Games Like A Virus Named TOM

Build and brawl in this fast and frantic mash-up! Race your opponents to build the most powerful towers in Slam Bolt City while defending against deceptively adorable baddies and hugely epic bosses. Create weapons that shoot lasers, drills, missiles, and more to annihilate your adversary.

Why similar: Strategy 29.7%, Local Co-Op 23.2%, Indie 21%, Action 16.6%, Local Multiplayer 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the frantic blend of puzzle-building and chaotic action found in A Virus Named TOM.

"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.7%, Puzzle 23.8%, Indie 11.5%, Co-op 9.7%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This cooperative puzzle game requires players to use unique abilities to navigate obstacles, much like the team-based coordination in TOM.

A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.4%, Puzzle 32.4%, Local Multiplayer 14.5%, Indie 9.3%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a clever perspective-shifting mechanic that forces players to solve puzzles while navigating fast-paced environments.

Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

Why similar: Indie 74.8%, Puzzle 7.3%, Strategy 4.9%, Local Co-Op 4.7%, Local Multiplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced puzzle game that emphasizes quick thinking and competitive local play.

Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 29.9%, Puzzle 26.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.9%, Co-op 12.3%, Action 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This difficult puzzle-platformer offers a retro aesthetic and challenging co-op mechanics that test your reflexes.

Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!

Why similar: Puzzle 64.9%, Indie 28.5%, Casual 3.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%, 2D 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the hacking theme and puzzle-solving focus while requiring players to manipulate game logic to progress.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.6%, Co-op 25.6%, Indie 13.5%, Strategy 13%, Local Multiplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: The heist-based gameplay and top-down navigation provide a similar sense of urgency and strategic coordination.

Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 50.8%, Local Multiplayer 20%, Co-op 11.9%, Indie 8.1%, Action 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game demands intense communication and frantic management of ship systems, capturing the high-pressure co-op feel of the seed game.

Can you deal with unrelenting disaster and hold your ship together long enough to destroy the enemy invaders? Repair systems, extinguish fires, arm the torpedoes, avoid deadly solar flares, destroy your friends and clone them back again; it's all in the life of a Catastronaut!

Why similar: Indie 49.3%, Action 40.1%, Casual 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic co-op game where players must manage ship systems under pressure, similar to the frantic puzzle-solving in TOM.

Pivvot is a thrilling game of strategic avoidance that will consistently test and challenge your ability to make quick, impulsive decisions. As the game progresses, you will have to rely on your instincts and problem-solving skills to navigate down the winding path for survival.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 38.2%, Indie 22.7%, Local Multiplayer 19.2%, Action 13.4%, Casual 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-speed action game that tests your ability to navigate through tight, maze-like patterns.

Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

Why similar: Strategy 74.4%, Local Co-Op 11.5%, Indie 5.7%, Action 4%, Local Multiplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features physics-based combat and strategic 2D action that feels very similar to the chaotic nature of TOM.

Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 36.3%, Puzzle 30%, Co-op 12.8%, Indie 10.7%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based puzzle game focuses on cooperative movement and coordination between two players.

Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.7%, Puzzle 23.2%, Indie 19.5%, Action 15.8%, Local Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends shoot-em-up action with puzzle-solving, creating a unique hybrid experience.

Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.6%, Puzzle 28.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.5%, Co-op 11.4%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated co-op puzzle game that requires precise communication and logic to avoid deadly traps.

Jumpala is a fast-paced action puzzler with heavy fighting game vibes. While the core mechanics are simple, each game is a test of skill and strategy as you try to outscore and outplay your opponents. Features both local and online play.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.7%, Local Multiplayer 29.9%, Strategy 18.9%, Action 9.5%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive puzzle-platformer where players must control the board while outmaneuvering their opponents.

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 36.9%, Local Co-Op 23.8%, Indie 13.1%, Action 12.8%, Co-op 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, local-multiplayer game where the environment is constantly changing, demanding constant movement and quick reactions.

