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Games like 40 Winks

If 40 Winks is your kind of game, the closest matches are Glover, Knight's Try and Tomb Raider I (1996) — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, nostalgic and retro. 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 40 Winks: 40 Winks is an action platformer where you control brother and sister, Ruff and Tumble. Your goal is to collect 40 Winks scattered around the world to stop an evil man called Nitekap. Nitekap wants to turn the winks into hood-winks who are responsible for giving children nightmares.

2018ActionAdventure13.99 USDWindowsby Eurocom
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Collect dreamkeys to unlock hub worldsNostalgic ps1 aesthetic preserved in emulationRescue dream creatures to restore peaceful sleepAtmosphericNostalgicRetro

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Steam players who put hours into 40 Winks 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. Glover

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 40 Winks.

    Top pick for 40 Winks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Glover is a puzzle-intensive adventure game made up of 6 worlds with 30 different levels. You control a charismatic glove that walks on two fingers, slaps harder than Steve Austin, dribbles faster than Scottie Pippen, and plays with a bouncy rubber ball.

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Knight's Try

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with 40 Winks.

    Second-strongest match for 40 Winks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Knight's Try is a tough platformer with retro 64 bit 3D graphics. Take on the role of an honorable Knight of Trye attempting to complete their sacred trial by leaping through a world full of perilous pitfalls and dangerous traps!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tomb Raider I (1996)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 40 Winks.

    Third-strongest match for 40 Winks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artifact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way towards the truth of its origin and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun-cartridges in her wake.

    2012ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with 40 Winks.

    Ranked #4 for 40 Winks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    PAC-MAN arrives home on his birthday to find the Ghosts have kidnapped PAC-MAN’s family and ruined his party! Off to the rescue, PAC-MAN sets out to Ghost Island!

    2022ActionAdventureCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Croc Legend of the Gobbos

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with 40 Winks.

    Ranked #5 for 40 Winks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Join Croc in a charming 3D platforming adventure to rescue the kidnapped Gobbos from the evil sorcerer Baron Dante and his impish Dantini minions! Run, jump, climb, swim, and tail-spin through vibrant worlds in this lovingly remastered and updated version of the beloved 1997 classic.

    2025ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indiana Jones® and the Infernal Machine™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 40 Winks.

    Ranked #6 for 40 Winks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    The year is 1947. The Nazis have been crushed, the Cold War has begun and Soviet agents are sniffing around the ruins of the fabled Tower of Babel. What are they up to? The CIA recruits renowned archeologist and adventurer, Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, to find out.

    2018ActionAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Freedom Planet 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with 40 Winks.

    Ranked #7 for 40 Winks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sonic Adventure 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with 40 Winks.

    Ranked #8 for 40 Winks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 40 Winks.

    Experience two unique adventures featuring both long-time heroes and new and returning villains as they battle for the fate of the world!

    2012Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to 40 Winks

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. Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with 40 Winks.

    Reviewers of 40 Winks cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with 40 Winks.

    There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. Fed up with his fear of the dark, Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam - world's youngest superhero and resolves to confront Darkness! With help from King the mine car, Otto the boat, and a host of fascinating characters.

    2014AdventureCasual4.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with 40 Winks.

    Reviewers of 40 Winks cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Blast your way through an interdimensional adventure with Ratchet and Clank – now on PC! Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond at hyper-speed!

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with 40 Winks.

    Reviewers of 40 Winks cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.

    2019ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under 40 Winks on Steam right now. Shares Action with 40 Winks.

    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 ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under 40 Winks on Steam right now. Shares Action with 40 Winks.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under 40 Winks on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under 40 Winks on Steam right now. Shares Action with 40 Winks.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under 40 Winks on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under 40 Winks on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under 40 Winks on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    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 ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under 40 Winks on Steam right now. Shares Action with 40 Winks.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Lily's Well

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with 40 Winks.

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Wires And Whiskers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with 40 Winks.

    Escape Baldi's schoolhouse again in this new remastered version of Baldi's Basics Classic! Use stealth and strategy to collect all 7 notebooks and win! Featuring three games in one, gameplay improvements, a more authentic art style, accessibility improvements, and brand new ways to play!

