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Games like Critter Highlanders

If Critter Highlanders is your kind of game, the closest matches are MUPPLED, Stack Mates and Hatch Flap — 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. MUPPLED

    WHY THIS

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

    MUPPLED is a party game platformer where you can race, build, work with, and torment your friends across a variety of different game modes.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Stack Mates

    WHY THIS

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

    Stak Mates is a co-op puzzle-platformer for 2-8 players built on teamwork and pure chaos. Shift your form between horizontal and vertical, climb on your friends, and reach the portal together. Remember, if even one person fails, everyone starts over!

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Hatch Flap

    WHY THIS

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

    Go on an adventure to find your lost little baby flamingo and bring it back home. Will you be able to move forward with the whole world against you?

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Rocoumie and Bouquet

    WHY THIS

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

    Control Rocoumie, a tiny mischievous red fairy, and use the power of flowers to find your way home. A casual co-op action puzzle game for 1–4 players, with simple, easy controls. Find the key, reach the exit together, and enjoy it with family, friends, or players of any skill level.

    2026ActionIndieCasual3.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Bobls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 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 ↗
  6. Qwak Reborn

    WHY THIS

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

    Cute looks. Brutal gameplay. Qwak Reborn is a frantic arcade platformer packed with action, power-ups, secrets, puzzles and traps. Simple to learn. Impossible to put down. Even better with a friend!

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  7. Head's Adventures:chibichibi

    WHY THIS

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

    A cooperative (maybe sabotaging) platformer that blends action-jumping and physics simulation. You can challenge solo or team up with a friend locally or remotely in two-player mode to unlock even more unexpected ways to play. Healing balloons and time-race to unlock more subsequent levels.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Ultimate Chicken Horse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 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 ↗

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  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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. 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 ↗
  4. 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 ↗
  5. 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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. 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 ↗
  8. 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 ↗

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 MUPPLED, Stack Mates, Hatch Flap.
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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