Steam players who put hours into Super Meat Boy 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.
ReDrop
WHY THIS
Top pick for Super Meat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
DIE, REDROP, REPEAT. In this Platformer, every Death leaves a platform behind; Climb your mistakes! RAGE, CRY, ADAPT. Then do it all again. Try now and prove you're only *mostly* bad.
HAMISH
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Super Meat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Hamish is a fast-paced, momentum-driven action platformer where every step could be your last. Run, jump, and grapple your way through rising lava, snowy peaks, neon-lit cities, and more, mastering speed and precision while taking down ruthless enemies.
MineRalph
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Super Meat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Roll your way through a hard-core, high-speed, fury-inducing, nail-biting, reaction-based physics-platformer where momentum and skill is the difference between making the jump and falling to your death.
Mupple
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Super Meat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
A colorful and animated world starring sweet animals and 2D Platformer focused on obstacles and challenges seems to be a perfect mix for... Deadly traps, absurd challenges and an insane adventure. Help Bilbo on his quest to retrieve the fruits from the forest and return home
PRIMAL DUNGEON
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Super Meat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Throw bones, big rocks or use your spirit wolf special attack to kill a variety of enemies in this 2D platformer full action game.
Knight And Mourning
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Super Meat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Do you like 2D platformers? Are you constantly complaining about how bad you are at them? Well, continue to complain! Even if you think you are good at Knight And Mourning, you aren't.
Sockventure
WHY THIS
Shares deathless runs and a challenging mood with Super Meat Boy.
Ranked #7 for Super Meat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
In this challenging 2D platformer game, play as a Superhero and help the Kid to find all the missing socks inside the cursed washing machine, Sockventure has stunning colorful graphics, hand-crafted levels, tight controls and fun ever-changing gameplay.
The Portal Trial
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Super Meat Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Ingression: The Portal Trial offers a sneak peek into the immersive world of precision platforming with portals. Experience the prologue of the full game for free, tackling not only the initial levels but also venturing into more challenging stages.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Super Meat Boy
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Super Meat Boy.
Reviewers of Super Meat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Katana ZERO
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Super Meat Boy.
Reviewers of Super Meat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
The End Is Nigh
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Super Meat Boy.
Reviewers of Super Meat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
VVVVVV
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Super Meat Boy.
Reviewers of Super Meat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
Ori and the Blind Forest
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Super Meat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
Dustforce DX
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Super Meat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
Ageless
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Super Meat Boy.
Reviewers of Super Meat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.
Super Meat Boy 3D
WHY THIS
Shares a punishing mood with Super Meat Boy.
Reviewers of Super Meat Boy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer – now in 3D!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Super Meat Boy at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Super Meat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Super Meat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Super Meat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
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?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Super Meat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Super Meat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Super Meat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Super Meat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Super Meat Boy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Meat Boy.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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 Super Meat Boy.
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.
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 Super Meat Boy.
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 Super Meat Boy.
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 with Super Meat Boy.
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 Super Meat Boy.
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 with Super Meat Boy.
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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Frequently asked about Super Meat Boy
- Is Super Meat Boy verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Super Meat Boy 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 Super Meat Boy cost?
- Super Meat Boy is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Super Meat Boy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Super Meat Boy are ReDrop, HAMISH, MineRalph.
- Who developed Super Meat Boy?
- Super Meat Boy was developed by Team Meat.
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 Super Meat Boy.
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