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Games like Santa's Cookies

If Santa's Cookies is your kind of game, the closest matches are HELLDIVERS™ 2, Dying Light and Space Beast Terror Fright — 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 Santa's Cookies: Online co-op horror game where elves run for their lives from an evil-turned Santa Claus and attempt to bake extremely questionable cookies to bring Santa back.

2026IndieWindowsby Blankwave Studios
Santa's Cookies — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Santa's Cookies 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. HELLDIVERS™ 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Santa's Cookies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

    2024Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Santa's Cookies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Space Beast Terror Fright

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Santa's Cookies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Chased by Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Santa's Cookies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    Chased by Darkness is a 1-4 players co-op survival horror. Your mission is to face supernatural entities and banish them to the spiritual plane. Explore, fight enemies and don't let the darkness reach you.

    2021ActionIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Last Year

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Santa's Cookies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.

    2019ActionFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Dead by Daylight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Santa's Cookies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.

    2016Action7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hide Or Die

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Santa's Cookies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Hide or Die is a fast paced asymmetrical multiplayer horror game with a focus on mobility, verticality, and hiding. Stay hidden or face certain death.

    2020ActionCasualSteam ↗
  8. 灵魂筹码 Soul at Stake

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Santa's Cookies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    Soul at Stake is an oriental-themed 1v4 surviving horror game. There once was a luring urban myth saying that if one can win the game would gain countless money, and his/her destiny would instantly change to become the mightiest overnight. All the participants need only one stake——their souls.

    2018ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    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 ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Santa's Cookies.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Santa's Cookies

Does Santa's Cookies have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Santa's Cookies supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Santa's Cookies?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Santa's Cookies are HELLDIVERS™ 2, Dying Light, Space Beast Terror Fright.
Who developed Santa's Cookies?
Santa's Cookies was developed by Blankwave Studios.

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 Santa's Cookies.

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