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Games like The Mystery of Happyville

If The Mystery of Happyville is your kind of game, the closest matches are BULLETLINE, World War Party: Game Of Trump and Ben and Ed - Blood Party — 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.

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About The Mystery of Happyville: When the sleepy little town of Happyville suddenly cuts off contact with the outside world, nobody could have predicted the sinister happenings that were occurring far away from civilization's prying eye...

2018ActionIndieAdventureCasualViolentGore4.99 USDWindowsby Studio HK
The Mystery of Happyville — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Mystery of Happyville also play

Steam players who put hours into The Mystery of Happyville 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. BULLETLINE

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to a world where ninjas, spec-ops agents, chefs, cowboys, princesses, and the wretched hag do battle with automatic assault weapons and high-powered rifles - BULLETLINE is the ultimate combat-focused, team-based, local-multiplayer game-mode-royale.

    2018ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. World War Party: Game Of Trump

    WHY THIS

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

    World War Party: Game of Trump is a deathmatch battle played by two teams of 4 players each (humans or bots). But the teams are not alone on the battlefield: PRESIDENT TRUMP drives around in his mighty ‘murican tank shooting lasers and talking nonsense.

    2017ActionSportsStrategyFreeSteam ↗
  3. Ben and Ed - Blood Party

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the Blood Party! Play together with up to 3 people and compete in deadly game shows. Customize your zombie, build your own levels, share them via Steam Workshop and die a lot.

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Mother Russia Bleeds

    WHY THIS

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

    An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.

    2016ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gears 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Mystery of Happyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Mystery of Happyville.

    From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.

    2019ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Mutant Football League

    WHY THIS

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

    Mutants and monsters unleash maniacal carnage on the gridiron in this crazy gore fest of arcade-style football. Packed full of humor, intense online multiplayer action, and strategy.

    2017ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Wulverblade

    WHY THIS

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

    Defeat the Ninth Legion of the Roman army in this side-scrolling, arcade-inspired beat 'em up set in Roman-era Britain.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. DIRT 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Mystery of Happyville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Mystery of Happyville.

    DIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes.

    2020ActionSportsAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Mystery of Happyville at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Mystery of Happyville on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Mystery of Happyville.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Mystery of Happyville on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mystery of Happyville.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Mystery of Happyville on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Mystery of Happyville.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Mystery of Happyville on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Mystery of Happyville.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Mystery of Happyville on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Mystery of Happyville.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Mystery of Happyville on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Mystery of Happyville.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Mystery of Happyville on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Mystery of Happyville.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Mystery of Happyville on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Mystery of Happyville.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 The Mystery of Happyville.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 The Mystery of Happyville.

    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 ↗
  3. 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 The Mystery of Happyville.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Mystery of Happyville.

    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 ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]

    WHY THIS

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

    a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles

    2019IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Studio HK

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

  1. Street Lords

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Studio HK, the studio behind The Mystery of Happyville. Shares Action and Indie with The Mystery of Happyville.

    Procedurally-generated gang warfare meets turn-based strategy and FPS action to deliver an immersive, brutal, endlessly-replayable strategic-shooter - generate your city, customise your gangs, and fight in first person on bloody urban battlefields.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Too Many Weapons

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Studio HK, the studio behind The Mystery of Happyville. Shares Action and Indie with The Mystery of Happyville.

    Too Many Weapons is a local multiplayer arena combat game where anything and everything is a weapon! Featuring a huge variety of objects, outfits, and maps!

    2017ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. BULLETLINE

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Studio HK, the studio behind The Mystery of Happyville. Shares Action and Indie with The Mystery of Happyville.

    Welcome to a world where ninjas, spec-ops agents, chefs, cowboys, princesses, and the wretched hag do battle with automatic assault weapons and high-powered rifles - BULLETLINE is the ultimate combat-focused, team-based, local-multiplayer game-mode-royale.

    2018ActionIndieCasual14.99 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. Mother Russia Bleeds

    WHY THIS

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

    An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.

    2016ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mutant Football League

    WHY THIS

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

    Mutants and monsters unleash maniacal carnage on the gridiron in this crazy gore fest of arcade-style football. Packed full of humor, intense online multiplayer action, and strategy.

    2017ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. DIRT 5

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Mystery of Happyville.

    DIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes.

    2020ActionSportsAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Mystery of Happyville

How much does The Mystery of Happyville cost?
The Mystery of Happyville is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Mystery of Happyville have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Mystery of Happyville supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Mystery of Happyville?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Mystery of Happyville are BULLETLINE, World War Party: Game Of Trump, Ben and Ed - Blood Party.
Who developed The Mystery of Happyville?
The Mystery of Happyville was developed by Studio HK.

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 The Mystery of Happyville.

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