Games like Kindergarten
If Kindergarten is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kindergarten 2, Beyond a Total Loss and Brutal Bible Bloodbaths — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative killing methods, dark humor and replayable time loop. 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 →Kindergarten is a 2017 indie adventure developed by Con Man Games and Sean Young, published by SmashGames. Set in a school that operates under unusual circumstances, the game combines puzzle-solving with character-killing mechanics within a time-loop framework. Players navigate daily school life while discovering creative methods to eliminate characters, with the loop resetting each day to allow for different approaches. Reviewers and players describe the game as darkly comedic, highlighting its dark and whimsical tone as players experiment with different strategies. The game presents a challenging experience across a short playtime, designed for solo play only. With a 97% positive rating from over 7,400 Steam reviews, it is playable on Steam Deck and available for $4.99.
About Kindergarten: Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.
Players who liked Kindergarten also play
Steam players who put hours into Kindergarten 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.
Kindergarten 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten.
Top pick for Kindergarten fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Beyond a Total Loss
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Kindergarten.
Second-strongest match for Kindergarten fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Beyond a Total Loss is a darkly humorous 2D action-adventure (with a dash of survival horror) about a balding moustachioed dim-witted drunk called John Harry, who comes to the conclusion that signing an unreadable contract in exchange for a gun maybe isn't the best of ideas.
Brutal Bible Bloodbaths
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Kindergarten fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Kindergarten.
Based on shocking Bible passages, use weapons like your magic laser sword to cleanse the promised land with optional body chopping and blood splatter.
MEAT-GRINDER
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Kindergarten fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Have a human MEATGRINDER with Obi the freelance hitman! Fulfill contracts all over the planet, open a beer, turn off your brain: it's time to kill and solve the financial problems of Obi and her peculiar family!
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Kindergarten.
Ranked #5 for Kindergarten fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Kindergarten.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Kindergarten 3
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten.
Ranked #6 for Kindergarten fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Rage in Peace
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Kindergarten.
Ranked #7 for Kindergarten fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Rage in Peace is a story-driven action adventure with elements of surprise and memorization. Unravel the last day of Timmy's life, as he races against time to get back home and fulfill his sole dream of dying peacefully in his pajamas, in the warmth of home, in peace, and with no drama.
Metal Dead
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Kindergarten.
Ranked #8 for Kindergarten fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
A hilariously terrifying adventure filled with laughs, blood, insanity, and of course... hordes of the undead.
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Mass Effect (2007)
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Reviewers of Kindergarten cross-mention this title as a similar play.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
The Walking Dead
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kindergarten cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Kindergarten.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Anodyne
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Reviewers of Kindergarten cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kindergarten cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Obduction
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kindergarten cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Tales from the Borderlands
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Kindergarten.
Reviewers of Kindergarten cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Kindergarten.
Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
Unavowed
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Kindergarten.
Reviewers of Kindergarten cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Firewatch
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Kindergarten cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kindergarten at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Kindergarten.
Priced ~80% under Kindergarten on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Kindergarten on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Kindergarten on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
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 ~80% under Kindergarten on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Kindergarten.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Kindergarten on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kindergarten.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Kindergarten on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Kindergarten on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Kindergarten on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kindergarten.
"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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindergarten.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Kindergarten.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindergarten.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Kindergarten.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
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.
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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.
Kindergarten 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Brutal Bible Bloodbaths
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Kindergarten.
Based on shocking Bible passages, use weapons like your magic laser sword to cleanse the promised land with optional body chopping and blood splatter.
Kindergarten 3
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a funny mood with Kindergarten.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Rage in Peace
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Kindergarten.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindergarten.
Rage in Peace is a story-driven action adventure with elements of surprise and memorization. Unravel the last day of Timmy's life, as he races against time to get back home and fulfill his sole dream of dying peacefully in his pajamas, in the warmth of home, in peace, and with no drama.
Frequently asked about Kindergarten
- Does Kindergarten run on Steam Deck?
- Kindergarten is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Kindergarten cost?
- Kindergarten is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kindergarten?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kindergarten are Kindergarten 2, Beyond a Total Loss, Brutal Bible Bloodbaths.
- Who developed Kindergarten?
- Kindergarten was developed by Con Man Games, Sean Young and published by SmashGames.
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