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Games like Critter Highlanders

If Critter Highlanders is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bobls, Nijoaju and 2Person — 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 Critter Highlanders: Play with up to 4 "friends" in this fast paced online co-op (friend-slop) platformer. Create devilish levels to annoy and stump your friends or download levels from the steam workshop to keep the game spicy after completing the built in levels.

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Critter Highlanders — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Critter Highlanders 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. Bobls

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Critter Highlanders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    Bobls is a tight precision platformer with hundreds of handcrafted levels, a dedicated co-op campaign, endless community-made challenges, and a powerful level editor. Blow and bounce on bubbles to build speed, chain combos, and chase that perfect run.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. Nijoaju

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Critter Highlanders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    Two characters. A goal. Nijoaju is a local co-op game that invites two players to think as one. Use the skills of a destroying stone and a water that fires water bullets to overcome challenges made for cooperation.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. 2Person

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Critter Highlanders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    Dive with your friends into this weird 3D platformer where you see through each other's eyes. In this game you will be able to have a second person's perspective where you'll need communication, coordination and skill to relearn how to control your character and pass the challenges that await you.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Hold Your King

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Critter Highlanders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    In this physics-based co-op platformer, you and a friend must carry your short-tempered king through deadly medieval courses. Dodge traps, maintain balance, and work together to reach the throne room. One wrong step, and the king might crown you with his rage!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure4.79 USDSteam ↗
  5. N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Critter Highlanders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    5 fresh flavors of world-class online mayhem, from Friendship-Testing™ Co-op to Friendship-Ending™ Competitive, plus classic singleplayer. Run around with friends, lure enemies into opponents, make the ultimate sacrifice for teammates, and hunt each other with rockets. Couch-ready/Tournament-worthy.

    2027ActionIndieSteam ↗
  6. BASED

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Critter Highlanders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    Combo the Moon with your friends! It's your job to bring the Moon to the sky every night. Ascend with a squad or go solo. Who knows what secrets you'll find on your way up. Join B.A.S.E.D. tonight! Play the free Demo now!

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  7. Ultimate Chicken Horse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Critter Highlanders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

    2016ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Forgotten Fragments

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Critter Highlanders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    Test your skills in this puzzle-platformer game: Help Enid, Ryder, and Dayen recover the Forgotten Fragments in this beautiful pixel art adventure. More than a hundred of hand-crafted levels split between the single-player and co-op campaigns!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Critter Highlanders.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

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

    Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Critter Highlanders

Does Critter Highlanders have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Critter Highlanders supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Critter Highlanders?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Critter Highlanders are Bobls, Nijoaju, 2Person.
Who developed Critter Highlanders?
Critter Highlanders was developed by Oaklandishh.

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 Critter Highlanders.

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