A Communication-Based, Co-Op game for 2P. Play either as the Scientist or the Hunter with communication as your only weapon to save your precious cat, Mimi, from deadly Superbugs!

Why similar: Puzzle 27.2%, Local Co-Op 25.9%, Local Multiplayer 11.9%, Co-op 11.5%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op game features fast-paced action and puzzle elements that mirror the virus-themed intensity of the seed game.

Trap Them revolves around demanding puzzle gameplay about outsmarting and trapping the enemies while avoiding getting trapped yourself. Collect all the crystals without getting caught by the RoboTTech robots while exploring the depths of the mountain.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.9%, Strategy 23%, Indie 17.9%, Action 14.5%, Casual 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on luring enemies into traps, which aligns with the enemy-avoidance mechanics of the seed game.

Black Hat Cooperative is a two player coop stealth game. One player is in VR, sneaking past enemies and collecting treasure. The other player is on the computer and keyboard, with access to a full view of the map and hacking superpowers. Work together to survive and complete the levels! Local multi-player supported.

Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, Indie 28.4%, Action 23.1%, Casual 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric co-op game where one player navigates a maze while the other provides guidance, echoing the hacking and navigation themes.

Hold onto your head with Headsnatchers, a stupidly hectic up-to-4-player local and online multiplayer party-game where you snatch your friends’ heads to come out victorious. Because, let’s face it, you’ll do anything to win.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 48.5%, Indie 25.5%, Action 20.9%, Casual 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, fast-paced local-multiplayer game that focuses on quick, action-oriented puzzle objectives.

Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

Why similar: Puzzle 53.7%, Co-op 24.6%, Action 14.9%, Casual 3.7%, 2D 3.2%

Active Neurons is a puzzle game in which you have to charge brain neurons.

Why similar: Puzzle 66.2%, Strategy 16.8%, Indie 8.5%, Casual 3.7%, 2D 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses on logic and pathfinding, capturing the core puzzle essence of TOM.

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

Why similar: Local Co-Op 47.8%, Local Multiplayer 27.3%, Indie 12.1%, Action 11%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist platformer offers high-speed, puzzle-like navigation that rewards precision and timing.

Split Fiction meets Portal! Bytebond is an electrifying online & couch co-op puzzle game that challenges you to regain control over an infected CPU. Dive into the heart of a PC with your friend and become the ultimate Antivirus Special Forces duo.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.2%, Puzzle 33.7%, Co-op 13.7%, Action 8.9%, Casual 1.8%

Tiles is a unique action-puzzle game that will both convolute your mind and burn your finger tips!

Why similar: Puzzle 35.1%, Indie 30.8%, Local Multiplayer 23.4%, Action 8.8%, 2D 2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses on level design and navigation, perfect for those who enjoy the grid-based puzzles of TOM.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Indie 54.2%, Puzzle 20.4%, Action 15%, 2D 6%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced puzzle-platformer that relies on gravity-flipping mechanics to navigate complex, maze-like levels.

CODE OR DIE! Hack enemy systems & survive the security response by engineering lethal bullet-heaven algorithms. Your brain power determines your firepower across 190+ programming nodes. Debug your failures. Optimize your code. Complete the heist. HACK THE PLANET!

Why similar: Strategy 46.9%, Action 25.1%, Indie 19.3%, 2D 5.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.4%, Local Co-Op 29.9%, Indie 9.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that uses color-based mechanics to navigate through complex, maze-like environments.

Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky is a fast-paced action game featuring tight controls and slow-motion combat. Unlock items, customize your gear, and take out your enemies one by one! Co-op included.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.4%, Co-op 19.8%, Action 16.8%, Indie 16.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that uses bullet-time mechanics to help players navigate through intense, puzzle-like combat scenarios.