    2022ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. *NEW* SCUFFED EPIC BHOP SIMULATOR 2023 (POG CHAMP)

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Jump into it with *NEW* EPIC SCUFFED BHOP SIMULATOR 2023 POG CHAMP, a new parkour game which has spicy memes, graphics, and physics engine! Play with up to 10 friends in multiplayer and by yourself in single player!

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

More from Eurocom

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

  1. Disney G-Force

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 40 Winks.

    Another title from Eurocom, the studio behind 40 Winks. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    G-Force draws you into the adventures of an elite team of trained guinea pigs on a mission to thwart a sinister plot to destroy the world. Take control of both G-Force commander Darwin and his sidekick, Mooch, as they apply their talents to defeat an evil army of altered household appliances.

    2014ActionAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with 40 Winks.

    Another title from Eurocom, the studio behind 40 Winks. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is an original 3rd person action-adventure inspired by the mythology of ancient Egypt. Travelling the world via magical portals to foil the evil plans of Set. Sphinx's journey will require all his wits, agility, and special powers.

    2017ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Disney Universe

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with 40 Winks.

    Another title from Eurocom, the studio behind 40 Winks. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    For the first time, suit up in an off-the-wall multiplayer adventure where iconic Disney characters and legendary Disney worlds collide. Discover the mixed-up humor of this ever-expanding universe as you team up with friends to overcome challenges and defeat enemies.

    2014ActionAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Beijing 2008™ - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Eurocom, the studio behind 40 Winks.

    Embrace the competitive spirit of the world's most prestigious sporting event and represent your country as you compete for the highest honor - the Gold. The game delivers a far more entertaining and immersive Olympic experience with superior graphics capturing the fine emotional detail of each event where a fraction of a second means...

    2008SportsDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Vancouver 2010™ - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Eurocom, the studio behind 40 Winks.

    Experience the thrill and adrenaline of the Olympic Winter Games of Vancouver 2010™. Carve your way down the slopes and across the ice as you aim to reach the pinnacle of your sport and claim a gold medal for your country.

    2010SportsSteam ↗
  6. Disney's The Jungle Book

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Eurocom, the studio behind 40 Winks. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Play as the man-cub, Mowgli, an orphan raised by a pack of wolves in the jungle. No parents. No school. No problems. Great life, huh? Except, there’s a rumour that Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger is coming after you. You’ve got to swing your way through the jungle and reach the man-village.

    2017ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Stone Protectors

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Eurocom, the studio behind 40 Winks. Shares Action with 40 Winks.

    SLAM INTO THE STONE ZONE FOR A WILD BATTLE OF THE BANDS. IT'S YOU AND THE REST OF THE STONE PROTECTORS AGAINST EVIL ZOK AND HIS WHOLE SUCKY GROUP. YOU GET TO PLAY CLIFFORD, CORNELIUS, CHESTER, MAXWELL, OR ANGUS. MAKE SPECIAL MOVES AND ATTACKS IN SCROLLING 16 MEG.

    2022Action12.99 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. PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with 40 Winks.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    PAC-MAN arrives home on his birthday to find the Ghosts have kidnapped PAC-MAN’s family and ruined his party! Off to the rescue, PAC-MAN sets out to Ghost Island!

    2022ActionAdventureCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Croc Legend of the Gobbos

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with 40 Winks.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    Join Croc in a charming 3D platforming adventure to rescue the kidnapped Gobbos from the evil sorcerer Baron Dante and his impish Dantini minions! Run, jump, climb, swim, and tail-spin through vibrant worlds in this lovingly remastered and updated version of the beloved 1997 classic.

    2025ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Freedom Planet 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with 40 Winks.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with 40 Winks.

    The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about 40 Winks

How much does 40 Winks cost?
40 Winks is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to 40 Winks?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 40 Winks are Glover, Knight's Try, Tomb Raider I (1996).
Who developed 40 Winks?
40 Winks was developed by Eurocom and published by Piko Interactive LLC, Bleem!.

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 40 Winks.

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