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Games like TANGENT

If TANGENT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Play Faster, RAD: Ascension and Stunt Paradise 2 — 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 TANGENT: TANGENT is a physics-driven climbing game where you’re a small marble grappling and swinging through a vertical world. Build speed, recover from bad falls, unlock new movement abilities, and reach the top faster as you master the movement.

2026ActionIndieRacing4.99 USDWindowsby Static Harbor Games
TANGENT — Steam game cover

Players who liked TANGENT also play

Steam players who put hours into TANGENT 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. Play Faster

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for TANGENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

    Play Faster is a precision platformer built for fast movement, instant retries, and endlessly replayable runs. Master movement, optimize routes, and climb online leaderboards with built-in speedrunning tools.

    2026ActionIndieRacing4.50 USDSteam ↗
  2. RAD: Ascension

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for TANGENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

    Some runs you race the clock. Some you just flow. RAD is a movement game built around speed and experimentation. Pump, jump, swing and glide through neon courses, race leaderboard ghosts, shave milliseconds off every run, and play it all to your own music. Instant restarts; one more run, every time.

    2027ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Stunt Paradise 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for TANGENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

    Stunt Paradise 2 - more speed, more explosions, more madness! Jump over ramps, dodge lasers, buzzsaws, and rockets while performing insane stunts. With new traps, improved graphics, and pure arcade chaos - get ready for the ultimate stunt challenge!

    2026ActionSportsIndieSteam ↗
  4. Oby Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for TANGENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

    Join Oby on an adventure inspired by the colorful platformers of the 1990s and 2000s. Jump, run and stomp enemies through playful levels packed with surprises. Defeat mighty bosses and restore peace to the Fruitimal Kingdom.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Stellations

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for TANGENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

    A game about going in circles.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. DeTails

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for TANGENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with TANGENT.

    DeTails is a narrative adventure starring Cami, a bass player and color slinging chameleon as she travels with her band The Hexes. Explore a vibrant world bursting with a colorful cast of characters. Master mini-games, fight the man, and learn what it means to grow up without losing your edge!

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  7. SALMON

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for TANGENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

    You are a salmon, performing platforming that feels satisfying and ridiculous. Jump off walls, race against your friends, explore the strange world. Most people don't realise how athletic salmon can be.

    2026ActionIndieRacingSteam ↗
  8. You're It!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for TANGENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

    A fast 2.5D multiplayer tag game where up to eight blobs grapple, wall-jump, dodge, and shove through 40 wild arenas, passing an explosive glow before time runs out.

    ActionSportsIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below TANGENT at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under TANGENT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under TANGENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TANGENT.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under TANGENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TANGENT.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under TANGENT on Steam right now. Shares Action with TANGENT.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under TANGENT on Steam right now. Shares Action with TANGENT.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under TANGENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TANGENT.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under TANGENT on Steam right now. Shares Action with TANGENT.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under TANGENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TANGENT.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 TANGENT.

    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. Shares Action with TANGENT.

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with TANGENT.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about TANGENT

How much does TANGENT cost?
TANGENT is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to TANGENT?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TANGENT are Play Faster, RAD: Ascension, Stunt Paradise 2.
Who developed TANGENT?
TANGENT was developed by Static Harbor Games.

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 TANGENT.

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