Games like Dolphin Up
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to Dolphin Up for fans of action, sports, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Dolphin Up also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Dolphin Up: A fun, vibrant, 2-minute game with surprising depth, Dolphin Up lets you do amazing tricks with a porpoise. Successful flips, spins and tailslides build speed, allowing you to jump higher and soar into the stars.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dolphin Up at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dolphin Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dolphin Up.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dolphin Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dolphin Up.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dolphin Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Dolphin Up.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dolphin Up on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dolphin Up.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dolphin Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Dolphin Up.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dolphin Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dolphin Up.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dolphin Up on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dolphin Up.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Brief Karate Foolish
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dolphin Up.
Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!
TrackMania Nations Forever
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A free game in the truest sense of the word, TrackMania Nations Forever lets you drive at mind-blowing speeds on fun and spectacular tracks in solo and multiplayer modes.TrackMania Nations Forever offers a new "Forever" version of the Stadium environment, a solid solo mode and 65 brand new, progressively challenging tracks.
Mash Box
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Sports with Dolphin Up.
Mash Box is a prototype sandbox game from an indie team, offering endless creative possibilities. Be part of its evolution with regular updates and help shape the tech foundation for future games. Dive in and influence the development of something special!
The Spike Cross
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Sports with Dolphin Up.
"The thrill of spiking in volleyball. Why don't you try it out?" Developed by an indie developer who loves volleyball! The sports game made after numerous trial and error to contain the appeal of volleyball!
Circle of Sumo: Online Rumble!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Sports and Indie with Dolphin Up.
Use your belly to your advantage! Challenge players all over the world and climb the leaderboards. Fight into the arena: charge, hit, dodge and defeat the opponents. Let's have some good old fun!
Just Ski+
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Sports with Dolphin Up.
A difficult, minimalist, one-more-try, physics game. Slide your mouse up and down to control your skier's posture and initiate jumps. Stick the landings. Get to the cabin.
RoboSquare
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Sports with Dolphin Up.
Want to assert your dominance with other robots? Why not try pushing them off a giant floating platform! RoboSquare is a quick action-packed PVP game, where you strive to become number one! Jump in and start throwing others around!
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Frequently asked about Dolphin Up
- How much does Dolphin Up cost?
- Dolphin Up is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Dolphin Up?
- Dolphin Up was developed by Rawkins 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 Dolphin Up.
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