Games like Ricko's Island
If Ricko's Island is your kind of game, the closest matches are Big Hops, Pru the Pigeon and Gwen The Hen 64 — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Ricko's Island: Ricko's Island is a collectathon platformer with controls that are actually fun. Travel between 10 islands, master the movement controls, complete platforming challenges, and possess enemies. If you are a fan of mastering movement controls in platformers, this is the game for you!
Players who liked Ricko's Island also play
Steam players who put hours into Ricko's Island 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.
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ricko's Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Pru the Pigeon
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ricko's Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!
Gwen The Hen 64
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ricko's Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.
Yooka-Laylee
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ricko's Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ricko's Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
STREWTH! It's time to go back Down Under with this fully remastered version of TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue. Rang, bite, smash and glide your way around the Australian Outback and stop the evil machinations of the diabolical BOSS CASS in this open world adventure.
Cirno! Lifts a Boulder
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ricko's Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Help Cirno get back into her home! A chill, bite-sized 3D platformer in which you explore a frozen Misty Lake and gain boulder-lifting strength.
Mr. Sleepy Man
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ricko's Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!
TY the Tasmanian Tiger
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ricko's Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
G'day, Mate. Explore the wilds of Australia with TY the Tasmanian Tiger, the charming Aussie platformer.
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 Ricko's Island.
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 Action and Adventure with Ricko's Island.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ricko's Island.
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 Ricko's Island.
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 Ricko's Island.
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 Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ricko's Island.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ricko's Island.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Tbjbu2 Originals
Other recommendable Steam games by Tbjbu2 Originals, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Advancity
WHY THIS
Another title from Tbjbu2 Originals, the studio behind Ricko's Island. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Run an empire in this simple and enjoyable city builder strategy management game. Build, research, train, battle, upgrade, expand, and sail, all while managing your citizens and resources. Advancity focuses on fun and progression.
Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS)
WHY THIS
Another title from Tbjbu2 Originals, the studio behind Ricko's Island. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Survive, shoot, construct, and ride killer elemental robots. Craft equipment, explore multi-floor buildings, build and farm, uncover schematics, and progress through technology tiers. Alone or with friends in this brutal post apocalyptic open world survival robot riding crafting shooter game!
Beach Friends
WHY THIS
Another title from Tbjbu2 Originals, the studio behind Ricko's Island. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
It's basically like summer vacation but you don't have to physically go to the beach! Hang out with friends, or strangers - with voice chat. Build sand castles. Ruin sand castles. Sell ice cream. Eat ice cream. Surf. Play volleyball with bad physics. Everything is interactable (not really, you wish)
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Big Hops
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Gwen The Hen 64
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.
Yooka-Laylee
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
STREWTH! It's time to go back Down Under with this fully remastered version of TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue. Rang, bite, smash and glide your way around the Australian Outback and stop the evil machinations of the diabolical BOSS CASS in this open world adventure.
Cirno! Lifts a Boulder
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Help Cirno get back into her home! A chill, bite-sized 3D platformer in which you explore a frozen Misty Lake and gain boulder-lifting strength.
Mr. Sleepy Man
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!
TY the Tasmanian Tiger
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ricko's Island.
G'day, Mate. Explore the wilds of Australia with TY the Tasmanian Tiger, the charming Aussie platformer.
Frequently asked about Ricko's Island
- What games are most similar to Ricko's Island?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ricko's Island are Big Hops, Pru the Pigeon, Gwen The Hen 64.
- Who developed Ricko's Island?
- Ricko's Island was developed by Tbjbu2 Originals.
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