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Games like Death Squared

If Death Squared is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rover Wars, Overcooked and CarGo! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its minimalist yet charming aesthetic, chill and funny. 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 Death Squared: Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

2017IndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby SMG Studio
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Chaotic but hilarious group playGradual introduction of new mechanicsMinimalist yet charming aestheticChillFunnyIntense

Players who liked Death Squared also play

Steam players who put hours into Death Squared 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. Rover Wars

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Death Squared fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    What if MOBAs and RTS games had a baby? Rover Wars combines resource management, farming, building and strategy into an intense tug of war. Fight in an interplanetary campaign and challenge your friends in the configurable Battle Mode. Rover Wars might be your gateway ticket into the strategy genre.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Overcooked

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Death Squared.

    Second-strongest match for Death Squared fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. CarGo!

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Death Squared fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    CarGo! is a chaotic couch co-op for up to four players. Working as a team of couriers try to collect and deliver as many goods as possible while keeping an eye out for time, traffic and roadworks!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Unspottable

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Death Squared.

    Ranked #4 for Death Squared fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Now Online! Unspottable is a competitive party game. Blend in the crowd of AI characters, hunt down the other players and use the many different environment specific rules to win the game. Walk like a robot and punch like a human!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Scales of Silence

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Death Squared fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Clear the couch for co-op snake. A local party game where length is your life: up to 8 players on one shared screen for PvP battles, plus a 2-player co-op campaign. Shrink your friends before they shrink you.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. SUPER CRAZY RHYTHM CASTLE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Death Squared.

    Ranked #6 for Death Squared fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    It’s Super Crazy Rhythm Castle, the chaotic rhythm adventure! A puzzling co-op mashup unlike anything you've ever heard. Solo, or with a band of up to three friends … … Can you conquer the castle?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Loopindex

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Death Squared fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Test your wits on the unique “loop mechanic” with single player or co-op multiplayer.

    2021ActionIndieCasual1.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dorfs: Hammers for Hire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Death Squared fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    A co-op crafting platformer where your friends prove worse than any enemy. Craft weapons and armor from your dwarven workshop, help your patron's army win the battle, and make your way up the Iron Mountain!

    2022ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Death Squared at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Death Squared on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Death Squared on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Death Squared on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Death Squared on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Death Squared on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Death Squared on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Death Squared on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Death Squared on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    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 ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from SMG Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by SMG Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Moving Out

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Death Squared.

    Another title from SMG Studio, the studio behind Death Squared. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. LEGO® Party!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Death Squared.

    Another title from SMG Studio, the studio behind Death Squared. Shares Casual with Death Squared.

    LEGO® Party! is a 4-player party game that's built different! Compete against your friends in wacky Challenge Zones and 60 hilarious minigames from across your favorite LEGO sets like Pirates, Space, NINJAGO® and more. Play your way! Join your friends no matter their platform locally or online!

    2025ActionCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Moving Out 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Death Squared.

    Another title from SMG Studio, the studio behind Death Squared. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Moving Out is back and wackier than ever, and now with ONLINE PLAY! Return to Packmore and use your moving skills across brand new dimensions and some old favourites. Help rebuild Smooth Moves and become an all-star F.A.R.T. (Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician)!

    2023ActionIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. One More Line

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Death Squared.

    Another title from SMG Studio, the studio behind Death Squared. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    ONE MORE LINE is a highly addictive, one button, space disco, skill timing game! Steam edition features 2-4 player local multi-player and no advertising. All for a very low price! Can you put a price on fun though?

    2015ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. OTTTD

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Death Squared.

    Another title from SMG Studio, the studio behind Death Squared. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.

    2014StrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. RISK: Global Domination

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Death Squared.

    Another title from SMG Studio, the studio behind Death Squared. Shares Casual with Death Squared.

    Take over the world in RISK: Global Domination, the iconic strategy board game with 100+ original and classic maps and millions of players

    2020StrategyFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. No Way Home

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Death Squared.

    Another title from SMG Studio, the studio behind Death Squared. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Stranded in a strange galaxy, you must fight for survival using only your wits, your ship, and your party planning robot companion Matey. Explore the universe, befriend bizarre aliens, and blast through hordes of monsters as you endeavor to find a way home.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. SPiNG

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SMG Studio, the studio behind Death Squared. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Experience the zen and skilful world of SPiNG. With only one button, swing through hundreds of hand-crafted levels in a joyful game of flow.

    2025IndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Overcooked

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Death Squared.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Unspottable

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Death Squared.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    Now Online! Unspottable is a competitive party game. Blend in the crowd of AI characters, hunt down the other players and use the many different environment specific rules to win the game. Walk like a robot and punch like a human!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. SUPER CRAZY RHYTHM CASTLE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Death Squared.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Death Squared.

    It’s Super Crazy Rhythm Castle, the chaotic rhythm adventure! A puzzling co-op mashup unlike anything you've ever heard. Solo, or with a band of up to three friends … … Can you conquer the castle?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dorfs: Hammers for Hire

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Squared.

    A co-op crafting platformer where your friends prove worse than any enemy. Craft weapons and armor from your dwarven workshop, help your patron's army win the battle, and make your way up the Iron Mountain!

    2022ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Death Squared

Is Death Squared verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Death Squared is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Death Squared cost?
Death Squared is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Death Squared have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Death Squared 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 Death Squared?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Death Squared are Rover Wars, Overcooked, CarGo!.
Who developed Death Squared?
Death Squared was developed by SMG Studio.

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 Death Squared.

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