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Games like Safety First!

If Safety First! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Golfing in Aether, When Ski Lifts Go Wrong and Watch Your Ride - Bicycle Game — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deliberately awkward controls, exaggerated physics for humor and unexpected outcomes and failures. 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 Safety First!: Safety First! is a twin stick physics puzzler in which you have to fix broken electric wires using your Magical Yellow Repair Liquid (MYRL). Can you beat all 69 levels?

2016SportsIndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby JCO
Safety First! — Steam game cover
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Deliberately awkward controlsExaggerated physics for humorUnexpected outcomes and failuresChallengingFunnyLevel progression with constraints

Players who liked Safety First! also play

Steam players who put hours into Safety First! 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. Golfing in Aether

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Safety First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Safety First!.

    Minigolf for up to 16 players online, or 4 players via split screen. Features randomized course layout allowing you to experience something different every time you play.

    2022SportsIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. When Ski Lifts Go Wrong

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Safety First!.

    Second-strongest match for Safety First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Safety First!.

    Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!

    2019SportsIndieSimulation1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Watch Your Ride - Bicycle Game

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Safety First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Safety First!.

    A cycling game with dozens of campaign levels and endless procedurally generated mode. Play solo or get together with up to 4 friends.

    2021SportsSimulationCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. City Climber

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Safety First!.

    Ranked #4 for Safety First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Safety First!.

    City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.

    2017ActionSportsIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Extreme Overtake

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Safety First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Safety First!.

    ExtremeOvertake,try to overtake all races.

    2024ActionSportsIndie3.19 USDSteam ↗
  6. FFS: Football Freekick Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Safety First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Safety First!.

    This is a simple free-kick game in which you kick the ball by literally choosing the contact point, power, and direction between the foot and the ball. There are no hidden stats that magically assist the trajectory for you, so it's actually your skill that matters!

    SportsIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Mount Your Friends 3D: A Hard Man is Good to Climb

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Safety First!.

    Ranked #7 for Safety First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Safety First!.

    Join in the great simulated sportslike experience of friend mounting! Assemble a team and climb your way to the top! Mount Your Friends 3D brings mounting to the third dimension, with the same classic innuendo that made you slightly uncomfortable back in the day.

    2018ActionSportsIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Super Inefficient Golf

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Safety First!.

    Ranked #8 for Safety First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Safety First!.

    Super Inefficient Golf builds on top of the most inefficient game ever conceived by making it even LESS efficient. Drop your silly golf stick and start using exploding mines to guide your ball! Place them, choose the right timing, and BOOM - Birdie!

    2018SportsIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Safety First! at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Safety First! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Safety First!.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Safety First! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Safety First!.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Safety First! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Safety First!.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Safety First! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Safety First!.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Safety First! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Safety First!.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Safety First! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Safety First!.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Safety First! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Safety First!.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Safety First! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Safety First!.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Safety First!.

    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 Safety First!.

    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 and Simulation with Safety First!.

    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 Simulation with Safety First!.

    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 Safety First!.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Safety First!.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Safety First!.

    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 ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Safety First!

Is Safety First! verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Safety First! 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 Safety First! cost?
Safety First! is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Safety First!?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Safety First! are Golfing in Aether, When Ski Lifts Go Wrong, Watch Your Ride - Bicycle Game.
Who developed Safety First!?
Safety First! was developed by JCO and published by Headup.

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 Safety First!.

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