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Why similar: Puzzle 59%, Indie 25.8%, Action 10.3%, Casual 2.7%, 2D 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that requires careful navigation and logic to overcome environmental hazards.

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Indie 43.9%, Action 39.6%, 2D 8.7%, Singleplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based, fast-paced action game that requires precise timing and pattern recognition.

Chompy Chomp Chomp is a game where people of all ages, tastes and skills can play together, and enjoy themselves on a level playing field. Play with your friends/kids/boss/gran, lose your inhibitions, shout and scream and generally have an awesome time.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 33.7%, Indie 30%, Local Multiplayer 18.2%, Action 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: A frantic local-multiplayer game that emphasizes movement and evasion in tight arenas.

Smash demons and deflect bullets in a hardcore arcade clicker with the RPG elements.

Why similar: Co-op 55.4%, Local Co-Op 27.6%, Indie 5.4%, Strategy 5.2%, Action 3.8%

Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 94.8%, 2D 5.2%

Test your mind with this twist on a Tower Defense genre, wrapped up in a deep, dark story! Play as a scientist punishing ignorant peasants with burning balls of lava!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.7%, Puzzle 21.4%, Strategy 20.5%, Indie 13.8%, Action 11.1%

THOTH is a challenging twin-stick shooter you can conquer alone or cooperatively with a friend. Each stage is handcrafted to test coordination and puzzle-solving skills. Colorful minimalist graphics combine with an intense unnerving soundtrack, making for an exciting mix of art and arcade.

Why similar: Indie 56.5%, Action 43.5%

Take control of Mace in this local co-op side scrolling platform shooter as you travel from assignment to assignment taking on enemy bots and dangerous bosses on different planets.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32%, Indie 18.9%, Local Multiplayer 17.3%, Action 16.4%, Co-op 11.7%

Snow Plows vs Aliens: 4 player, local co-op chaos

Why similar: Local Co-Op 43.6%, Local Multiplayer 21.7%, Indie 19%, Action 15.7%

Time Rift is a fast-paced puzzle-shooter. You’re a hacker-turned-security tester, but your skills will only get you so far - to take down global megacorp VaultCo, you’ll have to manipulate the flow of time!

Why similar: Puzzle 60.8%, Indie 19.4%, Action 11.1%, Co-op 4.7%, 2D 3.1%

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 65.8%, Indie 21.5%, Action 11%, 2D 1.7%

Filthy Animals is a chaotic single-player/co-op heist game for up to 4 players. Become a mutant animal working for criminal mastermind Tony as you steal, fight, fall over, and eat tacos. Solve puzzles and avoid security before making off with the loot, ya Filthy Animal!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.2%, Puzzle 28%, Local Multiplayer 19.5%, Co-op 8.9%, Action 6.1%

Battle your way through a twisted graffiti world where your prowess in puzzle solving makes the difference between life & death!

Why similar: Indie 100%

BFF or Die is a cozy/crazy couch co-op puzzle-action game for one to four players. As time traveling aliens you’re sent on a risky rescue mission to Earth! Use your gadgets collaboratively to overcome danger and survive as a team.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 37%, Puzzle 28.4%, Local Multiplayer 16.1%, Co-op 8.8%, Action 8.2%

DERU - The Art of Cooperation is a cooperative puzzle game that mixes eye catching abstract art with mind bending puzzles to a unique gaming experience.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.3%, Puzzle 26.4%, Local Multiplayer 15.1%, Co-op 10.8%, Indie 9.5%

Jump into the life of Cubert, and help him reach his true love as you find your way through unique levels without being destroyed by your enemies as well as other obstacles, encounter new enemies and bosses as you climb the levels, collect cupcakes for your love along the way as you find hidden secrets.

Why similar: Indie 43.8%, Strategy 32.7%, Action 18.5%, Casual 4.9%

CO-OP is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer. You control two robots; R3D, who can absorb all the light sources around him, and BLU3, who converts that energy into an explosive power. They find themselves in what seems like a recycling facility, with drones analyzing their every move...

