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Games like Bad Pad

If Bad Pad is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bad Run - Turbo Edition, Binky's Trash Service and Toziuha Night: Nosferatu's Curse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its ability unlocks expand exploration, contemplative and funny. 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 Bad Pad: Bad Pad is a metal pumped metroidvania platfomer about a gamepad's buttons who came to life. Oozing with original music and storytelling songs, all in the spirit of metal. Precision platforming, boss fighting, puzzle solving, mini games and more...

2018ActionIndie11.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Headbang Games, Oray Studios
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Players who liked Bad Pad also play

Steam players who put hours into Bad Pad 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. Bad Run - Turbo Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    Bad Run is a spin-off of Bad Pad, featuring a casual action packed, runner metroidvania platformer.

    2020ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Binky's Trash Service

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Bad Pad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.

    Storm evil lairs... and take out the trash! Play as BINKY in a perilous, precision platformer where you run a garbage collection service for EVIL LAIRS! Optimize your speedrun strats and empty all the trash in 15 unique and colorful mini-Metroidvania maps!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Toziuha Night: Nosferatu's Curse

    WHY THIS

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

    Eight years have passed since the battle against Dracula, the hero of Transylvania who succumbed to the power of darkness. However, peace is once again in danger. A pair of young alchemists will fight against the curse of the demon who goes by the name Nosferatu.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Green Marquis

    WHY THIS

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

    Green Marquis can change gravity Use the geometry of the level to solve puzzles.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Super Mombo Quest

    WHY THIS

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

    Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Smelter

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Bad Pad.

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

    You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor, Smelter. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Bad Pad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bad Pad.

    Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

    2024ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

    WHY THIS

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

    Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Bad Pad

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Super Meat Boy

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Bad Pad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Bad Pad.

    The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

    2010Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Metroidvania Maker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Bad Pad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.

    Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Bad Pad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bad Pad.

    “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bad Pad at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bad Pad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Pad.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bad Pad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Bad Pad on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bad Pad.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Bad Pad on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bad Pad.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Bad Pad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Pad.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bad Pad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Pad.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bad Pad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Pad.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Bad Pad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.

    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 ↗

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 Bad Pad.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 with Bad Pad.

    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 Action and Indie with Bad Pad.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Super Mombo Quest

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.

    Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Bad Pad.

    Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

    2024ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.

    Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Bad Pad

How much does Bad Pad cost?
Bad Pad is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Bad Pad?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bad Pad are Bad Run - Turbo Edition, Binky's Trash Service, Toziuha Night: Nosferatu's Curse.
Who developed Bad Pad?
Bad Pad was developed by Headbang Games, Oray Studios and published by Headbang Games.

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 Bad Pad.

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