Games like Donut County
If Donut County is your kind of game, the closest matches are WHALIEN - Unexpected Guests, Messticulous and Octodad: Dadliest Catch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its absurd yet appropriate humor, charming character interactions and creative level design. 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 →Donut County is a 2018 physics puzzle game developed by Ben Esposito and published by Annapurna Interactive. Players control a growing hole in the ground that expands by swallowing objects and debris, progressing through levels that scale in scope and complexity as the hole increases in size. The game combines physics-based destruction mechanics with a dialogue-driven narrative that unfolds across encounters with quirky characters. Reviewers highlight the absurd-yet-appropriate humor and charming character interactions that punctuate the experience. Players describe the overall tone as cozy and whimsical, with an unexpected emotional depth that emerges through its brief narrative arc. The game is verified for Steam Deck play and is priced at $12.99 USD, holding a 91% positive rating from over 6,500 Steam reviews.
About Donut County: Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
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WHALIEN - Unexpected Guests
WHY THIS
Top pick for Donut County fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Push and Pull your way through this heartfelt adventure! Fin, the mechanical whale you call home, is plagued by mischievous Squiddies. As Ernest Hemingwhale you set out on a Fin-tastic journey to help your friend with his unexpected guests.
Messticulous
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Donut County fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Donut County.
Aim and throw incongruous objects to create an organized mess by following the directives of a completely wacky "tidy up" system!
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Donut County.
Third-strongest match for Donut County fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan...
Pilgrims
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Donut County.
Ranked #4 for Donut County fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?
WHAT THE GOLF?
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Donut County.
Ranked #5 for Donut County fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?
Wattam
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Donut County.
Ranked #6 for Donut County fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Wattam is a game about the joys of friendship and discovery, from the imagination of Keita Takahashi (creator of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy) and developer Funomena.
Fire: Ungh’s Quest
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Donut County.
Ranked #7 for Donut County fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
FIRE is an exploration-adventure with intuitive puzzle design. Without losing many words it tells a savagely hilarious story. Journey into the Stone Age and face the most challenging task of this era: The search for fire!
LumbearJack
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Donut County.
Ranked #8 for Donut County fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Donut County.
Grab your axe and save the environment by chopping and recycling every man-made thing in your path and solving puzzles with your charming animal friends!
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A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Donut County.
Reviewers of Donut County cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
WHAT THE GOLF?
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Donut County.
Reviewers of Donut County cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?
Tasty Planet
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Donut County.
Reviewers of Donut County cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Control a tiny ball of grey goo with the ability to eat anything smaller than itself. The more it eats, the bigger it gets! Soon you'll be able to eat the entire planet!
Little Kitty, Big City
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Donut County.
Reviewers of Donut County cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?
Katamari Damacy REROLL
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Donut County.
Reviewers of Donut County cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Casual with Donut County.
The beloved roll-em-up game returns with fully updated graphics, completely recreated cutscenes and in full HD!
The Stanley Parable
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Donut County.
Reviewers of Donut County cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
Later Alligator
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Donut County.
Reviewers of Donut County cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Donut County.
Pat the alligator, a (mostly) harmless and (probably) innocent reptile is at the center of a conspiracy that could bring down the biggest, scariest family in Alligator New York City: his own! Explore the city, meet the Family, and try to save Pat before the clock runs out.
Goat Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Donut County.
Reviewers of Donut County cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Donut County.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Donut County at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Donut County on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Donut County.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Donut County on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Donut County.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Donut County on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Donut County.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Donut County on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Donut County.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Donut County on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Donut County.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Donut County on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Donut County on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Donut County.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Donut County on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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 and Casual with Donut County.
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 Donut County.
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 Donut County.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Donut County.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
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 and Casual with Donut County.
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 Donut County.
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.
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Donut County.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan...
Pilgrims
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Donut County.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?
WHAT THE GOLF?
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Donut County.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?
Wattam
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Donut County.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Donut County.
Wattam is a game about the joys of friendship and discovery, from the imagination of Keita Takahashi (creator of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy) and developer Funomena.
Frequently asked about Donut County
- Is Donut County verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Donut County is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Donut County cost?
- Donut County is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Donut County?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Donut County are WHALIEN - Unexpected Guests, Messticulous, Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
- Who developed Donut County?
- Donut County was developed by Ben Esposito and published by Annapurna Interactive.
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