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Games like BOSSGARD

If BOSSGARD is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beat Me!, Fairyfail and Snowbrawll — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, funny and intense. 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 BOSSGARD: WHO’S THE BOSS? It’s finally you! One big, bad, player-controlled Boss goes against a team of Vikings, each with special abilities. Enter BOSSGARD, a hectic 1v2, 1v3, up to 1v5 bossfight multiplayer game in which you get to crush your friends as THE BOSS.

2020ActionIndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDWindowsby Sand Sailor Studio
BOSSGARD — Steam game cover
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Bosses have unique unpredictable abilitiesDeep character customization for vikingsShort rounds keep gameplay fast pacedChallengingFunnyIntense

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Steam players who put hours into BOSSGARD 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. Beat Me!

    WHY THIS

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

    Beat Me! is a physics-based multiplayer game for up to 6 players. Play with comical fantasy characters in a wide variety of fun and surprising environments. Challenge your friends locally or beat others over the internet!

    2020ActionIndieCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Fairyfail

    WHY THIS

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

    Fairyfail is a 4 Player multiplayer party game where you attempt to reach the Goal round after round, while each time the Level gets more complicated and chaotic. So grab some friends, build some traps and be ready to have some fun in your new favorite Build´n´Run!

    2021ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Snowbrawll

    WHY THIS

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

    Snowbrawll is a multiplayer party game with up to 4 players. Crush your friends in an epic snowball fight, throw your snowball, and knock them off the cliff. Roll up the biggest snowball, yeet it with style and become the ultimate snowball champion. Are you ready to Brawll?

    2025ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Overcooked! 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

    2018ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gang Beasts

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Party Animals

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?

    2023ActionIndieCasual13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Ultimate Chicken Horse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

    2016ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Move or Die

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

    2016ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to BOSSGARD

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. Bloodsports.TV

    WHY THIS

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

    Co-Op Hero Defense set in a deadly post-apocalyptic Sweden. Team up with your friends and protect the Missile Silo against horrific beasts and outlaws.

    2015ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. MONSTER HUNTER RISE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with BOSSGARD.

    Reviewers of BOSSGARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BOSSGARD.

    Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.

    2022Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

    WHY THIS

    Shares character customization and a lighthearted mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.

    2026AdventureRPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

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

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under BOSSGARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with BOSSGARD.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

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

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

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

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under BOSSGARD on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with BOSSGARD.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under BOSSGARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BOSSGARD.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. 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 BOSSGARD.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 BOSSGARD.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck 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. Overcooked! 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

    2018ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Gang Beasts

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Party Animals

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?

    2023ActionIndieCasual13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Chicken Horse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

    2016ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Move or Die

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with BOSSGARD.

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

    Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

    2016ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about BOSSGARD

How much does BOSSGARD cost?
BOSSGARD is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does BOSSGARD have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — BOSSGARD supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to BOSSGARD?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BOSSGARD are Beat Me!, Fairyfail, Snowbrawll.
Who developed BOSSGARD?
BOSSGARD was developed by Sand Sailor Studio.

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 BOSSGARD.

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