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Games like Slime Research

If Slime Research is your kind of game, the closest matches are Water: Transformer, GIGA WRECKER and Cybermotion — 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 Slime Research: Slimy Puzzle Platforming

2019IndieEarly Access1.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Schism
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Players who liked Slime Research also play

Steam players who put hours into Slime Research 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. Water: Transformer

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a platform jumping game, you can obtain different abilities by transforming between solid, liquid, and steam three forms, thus crossing obstacles and solving puzzles. The workshop allows you design and share their own created maps with the players all around the world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. GIGA WRECKER

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Slime Research fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Become more than human and save mankind from total annihilation! From legendary developer Game Freak comes an action adventure like no other - manipulate the world around you and smash the evil Ajeet to smithereens!

    2017ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cybermotion

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Slime Research fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Slime Research.

    Cybermotion is physics based platformer. You play as a student project robot that's constantly beeing tested by its creators. Combine physics animations and poses to move through the levels full of obstacles. Upgrade the robot, build new levels.

    2017IndieSimulationEarly Access7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Rochard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Slime Research fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Slime Research.

    Fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity

    2011ActionIndieCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Incredipede

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Slime Research fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Slime Research.

    Grow arms and legs to transform into a snake, spider, butterfly, or fifty-legged horror - anything you can imagine. Control your creations in a fumblecore dash to solve each puzzle. Learn to swing through the trees, climb sheer cliffs, or even fly.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Pedestrian

    WHY THIS

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

    I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Sayonara Umihara Kawase

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Slime Research fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Slime Research.

    Umihara Kawase is a girl who uses a fishing hook as a grappling hook. You’ll need quick reflexes to swing your way through the branching surreal environments. Use your brains to figure out the best way through. They say fish is brain food—you’re going to need it!

    2015ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Youropa

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Slime Research fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Slime Research.

    A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

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

    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. shapez

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

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

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Montaro

    WHY THIS

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

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

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

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

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

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Orbt XL

    WHY THIS

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

    Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.

    2017ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Slime Research.

    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.

    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 Slime Research.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  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 with Slime Research.

    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 Indie with Slime Research.

    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. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree 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. Rochard

    WHY THIS

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

    Fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity

    2011ActionIndieCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Pedestrian

    WHY THIS

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

    I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sayonara Umihara Kawase

    WHY THIS

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

    Umihara Kawase is a girl who uses a fishing hook as a grappling hook. You’ll need quick reflexes to swing your way through the branching surreal environments. Use your brains to figure out the best way through. They say fish is brain food—you’re going to need it!

    2015ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Youropa

    WHY THIS

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

    A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Slime Research

How much does Slime Research cost?
Slime Research is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Slime Research?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slime Research are Water: Transformer, GIGA WRECKER, Cybermotion.
Who developed Slime Research?
Slime Research was developed by Schism.

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