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Games like Indie Pogo

If Indie Pogo is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rivals of Aether, Samurai GUNN 2 and Nidhogg — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and funny. 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 Indie Pogo: Indie Pogo is a platform brawler game for 2-4 players about bouncing, ricocheting, and pogoing your friends into oblivion! Gather your friends for 2-4 player local romps, or climb the online ladder in the bounciest of battles. Prepare yourself for a rompin' stompin' jumpin' good time!

2018ActionIndie14.99 USDWindowsby Lowe Bros. Studios LLC
Indie Pogo — Steam game cover
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Auto jump turns platforming into a brawlFree content updates for yearsInfinite recovery but brutal offstage killsChallengingCompetitiveFunny

Players who liked Indie Pogo also play

Steam players who put hours into Indie Pogo 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. Rivals of Aether

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Indie Pogo.

    Top pick for Indie Pogo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.

    2017Indie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Samurai GUNN 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Indie Pogo.

    Second-strongest match for Indie Pogo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Indie Pogo.

    Samurai GUNN 2 is a fighting game with Samurai and Gunns. Best your foes online or locally in this cutting edge sequel featuring Rollback Netcode and Ranked Matchmaking. Free Edition out now!

    2021ActionEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Nidhogg

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Indie Pogo.

    Third-strongest match for Indie Pogo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

    2014ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Nidhogg 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Indie Pogo.

    Ranked #4 for Indie Pogo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.

    2017ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Skullgirls 2nd Encore

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Indie Pogo.

    Ranked #5 for Indie Pogo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    --Main Stage Game at Evo 2022!-- The ultimate Skullgirls experience: Featuring 14 hand-animated characters, fully voiced story mode, countless palettes, and unparalleled GGPO-based multiplayer netcode.

    2013ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Arcana Heart 3 LOVEMAX SIXSTARS!!!!!! XTEND

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Indie Pogo.

    Ranked #6 for Indie Pogo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Indie Pogo.

    New playable character "Minori Amanohara" and new Arcana "Ichor" the Blood joins the battle in "Arcana Heart 3 LOVEMAX SIXSTARS!!!!!!"! More new characters to join in future updates!

    2017Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fraymakers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Indie Pogo.

    Ranked #7 for Indie Pogo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    Fraymakers is the ultimate customizable platform fighting game, featuring a cast of some of indie gaming's biggest icons. Duke it out with up to 4 players and call on assists to help out in the heat of battle. Create and play custom characters, stages, modes, and more for infinite fun!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. HARDCORE MECHA

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Indie Pogo.

    Ranked #8 for Indie Pogo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    HARDCORE MECHA is a 2D platformer action focusing on a better handling. The Campaign mode offers rich gameplay and seamless in-game cut-scenes for an immersive experience. Choose your favorite mecha, experience the fast-paced hardcore competitive battle of steel in Multiplayer!

    2019ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Indie Pogo

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. Rivals of Aether

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Indie Pogo.

    Reviewers of Indie Pogo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.

    2017Indie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Super Meat Boy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Indie Pogo.

    Reviewers of Indie Pogo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

    2010Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Spelunky

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Indie Pogo.

    Reviewers of Indie Pogo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

    2013Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Indie Pogo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. My Friend Pedro

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Indie Pogo.

    Reviewers of Indie Pogo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

    2019ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Shovel Knight Dig

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Indie Pogo.

    Reviewers of Indie Pogo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fraymakers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Indie Pogo.

    Reviewers of Indie Pogo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    Fraymakers is the ultimate customizable platform fighting game, featuring a cast of some of indie gaming's biggest icons. Duke it out with up to 4 players and call on assists to help out in the heat of battle. Create and play custom characters, stages, modes, and more for infinite fun!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Binding of Isaac

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Indie Pogo.

    Reviewers of Indie Pogo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Indie Pogo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Indie Pogo on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Indie Pogo on Steam right now. Shares Action with Indie Pogo.

    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 ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Indie Pogo on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    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 ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Indie Pogo on Steam right now. Shares Action with Indie Pogo.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Indie Pogo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Indie Pogo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    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 ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Indie Pogo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Indie Pogo.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Indie Pogo.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Rivals of Aether

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Indie Pogo.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Indie Pogo.

    RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.

    2017Indie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Samurai GUNN 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Indie Pogo.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Indie Pogo.

    Samurai GUNN 2 is a fighting game with Samurai and Gunns. Best your foes online or locally in this cutting edge sequel featuring Rollback Netcode and Ranked Matchmaking. Free Edition out now!

    2021ActionEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Nidhogg

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Indie Pogo.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

    2014ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Skullgirls 2nd Encore

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Indie Pogo.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Indie Pogo.

    --Main Stage Game at Evo 2022!-- The ultimate Skullgirls experience: Featuring 14 hand-animated characters, fully voiced story mode, countless palettes, and unparalleled GGPO-based multiplayer netcode.

    2013ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Arcana Heart 3 LOVEMAX SIXSTARS!!!!!! XTEND

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Indie Pogo.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Indie Pogo.

    New playable character "Minori Amanohara" and new Arcana "Ichor" the Blood joins the battle in "Arcana Heart 3 LOVEMAX SIXSTARS!!!!!!"! More new characters to join in future updates!

    2017Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Indie Pogo

How much does Indie Pogo cost?
Indie Pogo is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Indie Pogo have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Indie Pogo supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Indie Pogo?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Indie Pogo are Rivals of Aether, Samurai GUNN 2, Nidhogg.
Who developed Indie Pogo?
Indie Pogo was developed by Lowe Bros. Studios LLC.

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