Games like Critternauts
If Critternauts is your kind of game, the closest matches are Octavio Camacho, Passion and Lost Dimension — 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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Octavio Camacho
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Top pick for Critternauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
If you saw the online comic now you can enter the world of Octavio Camacho. Fight to the end in fate (story mode) or play as much as you want in free will (sand box). Take on this complex new style of tactical R.P.G to out think and overmatch any threat. Glory to the brave.
Passion
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Second-strongest match for Critternauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
A story-driven 16-bit-style JRPG blending noir mystery, comedy, horror, and psychedelic weirdness. Investigate a strange town, explore dangerous dungeons, and master tactical ATB-inspired combat where timing, status effects, and preparation matter.
Lost Dimension
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Third-strongest match for Critternauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
In the near future a terrorist mastermind, known only as ‘The End’, threatens humanity with nuclear armageddon. A special task force, the S.E.A.L.E.D team, are the only ones who can stop him: a group of young combatants with incredible abilities and each with a mysterious past.
封神榜2022
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Ranked #4 for Critternauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
This game takes Nezha, Xiaolongnv, Yang Jian and Jiang Taigong as the protagonists. It tells the legendary story of the protagonists going to various places to adventure, and finally to Chaoge City to destroy the three demons and defeat King Zhou.
吞食天地之乱舞三国
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Ranked #5 for Critternauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
This game starts from Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor,Liu Bei's crusade by imperial decree，participated in Dong Cheng's plan to assassinate Cao Cao on the way.Main chapters:Attack Yuan Shu、war of Guandu、Story of Jingzhou、war of Chibi、Attack the Cities near Jingzhou、capture Sichuan、Attack Wei State.
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
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Ranked #7 for Critternauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
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Ranked #8 for Critternauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs is a tactical RPG set in a cheerful fantasy world full of weirdness and wonder. Assemble your party, go adventuring, manage your kingdom, make new friends, and defeat your opponents in challenging turn-based combat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Critternauts at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Critternauts on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
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?
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Critternauts on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~50% under Critternauts on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Tower Wizard
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Priced ~63% under Critternauts on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~75% under Critternauts on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
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?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~75% under Critternauts on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~75% under Critternauts on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
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.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Critternauts.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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Frequently asked about Critternauts
- How much does Critternauts cost?
- Critternauts is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Critternauts?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Critternauts are Octavio Camacho, Passion, Lost Dimension.
- Who developed Critternauts?
- Critternauts was developed by Gergo V.
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