Games like Struggling
Closest overall match: Tools Up! (★ 3.7). Highest rated: Overcooked! 2 at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: Tools Up! at about 2 hours.
We compared Struggling against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Local Multiplayer, Full controller support and Split Screen.
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70%
1. Tools Up!
Shares Co-op Campaign, Cartoon, 4 Player Local, Colorful and Local Multiplayer and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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64%
2. Effie
Shares Cartoon, Cartoony, Colorful, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
-
60%
3. Gang Beasts
Shares 4 Player Local, Colorful, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen and cooperative and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
-
59%
4. Unrailed!
Shares 4 Player Local, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen, cooperative and Full controller support; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
-
59%
5. Bugsnax
Shares Cartoony, Colorful, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
-
59%
6. Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
Shares 4 Player Local, Colorful, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen and Full controller support and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
58%
7. Marooners
Shares 4 Player Local, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
-
58%
8. Sonic Mania
Shares Cartoony, Colorful, Action-Adventure, Local Multiplayer and Split Screen and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual
-
57%
9. Ultimate Chicken Horse
Shares 4 Player Local, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
-
57%
10. Pikuniku
Shares Local Multiplayer, Split Screen, cooperative, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
-
57%
11. The Darkside Detective
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
-
56%
12. Overcooked! 2
Shares Local Multiplayer, Split Screen, cooperative, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Struggling?
On our similarity model, Tools Up! is the closest match to Struggling — shares Co-op Campaign, Cartoon, 4 Player Local, Colorful and Local Multiplayer and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.
Which game like Struggling is rated highest?
Overcooked! 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 809 players.
Are there games like Struggling on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 10 games like Struggling on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Struggling 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.
Base game data via RAWG.