Games like Sludge Life
Closest overall match: Youropa (★ 3.2). Highest rated: Hob at ★ 3.8. Quickest to finish: Youropa at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Sludge Life — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Full controller support, Singleplayer and Steam Achievements.
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61%
1. Youropa
Shares 3D Platformer, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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61%
2. Valley
Shares 3D Platformer, Walking Simulator, Exploration, First-Person and Open World and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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59%
3. Black Future '88
Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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59%
4. Last Stop
Shares Walking Simulator, Mystery, Exploration, First-Person and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; about 5h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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59%
5. Hob
Shares 3D Platformer, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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59%
6. Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
Shares Memes, Comedy, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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58%
7. Lost Ember
Shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
57%
8. Get Even
Shares Psychedelic, Walking Simulator, Mystery, Exploration and First-Person and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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57%
9. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shares Walking Simulator, Mystery, Exploration, First-Person and Open World and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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57%
10. Pumpkin Jack
Shares 3D Platformer, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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57%
11. Poppy Playtime
Shares Mystery, First-Person, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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57%
12. Caveblazers
Shares Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sludge Life?
On our similarity model, Youropa is the closest match to Sludge Life — shares 3D Platformer, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
Which game like Sludge Life is rated highest?
Hob holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 164 players.
Are there games like Sludge Life on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 10 games like Sludge Life on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sludge Life on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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