Games like PAC-MAN 256
If PAC-MAN 256 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Smells Like Burnt Rubber, Watch Out: Shark! and Warm Monkey — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hypnotic, nostalgic and tense. 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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Smells Like Burnt Rubber
WHY THIS
Top pick for PAC-MAN 256 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Get ready for a fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled racing experience with Smells Like Burnt Rubber. Choose your car, customize it, and hit the track in this intense arcade-style game. Play with up to 4 friends in Splitscreen or join the Online Multiplayer. Are you ready to burn some rubber?
Watch Out: Shark!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PAC-MAN 256 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Survive the ocean by feeding on smaller fish, dodging predators, and defeating the shark!
Warm Monkey
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PAC-MAN 256 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
A poetic platformer of exploration through a concrete jungle, where sweaty monkeys team up and move freely toward the sea. No combat — just survival together.
TACTICAL BANDITS
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PAC-MAN 256 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Dive headfirst into the chaos of a ravaged world, where survival means mastering the art of combat and outsmarting your foes. In this hardcore arcade action game, TACTICAL BANDITS, the remnants of civilization teeter on the brink, and it's up to you to chart a path through the desolation.
Jamestown
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Ranked #5 for PAC-MAN 256 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
Akuto: Showdown
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PAC-MAN 256 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Akuto: Showdown is an award-nominated, isometric, fast-paced action game where players compete with swords and guns in intense versus matches.
Pig Eat Ball
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Ranked #7 for PAC-MAN 256 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Pig Eat Ball is a top-down, action-adventure about eating, getting fat, and barfing on things to solve levels. Explore 20 giant space stations to find different Disguises, and using their Pros and Cons, fight and solve your way through over 200 action-puzzle levels using new, arcade-style mechanics.
UFO 50
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Ranked #8 for PAC-MAN 256 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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PAC-MAN MUSEUM+
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Reviewers of PAC-MAN 256 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
PAC-MAN MUSEUM+ includes 14 titles from the legendary PAC-MAN series! Play a variety of classic and nostalgic PAC-MAN games across many genres!
PAC-MAN MUSEUM™
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Reviewers of PAC-MAN 256 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
PAC-MAN stars in a nostalgia-packed collection of the greatest PAC-MAN games of all time. PAC-MAN MUSEUM will include classic PAC-MAN titles as well as newer releases, allowing gamers to play through the evolution of PAC-MAN from his humble beginnings from 1980 through current hits like PAC-MAN Championship Edition and PAC-MAN Battle...
PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Reviewers of PAC-MAN 256 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The much-awaited sequel to PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION! Featuring eye-popping 3D graphics and funky visuals! New modes include Score Attack and an Adventure mode!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PAC-MAN 256 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under PAC-MAN 256 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under PAC-MAN 256 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PAC-MAN 256 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
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.
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PAC-MAN 256 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
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.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under PAC-MAN 256 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under PAC-MAN 256 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PAC-MAN 256 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.
Kill It With Fire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under PAC-MAN 256 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Jamestown
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
Pig Eat Ball
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Pig Eat Ball is a top-down, action-adventure about eating, getting fat, and barfing on things to solve levels. Explore 20 giant space stations to find different Disguises, and using their Pros and Cons, fight and solve your way through over 200 action-puzzle levels using new, arcade-style mechanics.
UFO 50
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PAC-MAN 256.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with PAC-MAN 256.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
Frequently asked about PAC-MAN 256
- Does PAC-MAN 256 run on Steam Deck?
- PAC-MAN 256 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does PAC-MAN 256 cost?
- PAC-MAN 256 is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does PAC-MAN 256 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — PAC-MAN 256 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to PAC-MAN 256?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PAC-MAN 256 are Smells Like Burnt Rubber, Watch Out: Shark!, Warm Monkey.
- Who developed PAC-MAN 256?
- PAC-MAN 256 was developed by BANDAI NAMCO Studios Vancouver, Hipster Whale, 3 Sprockets and published by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment.
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