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Games like Bump Guardian

If Bump Guardian is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mushroom Marketplace, Dear Journey... and Overwork Empire — 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 Bump Guardian: Bump Guardian is a deck-building defense game about protecting a growing life. Build your deck, repel incoming threats, and progress through the stages of pregnancy.

2026StrategySimulationCasual4.79 USDWindowsby Petipois
Bump Guardian — Steam game cover

Players who liked Bump Guardian also play

Steam players who put hours into Bump Guardian 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. Mushroom Marketplace

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Bump Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    Run a whimsical mushroom café by day and explore a quiet village by night in this cozy tea-brewing roguelike!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Dear Journey...

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Bump Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Bump Guardian.

    Run a cosy little travel agency, one letter at a time. Travellers write in and tell you what they are hoping for. Plan the journey that gives it to them, card by card, and watch it unfold. Satisfy them, and they may write back...

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Overwork Empire

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Bump Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    Manage, defend, exploit! As the boss, use cards to build, assign staff, and force overtime for profit in this sim/tower defense/card blend. Experience overtime culture from the boss view.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ink & Void

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Bump Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Bump Guardian.

    A storybook tower defense where stationery knights fight the Void. Deploy pencil swordsmen, fountain pen mages, and eraser monks across four chapters. Evolve units via class changes and build your deck with cards earned each stage. Languages: Japanese / English / Chinese

    2026StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Hungry Ghosts

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Bump Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Bump Guardian.

    Hungry Ghosts is a wild tower defense roguelike where you exorcise hungry ghosts with magical desserts and drinks! Play as a fearless witch and her various companions with unique powers, upgrade your dishes, and unleash powerful synergies to survive haunted waves and defeat bosses.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  6. Game of Dice

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Bump Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    Roll the dice, rule your fate! Thrilling real-time board battles!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Legacy of Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Bump Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation3.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Purrfect Dice

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Bump Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Bump Guardian.

    Purrfect Dice is a cosy roguelike deckbuilder. Roll Cat Dice, chain combos, and collect Cat Cards, Yarn Balls, and more dice - but one greedy throw can cost you everything. Inspired by Farkle, powered by cats.

    2027IndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bump Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    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 ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Bump Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Bump Guardian.

    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 ↗
  3. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bump Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Bump Guardian.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Bump Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Bump Guardian.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Bump Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    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 ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bump Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    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 ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bump Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    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?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Bump Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Bump Guardian.

    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 ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Bump Guardian.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Bump Guardian.

    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 ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Bump Guardian.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Bump Guardian.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Casual with Bump Guardian.

    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 Bump Guardian

How much does Bump Guardian cost?
Bump Guardian is listed on Steam at 4.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Bump Guardian?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bump Guardian are Mushroom Marketplace, Dear Journey..., Overwork Empire.
Who developed Bump Guardian?
Bump Guardian was developed by Petipois.

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 Bump Guardian.

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