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Games like The Rabbit and The Owl

If The Rabbit and The Owl is your kind of game, the closest matches are Unknown Castle, Spirit of the Obelisk and World Splitter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its light dark manipulation matters, atmospheric 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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About The Rabbit and The Owl: The Rabbit and The Owl is a cooperative puzzle-platformer where you (or you and a friend) journey through a fractured yet beautiful and hand-painted negative space landscape. The titular characters are confined to the realms of light and dark and are only able to progress through constant cooperation.

2018Indie9.99 USDWindows · macOSby Formal Sheep, LLC
The Rabbit and The Owl — Steam game cover
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Hand drawn art is stunningLight dark manipulation mattersLocal co op works seamlesslyAtmosphericCozyPeaceful

Players who liked The Rabbit and The Owl also play

Steam players who put hours into The Rabbit and The Owl 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. Unknown Castle

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Rabbit and The Owl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Unknown Castle is a puzzle adventure, where you explore your old family castle, controlling 2 characters helping each other.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Spirit of the Obelisk

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Rabbit and The Owl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Switch between four unique heroes, each with their own special ability in this charming puzzle platformer. Play alone or with a friend to complete interesting puzzles in vibrant themed worlds.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. World Splitter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Rabbit and The Owl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    World-Splitter is a 2D² puzzle platformer challenging you with multidimensional puzzles.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. PHOGS!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Ranked #4 for The Rabbit and The Owl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    In PHOGS! you play as a duo of dogs on a captivating, puzzle-filled adventure. Linked by a stretchy belly, you’ll need to bark, bite and bounce your way through obstacles set across the themed worlds of Food, Sleep and Play, in co-op or single-player.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Rabbit and The Owl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Trine 2: Complete Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Ranked #6 for The Rabbit and The Owl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Heavenly Bodies

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Rabbit and The Owl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Trine Enchanted Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Ranked #8 for The Rabbit and The Owl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Rabbit and The Owl

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. Portal

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Rabbit and The Owl cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Bridge

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Reviewers of The Rabbit and The Owl cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Shift

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Reviewers of The Rabbit and The Owl cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    It's a fun puzzle game. You have to connect as many figures as possible together. Use yellow "shifters" to change direction of the line. Get more points for longer line.

    2016StrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Turing Test

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Reviewers of The Rabbit and The Owl cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

    2016Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Rabbit and The Owl at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Rabbit and The Owl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    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 ~50% under The Rabbit and The Owl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    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. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Rabbit and The Owl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Rabbit and The Owl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Rabbit and The Owl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Rabbit and The Owl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Rabbit and The Owl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Rabbit and The Owl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. DYO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    DYO is a mind-bending cooperative platformer for one or two players where you can hop between two halves of a split screen.

    2018IndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. We Were Here

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Goose Goose Duck

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Goose Goose Duck is a game of social deduction for up to 16 players. Players are separated into different groups that are each assigned a different objective. Complete your team’s objective to win!

    2021StrategyIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Transformice

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    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!

    2015IndieMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Yet Another Zombie Defense

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Totally Reliable Delivery Service Beta

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Welcome to Totally Reliable Open Beta! Totally Reliable is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to deliver packages...or try to at least!

    2019ActionIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. Puzzle Together Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzles

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Multiplayer jigsaw puzzles with voice chat! Play on your own or with friends, and feel like you're all sitting around the same table. Millions of puzzle images, upload your own, or create any puzzle you can imagine just by describing it!

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. PHOGS!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    In PHOGS! you play as a duo of dogs on a captivating, puzzle-filled adventure. Linked by a stretchy belly, you’ll need to bark, bite and bounce your way through obstacles set across the themed worlds of Food, Sleep and Play, in co-op or single-player.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Heavenly Bodies

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Rabbit and The Owl.

    Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Rabbit and The Owl

How much does The Rabbit and The Owl cost?
The Rabbit and The Owl is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Rabbit and The Owl have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Rabbit and The Owl 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 The Rabbit and The Owl?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Rabbit and The Owl are Unknown Castle, Spirit of the Obelisk, World Splitter.
Who developed The Rabbit and The Owl?
The Rabbit and The Owl was developed by Formal Sheep, LLC.

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 The Rabbit and The Owl.

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