Games like BUDDY
If BUDDY is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cozy Rabbit Hole, The Count Lucanor and INSIDE — 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 BUDDY: BUDDY is a horror adventure based on a little girl Mary’s story nightmare. Will you able to distinguish the real story from the girl's fantasy?
Players who liked BUDDY also play
Steam players who put hours into BUDDY 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.
Cozy Rabbit Hole
WHY THIS
Top pick for BUDDY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Cozy Rabbit Hole is a 2D survival horror game. Explore the deep rabbit holes, fight or dodge monsters, gather resources, craft weapons and power-ups. Balance curiosity with caution, and find enough supplies to survive the harsh winter.
The Count Lucanor
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for BUDDY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.
INSIDE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for BUDDY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for BUDDY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Corpse Party
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for BUDDY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for BUDDY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for BUDDY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Oxenfree
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for BUDDY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BUDDY at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BUDDY on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BUDDY on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BUDDY on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BUDDY on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under BUDDY on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under BUDDY on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BUDDY on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BUDDY on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with BUDDY.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BUDDY.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
INSIDE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Corpse Party
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Oxenfree
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with BUDDY.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Frequently asked about BUDDY
- How much does BUDDY cost?
- BUDDY is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to BUDDY?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BUDDY are Cozy Rabbit Hole, The Count Lucanor, INSIDE.
- Who developed BUDDY?
- BUDDY was developed by Hoshko.
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 BUDDY.
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