Choose Hauntbound
Choose Hauntbound if you want the Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, and Custom Volume Controls side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend.
Hauntbound vs Bad Shrooms
Hauntbound and Bad Shrooms both land in Indie, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Casual on Steam. Hauntbound has co-op; Bad Shrooms does not. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Bad Shrooms
Choose Bad Shrooms if you want an Action and Early Access game with Steam Input API Support.
Both Hauntbound and Bad Shrooms sit in Indie and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Hauntbound |  Bad Shrooms | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | — | — |
| Genres | Indie, Casual | Action, Indie, Casual, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | BrokeSoft | Crunchrock.Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Hauntbound has co-op; Bad Shrooms does not.
Hauntbound vs Bad Shrooms — FAQ
- Are Hauntbound and Bad Shrooms similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.