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Games like The Last Friend

If The Last Friend is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ogre Tale, Project: KNOSSOS and The Last Friend: First Bite — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, funny and lighthearted. 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 Last Friend: Doggone tired of the typical brawler or tower defense that is all bark and no bite? Then join Alpha and T. Juan on a dynamic adventure that has you battling hordes of baddies and bosses on their mission to save all the Doggos!

2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 86Windowsby The Stonebot Studio, Ludus Games
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Campy story with internet humorDoggo slot upgrades let you customize buildsMix of tower defense and beat em up gameplayChillFunnyLighthearted

Players who liked The Last Friend also play

Steam players who put hours into The Last Friend 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. Ogre Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with The Last Friend.

    Top pick for The Last Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Last Friend.

    Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!

    2020Action13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Project: KNOSSOS

    WHY THIS

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

    Brawl it out as ancient greek warriors with whacky power-ups in old temples. For 2-8 players on a single screen!

    2025ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Last Friend: First Bite

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Last Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Last Friend.

    The Last Friend: Prodog is a paws on experience of the first act! So join Alpha and T. Juan on a dynamic adventure that has you battling hordes of baddies and bosses on their mission to save all the Doggos!

    2021ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bullion - The Curse of the Cut-Throat Cattle

    WHY THIS

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

    A frantic brawler for 1-4 players with a cast of bovine buccaneers and a unique blend of PvP and co-op gameplay: grab the most loot and stab your friends.... but be sure to keep at least one crewmate alive as you battle to become the sole survivor of the Curse of the Cut-Throat Cattle!

    2024ActionIndie17.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Chicken TD: Defenders of the Coop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Last Friend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Last Friend.

    Chicken TD is a unique tower defense game where you strategically summon and upgrade creature towers to defend your coop from waves of enemies, while also engaging in Souls-like melee combat with a chosen weapon to directly hold the line and collect meta-progression currency.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sime Is Back 3D Old School

    WHY THIS

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

    Sime Is Back 3D Old School is a retro-inspired action-platformer set on the Adriatic coast. Play as Sime, an old fisherman with a heart of gold but no swimming skills, as he uses a fish to hilariously battle through obstacles, rescue his cats, and outwit greedy villagers.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Shing!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with The Last Friend.

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

    Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. IMMORTAL: And the Death that Follows

    WHY THIS

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

    Two immortal gods named Creator and Destroyer find themselves trapped together inside a single mortal shell with an assassin on their tail. Share the experience with a friend or take control of both deities alone and master the freestyle tag-team combat and platforming action.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Last Friend

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. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Last Friend cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Last Friend.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. River City Ransom: Underground

    WHY THIS

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

    Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.

    2017ActionIndieRPGDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Streets of Rage 4

    WHY THIS

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

    Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Last Friend on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Friend.

    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 The Last Friend on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Friend.

    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 The Last Friend on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Last Friend.

    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 The Last Friend on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Friend.

    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 The Last Friend on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Last Friend.

    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. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Last Friend on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Last Friend.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Last Friend on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Friend.

    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 ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Last Friend on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Friend.

    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 ↗

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 with The Last Friend.

    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 with The Last Friend.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 The Last Friend.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Last Friend.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Last Friend

Does The Last Friend run on Steam Deck?
The Last Friend is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Last Friend cost?
The Last Friend is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Last Friend have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Last Friend supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Last Friend?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Last Friend are Ogre Tale, Project: KNOSSOS, The Last Friend: First Bite.
Who developed The Last Friend?
The Last Friend was developed by The Stonebot Studio, Ludus Games and published by Skystone Games.

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 Last Friend.

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