Games like Max and the Magic Marker
If Max and the Magic Marker is your kind of game, the closest matches are Toki Tori, Projection: First Light and Bookbound Brigade — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, lighthearted and relaxing. 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 Max and the Magic Marker: Something incredible is happening in this unique adventure! Max just drew a terrifying monster with his new marker and now it's alive and wreaking havoc in his drawings! He doesn't have any choice but to stop the monster if he wants to save his pictures.
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Toki Tori
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Max and the Magic Marker.
Top pick for Max and the Magic Marker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.
Projection: First Light
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Max and the Magic Marker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Projection: First Light follows Greta on a puzzle-platforming adventure through a mythological shadow puppet world, as she embarks on a journey across cultures meeting legendary heroes.
Bookbound Brigade
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Max and the Magic Marker.
Third-strongest match for Max and the Magic Marker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.
Wandersong
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Max and the Magic Marker.
Ranked #4 for Max and the Magic Marker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!
ibb & obb
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Max and the Magic Marker.
Ranked #5 for Max and the Magic Marker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
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.
Yoku's Island Express
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Max and the Magic Marker.
Ranked #6 for Max and the Magic Marker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!
Moss
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving with Max and the Magic Marker.
Ranked #7 for Max and the Magic Marker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Max and the Magic Marker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Transformice
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!
Super Crate Box
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
BEEP
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
Drop Alive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
“Happiness is only real when shared, especially with a water drop”. (Isn’t that how it goes?). Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in the greatest journey you’ll ever set out on with the cutest friend.
Raji: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion. She must use the powers granted to her by the gods to rescue her brother as she battles to face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
Mimpi Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Help Mimpi save his friends by peeing on everything in his path in this sequel! No seriously, you save Mimpi’s progress by peeing on checkpoints in this game. Platform through six different worlds of puzzling dreams in this dog adventure. Chill in this trippy, casual illustration come alive.
Knight Club +
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
KNIGHT CLUB + Is a casual 2-4 player action platform-fighting game that brings traditional fighting game elements into an unlocked, free form movement playstyle.
Janosik
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!
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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.
ibb & obb
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Max and the Magic Marker.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
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.
Yoku's Island Express
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Max and the Magic Marker.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Max and the Magic Marker.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Frequently asked about Max and the Magic Marker
- What games are most similar to Max and the Magic Marker?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Max and the Magic Marker are Toki Tori, Projection: First Light, Bookbound Brigade.
- Who developed Max and the Magic Marker?
- Max and the Magic Marker was developed by Press Play and published by The Games Company.
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 Max and the Magic Marker.
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