Games like CONTRAL
If CONTRAL is your kind of game, the closest matches are AIgent, MotionRec and Berserk Boy — 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 CONTRAL: Control two characters simultaneously with your keyboard and mouse! Use your left hand to guide the robot toward the goal while your right hand creates platforms to pave the way forward. Master a unique single-player, dual-control action puzzle experience.
Players who liked CONTRAL also play
Steam players who put hours into CONTRAL 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.
AIgent
WHY THIS
Top pick for CONTRAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
AIgent is 1982 style gameplay in a 1982 alternate timeline. Speedrunning 2D hand-drawn pixel art platformer where you need to destroy the satellite on each level by shooting, headshooting or knifing the enemies and collecting their elevator access codes.
ActionSteam ↗MotionRec
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for CONTRAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CONTRAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Derelict Star
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for CONTRAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
iZBOT
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CONTRAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
iZBOT is fast paced, double jumping, wall sliding, edge of your seat platformer that delivers delicious bite sized challenging platforming levels while always keeping you in the action.
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for CONTRAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Sword of Destiny
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for CONTRAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
Fight to restore the peace and justice in the world by thwarting the treacherous plans of the King, who turns the innocent into mindless skeletons to conquer the world.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for CONTRAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CONTRAL at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CONTRAL on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
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 ~75% under CONTRAL on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
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.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CONTRAL on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
"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 ~75% under CONTRAL on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
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!
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CONTRAL on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CONTRAL on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Toree 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CONTRAL on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
A bite-sized 3D Platformer sequel with more focus on the things people enjoyed in the first game like fast gameplay, flow focused levels and cute costumes (two this time).
UBERMOSH Vol.5
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CONTRAL on Steam right now. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
D1AL-ogue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Become an android repair technician in a cyberpunk city where the sun never rises. Rotate the unique circular puzzle 'D1AL' and merge modules to fix their broken bodies and hearts. Your precise repair is the conversation starter. Turn the dial and listen to their stories.
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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.
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Derelict Star
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with CONTRAL.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Frequently asked about CONTRAL
- How much does CONTRAL cost?
- CONTRAL is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CONTRAL?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CONTRAL are AIgent, MotionRec, Berserk Boy.
- Who developed CONTRAL?
- CONTRAL was developed by WitchInTheBox.
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 CONTRAL.
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