Why similar: Indie 53.8%, Co-op 42.1%, Casual 4.1%

A charming puzzle platformer starring Filo and his band of misfit clones as they attempt to save a world threatened by an ancient, malevolent evil. Using their combined powers, Filo and his fellow Me must puzzle their way through a land of exotic creatures, devious traps and evil minions.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.2%, Strategy 24.1%, Indie 22.2%, Action 14.5%

In Machina Blade what matters the most is your skill. Choose a character and fight your way through hordes of Machinas in this short game with up to four players on local co-op.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 66.5%, Action 15.4%, Co-op 11.2%, 2D 3.2%, Indie 2.3%

Super Cable Boy is a retro inspired platformer, where you are playing a living handheld gaming system with a power cord. Collect game cartridges to become more powerful and take on your quest to defeat "the Glitch", an entity that 1▧01☠01௹1‱☣∰0␢⌀▧ ..

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.2%, Local Multiplayer 20%, Indie 14.6%, Co-op 10.8%, Action 9.2%

Spiral Splatter is a brain-bending arcade puzzle game that will push your hand-eye coordination to the limit with nonstop, mind-boggling puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle 58.4%, Indie 34.1%, Casual 7.5%

What The Hack! Is a humoristic, story puzzle game, where you, a computer program, tries to avoid getting destroyed by escaping a facility. Doing so by hacking and hijacking devices in your surroundings.

Why similar: Puzzle 51.9%, Strategy 30.8%, Action 9.7%, Casual 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 50.7%, Puzzle 23%, Local Multiplayer 20.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Casual 1.7%

Eye in the Sky is an asymmetrical local co-op escape room where a VR player and a Computer player solve puzzles from different perspectives. The goal is to share information from each perspective and overcome the obstacles on a journey to the center of a post-apocalyptic robot planet.

Why similar: Strategy 36.5%, Local Co-Op 32.1%, Indie 25.9%, Casual 5.5%

A puzzling adventure where you abuse the Rules set by your Rat captors! 📜🐀 Manipulate enemies and environments with the commanding power of Rules to escape!

Why similar: Puzzle 62.7%, Action 16.9%, Indie 15.6%, 2D 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Dead Drop is a tense two-player game of espionage and deception, where one player has to blend into a crowd and mimic AI movement to avoid detection from the other player.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.9%, Strategy 21%, Local Multiplayer 19.9%, Indie 13.9%, Action 12.2%

As Academy Cadet Patricia Wagon, grab your pellet gun and take on brain-twisting puzzles so massive they span the entire screen! 20 all new puzzles and some twisted classics stages, all with a hectic cooperative couch-play option for up to 4 players to keep you and your fellow trainees in stitches!

Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, Indie 33%, Action 24.9%

Hacktag is a fast-paced two-player co-op stealth-game with unique asymmetric gameplay. Play as the stealth Agent in the field or as the virtually-infiltrated Hacker and work together to carry out espionage missions where nothing goes as expected!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 44%, Indie 16.5%, Action 13.6%, Co-op 13.3%, Local Multiplayer 12.6%

An action-strategy game where you gather Brainium, build a base, and command your army of bots to defeat the freaky Brains-in-Jars aliens. Lead from the front with your hero, Chip or Clawz, or both in co-op. Look out for ejected alien brains, you can squish ‘em!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.5%, Local Multiplayer 25.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Co-op 12.6%, Action 7.8%

Take on the hard yet fair world of Bloody Trapland. Jump, slide, dash and dodge your way through the many deadly levels. Find secrets, solve puzzles, unlock mysteries and unravel the story. Go at it alone or bring your friends along for a co-op experience like no other. 1-4 players online and/or splitscreen.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 47.1%, Local Multiplayer 27.7%, Co-op 22.9%, 2D 2.3%