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Games like Squoids

If Squoids is your kind of game, the closest matches are Harpooner, PuzzleVerse and Gloctopus — 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 Squoids: Every Squoid Matters! Squoids is a survival top-down arena shooter where you control a frantic swarm of the squid-like namesakes of the game. Maneuver and upgrade your swarm as an ocean's worth of sea creatures come after you. Can you endure long enough to defeat the mysterious final boss?

2026ActionIndieCasualWindowsby Patrot
Squoids — Steam game cover

Players who liked Squoids also play

Steam players who put hours into Squoids 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. Harpooner

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Squoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squoids.

    Harpooner is an action-driven incremental fishing game where you hunt bizarre alien fish from a meteor crash. Grab your gear, grow stronger with every dive, and take down massive bosses to save Earth's ecosystem!

    2027ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. PuzzleVerse

    WHY THIS

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

    PuzzleVerse is a highly customizable jigsaw puzzle simulator, in which players can choose from a wide variety of puzzle images, shapes, cut styles and piece count. Players can also choose to use their own images and turn them into a unique puzzle experience.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual7.19 USDSteam ↗
  3. Gloctopus

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Squoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squoids.

    Eight guns is better than one — if you have eight arms. Gloctopus is a bullet heaven roguelike where you equip, mutate, and build your tentacles into a one-octopus army. The ocean didn't stand a chance.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Astro beasts

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Squoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squoids.

    Astro Beasts is a cooperative arena survival shooter where cute animals fight off hordes of alien monsters. Battle together, build walls, place mines and turrets, combine upgrades, and turn the arena into your own fluffy space fortress.

    2026ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  5. Junkyard Saints: Scrapstorm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Squoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squoids.

    Survive endless scrapstorms in a post-apocalyptic Bullet Heaven Action Roguelite. Build devastating loadouts, collect procedural gear, awaken powerful Saints, recruit companions, conquer dungeons, and create insane synergies in a world where scrap is sacred.

    ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  6. Mutant Tide

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Squoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squoids.

    The tide came in and it brought monsters. Carve through relentless swarms of deep sea horrors, forge 20 weapons into over 90 monstrous evolutions, and drag 10 mutated survivors back from the abyss alone or in co-op. A horde survival roguelite where the ocean wants you dead.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Tail and Chaos

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Squoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squoids.

    Lead a caravan of meerkats through three dangerous lands in a colorful top-down action roguelite. Fight off hordes, combine weapons and upgrades, choose your routes, survive 30-minute acts with formidable bosses, and link all three into one Expedition.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. Sovereign's End

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Squoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Squoids.

    Feel invincible. Until you're not. A dark 3D space survivor-like with deep build-crafting and auto-firing abilities. Outlast the swarm and face the Sovereign. If you can reach it.

    2026ActionIndieCasual11.24 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Squoids.

    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 ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Squoids

What games are most similar to Squoids?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Squoids are Harpooner, PuzzleVerse, Gloctopus.
Who developed Squoids?
Squoids was developed by Patrot.

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 Squoids.

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