Games like Petko and the Black Island
If Petko and the Black Island is your kind of game, the closest matches are Polda 7, Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die! and Sam & Max Save the World — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Petko and the Black Island: A classical 2D point & click adventure taking place on the eve of a tropical zombie apocalypse! Join world traveler Petko in this crazy adventure full of quirky characters and challenging puzzles!
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Steam players who put hours into Petko and the Black Island 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.
Polda 7
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Top pick for Petko and the Black Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
Polda Pankrác v podání Luďka Soboty se vrací již posedmé. A je to návrat jaksepatří. Záhadná zpráva Temného lorda Vedra a havárie kosmické lodi odstartují kolotoč událostí, které může vyřešit jen náš elitní detektiv Pankrác.
Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
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Second-strongest match for Petko and the Black Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
Sam & Max Save the World
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Third-strongest match for Petko and the Black Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
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Ranked #4 for Petko and the Black Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.
Polda
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Ranked #5 for Petko and the Black Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!
Wailing Heights
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Ranked #6 for Petko and the Black Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
A body-hopping, musical adventure game. Trapped in a horrific hamlet of modern monsters, ex-band manager Francis Finkelstein uses the possession wheel to sing his soul into hipster vampires, vegan werewolves and soulful zombies, using their ghoulish powers to escape from Wailing Heights.
Mutropolis
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Ranked #7 for Petko and the Black Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
Nine Noir Lives
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Ranked #8 for Petko and the Black Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Sam & Max Save the World
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.
Mutropolis
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Petko and the Black Island.
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
Frequently asked about Petko and the Black Island
- What games are most similar to Petko and the Black Island?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Petko and the Black Island are Polda 7, Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!, Sam & Max Save the World.
- Who developed Petko and the Black Island?
- Petko and the Black Island was developed by Atmosphere Entertainment Studios Ltd..
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