Games like Putty Pals
If Putty Pals is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Adventure Pals, Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and Yooka-Laylee — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its encourages teamwork and cooperation, frequent checkpoints prevent frustration and cozy. 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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Players who liked Putty Pals also play
Steam players who put hours into Putty Pals 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.
The Adventure Pals
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Putty Pals.
Top pick for Putty Pals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination, friendship, and the dark side of hot dogs. Your dad has been dadnapped and you, your pet rock, and a tongue-helicoptering giraffe must fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses to save the world!
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Putty Pals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.
Yooka-Laylee
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Putty Pals.
Third-strongest match for Putty Pals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
Sonic Mania
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Putty Pals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Putty Pals.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
Shift Happens
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Putty Pals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.
Pikuniku
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Putty Pals.
Ranked #6 for Putty Pals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Putty Pals.
Ranked #7 for Putty Pals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
The Trine series is back with its biggest adventure! In their fifth outing, the Heroes of Trine are pitted against dastardly and duplicitous villains, who will stop at nothing to seize control of the kingdom. The clock is ticking to save the world of Trine!
ibb & obb
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Putty Pals.
Ranked #8 for Putty Pals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Putty Pals at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Putty Pals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Putty Pals.
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 Putty Pals on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Putty Pals on Steam right now. Shares Action with Putty Pals.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Putty Pals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Putty Pals.
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 Putty Pals on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Putty Pals.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Putty Pals on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
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 Putty Pals on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
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 Putty Pals on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
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.
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 Putty Pals.
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 Action and Adventure with Putty Pals.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Putty Pals.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Putty Pals.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Putty Pals.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Putty Pals.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Putty Pals.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
The Adventure Pals
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Putty Pals.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination, friendship, and the dark side of hot dogs. Your dad has been dadnapped and you, your pet rock, and a tongue-helicoptering giraffe must fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses to save the world!
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.
Yooka-Laylee
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Putty Pals.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
Sonic Mania
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Putty Pals.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
Shift Happens
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.
Pikuniku
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Putty Pals.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
ibb & obb
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Putty Pals.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Putty Pals.
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
Frequently asked about Putty Pals
- How much does Putty Pals cost?
- Putty Pals is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Putty Pals have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Putty Pals supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Putty Pals?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Putty Pals are The Adventure Pals, Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna), Yooka-Laylee.
- Who developed Putty Pals?
- Putty Pals was developed by Harmonious Games.
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