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Games like GlitchPets

If GlitchPets is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms: Into the Hole, One Box One Goal and Californium — 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 GlitchPets: This game is still in development: kind of a puzzle-platform-climb-story-adventure where your cartridge 'pets' glitches out from pet pee. You control a "debug" npc

2018ActionIndieAdventureSimulationCasualEarly Access0.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Cool and Normal Entertainment, Cool and Normal Entertainment
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Steam players who put hours into GlitchPets 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. Backrooms: Into the Hole

    WHY THIS

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

    Discover an in-between space inspired by the Backrooms series. Make your way forward by jumping into holes, find alternative paths, and survive in this labyrinthine dimension. Play solo or in co-op mode and choose your path to the exit… if there is one.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation0.89 USDSteam ↗
  2. One Box One Goal

    WHY THIS

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

    You're in a box and you have to climb as high as possible... if you can make it.

    2025ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Californium

    WHY THIS

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

    Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. hook-kick

    WHY THIS

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

    She ate me! The indignity of this has seemingly left you immortal. Stored for safekeeping (head being so pretty and all) you team up with a couple of bones from a slain wizard and a stretchy pirate-snake named hook in this kicking platformer filled with circles all the way up and down.

    ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Paramnesia: Escape Together

    WHY THIS

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

    A Cooperative Mystery Unfolds: In 1948, four investigators come together to find a missing priest, only to be trapped in a sinister space. Through teamwork, they uncover clues, echoes of their pasts, and mysterious notes signed in their names......

    2024IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. MDNE

    WHY THIS

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

    MDNE - The game about your nightmare dream.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-

    WHY THIS

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

    As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. NaissanceE

    WHY THIS

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

    NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

    2014IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under GlitchPets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GlitchPets.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under GlitchPets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with GlitchPets.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under GlitchPets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GlitchPets.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under GlitchPets on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with GlitchPets.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under GlitchPets on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with GlitchPets.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under GlitchPets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GlitchPets.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under GlitchPets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GlitchPets.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under GlitchPets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GlitchPets.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 and Adventure with GlitchPets.

    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 and Adventure with GlitchPets.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Simulation with GlitchPets.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 GlitchPets.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about GlitchPets

How much does GlitchPets cost?
GlitchPets is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does GlitchPets have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — GlitchPets supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to GlitchPets?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GlitchPets are Backrooms: Into the Hole, One Box One Goal, Californium.
Who developed GlitchPets?
GlitchPets was developed by Cool and Normal Entertainment, Cool and Normal Entertainment and published by Cool and Normal Entertainment.

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 GlitchPets.

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