# Games like Growing Pains

> The closest matches to Growing Pains: Adventures of Shuggy, Gateways, Super Meat Boy, Electronic Super Joy: Groove City, and Nimbus. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Adventures of Shuggy](https://imho.run/games/211440/adventures-of-shuggy) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 171 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/211440/)
2. [Gateways](https://imho.run/games/216290/gateways) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 142 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/216290/)
3. [Super Meat Boy](https://imho.run/games/40800/super-meat-boy) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 13,383 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40800/)
4. [Electronic Super Joy: Groove City](https://imho.run/games/301460/electronic-super-joy-groove-city) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 165 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/301460/)
5. [Nimbus](https://imho.run/games/50000/nimbus) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 149 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/50000/)
6. [10 Second Ninja](https://imho.run/games/271670/10-second-ninja) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 240 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/271670/)
7. [Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition](https://imho.run/games/275390/guacamelee-super-turbo-championship-edition) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 1,289 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/275390/)
8. [Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack](https://imho.run/games/206370/tales-from-space-mutant-blobs-attack) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 230 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/206370/)
9. [Super Cloudbuilt](https://imho.run/games/463700/super-cloudbuilt) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 100 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/463700/)
10. [Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers](https://imho.run/games/205910/tiny-and-big-grandpa-s-leftovers) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 1,636 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/205910/)
11. [Platformines](https://imho.run/games/264540/platformines) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 95 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/264540/)
12. [Action Henk](https://imho.run/games/285820/action-henk) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 224 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/285820/)
13. [Mutant Mudds Deluxe](https://imho.run/games/247370/mutant-mudds-deluxe) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 219 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/247370/)
14. [Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition](https://imho.run/games/366970/mighty-switch-force-hyper-drive-edition) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 157 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/366970/)
15. [The Adventure Pals](https://imho.run/games/396710/the-adventure-pals) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another RPG. 652 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/396710/)
16. [David.](https://imho.run/games/346180/david) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 395 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/346180/)
17. [Spelunky](https://imho.run/games/239350/spelunky) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 10,185 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/239350/)
18. [PixelJunk™ Eden](https://imho.run/games/105800/pixeljunk-eden) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 357 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/105800/)
19. [On Rusty Trails](https://imho.run/games/277700/on-rusty-trails) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 68 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/277700/)
20. [My Friend Pedro](https://imho.run/games/557340/my-friend-pedro) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 11,056 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/557340/)
21. [Reventure](https://imho.run/games/900270/reventure) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 2,407 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/900270/)
22. [Toki Tori](https://imho.run/games/38700/toki-tori) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 769 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/38700/)
23. [INK](https://imho.run/games/385710/ink) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Action. 470 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/385710/)
24. [Teslagrad](https://imho.run/games/249590/teslagrad) — A frequent pick in Growing Pains players' libraries, and another Indie. 780 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/249590/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=291610&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=291610&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=291610&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=291610
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/291610
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Growing Pains

Growing pains is a fast and furious platformer which gives the genre a shake up with psychedelic graphics, a thumping soundtrack and an ingenious twist. The "Vessel" continually grows and expands leaving you in a permanent race to escape the area before you find your butt wedged in a tight spot.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 291610
- **Developer:** Smudged Cat Games Ltd
- **Publisher:** Smudged Cat Games Ltd
- **Genres:** Indie
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Family Sharing
- **Released:** May 28, 2014
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/291610/growing-pains)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=291610&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/291610/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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