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Games like Square Route

If Square Route is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Food Run, Click Real Fast and Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Square Route: Square Route is an classic puzzle game in which you modify the terrain by adding and removing platforms and placing tools to create a safe Route for the Squares to get to their targets. With 120 addictive levels!

2018ActionStrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Battenberg Software
Square Route — Steam game cover

Players who liked Square Route also play

Steam players who put hours into Square Route 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. The Food Run

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Square Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    The Food Run is a colourful, classic puzzle game with a few tasty twists. The aim is simple - just eat everything you can see on the screen! Enjoy 64 unique puzzles across eight themes. Can you get three stars on them all?!

    2016ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Click Real Fast

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Square Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Prepare yourself to Click... Real... Fast. Push your mouse, keyboard, or controller to its breaking point—if it has buttons, it probably works. Click Real Fast and see who survives: you, or your hardware.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Square Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Octogeddon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Square Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie8.88 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Tooth and Tail

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Square Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tumblestone

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Square Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Embr

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Square Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Fight fires for fun and profit in this unpredictable and frantic multiplayer game. Team up with friends, take on daily challenges and climb to the top of the corporate firefighting ladder. More than one way to become a hero!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Overture

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Square Route fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Square Route on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Square Route.

    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 ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Square Route on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Square Route.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Square Route on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Square Route.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Square Route on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Square Route.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Square Route on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Square Route.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Square Route on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Square Route.

    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.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Square Route on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Square Route.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Square Route on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Square Route.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Clicker Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Square Route.

    Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bloons TD Battles 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!

    2021ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD Battles

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.

    2016ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blackwake

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Goose Goose Duck

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Square Route.

    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 ↗
  7. Darwin Project

    WHY THIS

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

    In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.

    2020ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Transformice

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from Battenberg Software

Other recommendable Steam games by Battenberg Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. On A Roll 3D

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Battenberg Software, the studio behind Square Route. Shares Action and Indie with Square Route.

    On A Roll 3D is a fast, colourful 3D platform game. Roll your way through 24 huge levels across six different themes and be prepared to take on spikes, mines, dynamite, conveyor belts, springs, switches, doors, bumpers, lasers, saws, fire, ice, water, electricity, trapdoors and much much more.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Penguin Factory

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Battenberg Software, the studio behind Square Route. Shares Strategy and Indie with Square Route.

    The Penguin Factory is a puzzle game in which you must guide penguins across conveyor belts, turntables, tubes and many other weird and wonderful contraptions into those all important delivery boxes. With 100 challenging levels and a level editor.

    2019StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Food Run

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Battenberg Software, the studio behind Square Route. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    The Food Run is a colourful, classic puzzle game with a few tasty twists. The aim is simple - just eat everything you can see on the screen! Enjoy 64 unique puzzles across eight themes. Can you get three stars on them all?!

    2016ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Wizards Who Fell In A Hole

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Battenberg Software, the studio behind Square Route. Shares Action and Indie with Square Route.

    The Wizards Who Fell In A Hole is a one- or two-player platform game in which each player controls a wizard who can jump and shoot at a variety of monsters, with the aim being to kill all monsters on a level before progressing.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Click Real Fast

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Prepare yourself to Click... Real... Fast. Push your mouse, keyboard, or controller to its breaking point—if it has buttons, it probably works. Click Real Fast and see who survives: you, or your hardware.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Octogeddon

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie8.88 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tumblestone

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Square Route.

    Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Square Route

How much does Square Route cost?
Square Route is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Square Route?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Square Route are The Food Run, Click Real Fast, Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine.
Who developed Square Route?
Square Route was developed by Battenberg Software.

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 Square Route.

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