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Games like Jack Axe

If Jack Axe is your kind of game, the closest matches are NBB.EXE, Aeon Drive and The Colorful Creature — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, 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 Jack Axe: Be Jack! Get an axe! Take Jack (and her sisters) on an axe tossing, single or multiplayer, platforming adventure in a vibrant open world inspired by Filipino and Norse mythology.

2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDWindowsby Keybol Games
Jack Axe — Steam game cover
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Axe throw and dash combo feels greatBoss fights are varied and funMovement tech allows wild sequence breaksChallengingFunnyLighthearted

Players who liked Jack Axe also play

Steam players who put hours into Jack Axe 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. NBB.EXE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Jack Axe.

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

    NBB.EXE is a challenging fast paced puzzle platformer. Bomb your way to victory through devious gauntlets to reveal the secrets of the mysterious NEON Corp. in a modern reimagining of Bomberman with a metroidvania twist.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Aeon Drive

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Jack Axe.

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

    Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Colorful Creature

    WHY THIS

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

    The Colorful Creature is difficult platformer with puzzle color mechanics. Play over 350 levels with diverse gameplay that have many items and hazards, in-game level editor, local multiplayer, endless run, customizable skins & hats, steam workshop and more!

    2023IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Goat's Tale 2

    WHY THIS

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

    The Goat is back in his next adventure! The challenge will be difficult, but only with your help he will be able to get to the top.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Platverse: ABYA's Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A hardcore platform-action game! Robot ABYA wakes up in the depths of end - times ruins. With a special water gun, it starts to uncover the apocalypse's truth. As it explores underground ruins, ABYA leaps, climbs, and shoots, pushing survival limits and gradually revealing doomsday mysteries.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Slime-san: Superslime Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Jack Axe.

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

    Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. N++ (NPLUSPLUS)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Jack Axe.

    Ranked #7 for Jack Axe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Jack Axe.

    N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.

    2016Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Button Button Up!

    WHY THIS

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

    "Button Button Up!" is a platformer party game. Players need to use limited resources to help their partner passing different laser obstacles. The bros are going share their weal and woe to complete a fantastic adventure by the lead of Mr. Bunny.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Jack Axe on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jack Axe.

    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 Jack Axe on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe.

    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 Jack Axe on Steam right now. Shares Action with Jack Axe.

    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 Jack Axe on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe.

    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 Jack Axe on Steam right now. Shares Action with Jack Axe.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Jack Axe on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jack Axe.

    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 ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Jack Axe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jack Axe.

    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 ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Jack Axe on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jack Axe.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Jack Axe.

    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 Jack Axe.

    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 Jack Axe.

    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 Jack Axe.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Jack Axe.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Jack Axe

How much does Jack Axe cost?
Jack Axe is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Jack Axe have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Jack Axe 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 Jack Axe?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jack Axe are NBB.EXE, Aeon Drive, The Colorful Creature.
Who developed Jack Axe?
Jack Axe was developed by Keybol Games and published by Neon Doctrine, Another Indie.

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 Jack Axe.

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