# Games like Color Guardians

> The closest matches to Color Guardians: Runner3, The Last Tinker™: City of Colors, GIGANTIC ARMY, Yooka-Laylee, and Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe. 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. [Runner3](https://imho.run/games/516130/runner3) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 182 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/516130/)
2. [The Last Tinker™: City of Colors](https://imho.run/games/260160/the-last-tinker-city-of-colors) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 458 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/260160/)
3. [GIGANTIC ARMY](https://imho.run/games/278930/gigantic-army) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 137 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/278930/)
4. [Yooka-Laylee](https://imho.run/games/360830/yooka-laylee) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 1,992 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/360830/)
5. [Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe](https://imho.run/games/452570/battle-chef-brigade-deluxe) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another RPG. 934 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/452570/)
6. [Action Henk](https://imho.run/games/285820/action-henk) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 224 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/285820/)
7. [FOTONICA](https://imho.run/games/253290/fotonica) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 315 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/253290/)
8. [I Hate Running Backwards](https://imho.run/games/575820/i-hate-running-backwards) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 113 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/575820/)
9. [Righty Tighty XL](https://imho.run/games/843430/righty-tighty-xl) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 107 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/843430/)
10. [Summer Catchers](https://imho.run/games/908050/summer-catchers) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 89 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/908050/)
11. [Scrap Garden](https://imho.run/games/465760/scrap-garden) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 78 Steam reviews, 58% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/465760/)
12. [Bighead Runner](https://imho.run/games/863490/bighead-runner) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Indie. 70 Steam reviews, 64% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/863490/)
13. [Pix the Cat](https://imho.run/games/330180/pix-the-cat) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 119 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/330180/)
14. [Surfingers](https://imho.run/games/438080/surfingers) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 143 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/438080/)
15. [Sonic Mania](https://imho.run/games/584400/sonic-mania) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 13,860 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/584400/)
16. [Atomik: RunGunJumpGun](https://imho.run/games/440550/atomik-rungunjumpgun) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 160 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/440550/)
17. [The Cat Games](https://imho.run/games/603260/the-cat-games) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 380 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/603260/)
18. [Marooners](https://imho.run/games/423810/marooners) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 98 Steam reviews, 54% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/423810/)
19. [Shadow Blade: Reload](https://imho.run/games/272330/shadow-blade-reload) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 89 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/272330/)
20. [WAVESHAPER](https://imho.run/games/562260/waveshaper) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 818 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/562260/)
21. [ibb & obb](https://imho.run/games/95400/ibb-obb) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 1,232 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/95400/)
22. [The Adventure Pals](https://imho.run/games/396710/the-adventure-pals) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another RPG. 652 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/396710/)
23. [Boson X](https://imho.run/games/302610/boson-x) — Also Runner, like Color Guardians. 804 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/302610/)
24. [The Bug Butcher](https://imho.run/games/350740/the-bug-butcher) — A frequent pick in Color Guardians players' libraries, and another Action. 333 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/350740/)

## 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=336840&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=336840&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=336840&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=336840
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/336840
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Color Guardians

Color Guardians is an exciting fast action side scrolling game that combines quick thinking with frantic gameplay into a hard to master challenge! Switching colors and collecting items, all while avoiding obstacles will surely test your reflexes!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 336840
- **Developer:** Fair Play Labs
- **Publisher:** Niffler Ltd.
- **Genres:** Action, Indie
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** May 12, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/336840/color-guardians)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=336840&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/336840/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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