Games Like BattleBlock Theater®

ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.

Why similar: Co-op 31.5%, Local Co-Op 17.8%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Platformer 11.9%, Multiplayer 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its two-player 2D puzzle-platforming is built around constant coordination, giving a very similar co-op-first stage-by-stage rhythm to BattleBlock Theater.

Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!

Why similar: Co-op 20.6%, Local Co-Op 14.7%, Funny 13.5%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Local Multiplayer 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: From the same developer, it shares the same cartoon absurdity, chaotic co-op energy, and lighthearted combat-driven progression even though it leans more beat-'em-up than platformer.

Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.

Why similar: Co-op 18.1%, Local Co-Op 15.3%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is another colorful co-op platformer where two players constantly solve movement-based puzzles together with a goofy, approachable tone.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

Why similar: Level Editor 22.7%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Platformer 13.3%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Funny 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It matches BattleBlock Theater's silly platforming spirit and adds the same kind of creative stage design appeal through its trap-and-level-building system.

Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Chaotic co-op platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and endless community-built levels await, so grab a friend and GO!

Why similar: Level Editor 24.2%, Co-op 13%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Platformer 10.4%, Local Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its crisp 2D platforming, strong user-made level focus, and creative course-building make it one of the best matches for BattleBlock Theater's platforming-plus-editor side.

Michel Ancel, the celebrated creator of Rayman®, Beyond Good & Evil®, and the Raving Rabbids®, returns to unleash his innovative creativity on this new entry into the Rayman® franchise.When Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies discover a mysterious tent filled with captivating paintings, they are suddenly transported to a series of...

Why similar: Platformer 28.6%, Local Co-Op 18.3%, Co-op 15.4%, Local Multiplayer 8%, Comedy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: If you want polished 2D co-op platforming with inventive levels, fast movement, and playful visual comedy, this is one of the closest fits.

PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.

Why similar: Co-op 17%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Local Co-Op 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is pure co-op platform-puzzle chaos, with simple controls and stages designed around communication and hilarious failure.

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: Level Editor 18%, Co-op 14.4%, Cats 10.3%, Local Co-Op 9%, Online Co-Op 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It channels the same 2D co-op obstacle-course structure as BattleBlock Theater, but with a much deadlier precision-platforming edge.

Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.

Why similar: Platformer 19.1%, Co-op 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Local Co-Op 11.8%, 2D Platformer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers cooperative side-scrolling puzzle-platforming with physics challenges and a theatrical fantasy feel that scratches a similar teamwork-heavy itch.

PICO PARK is back with all new levels! Play with 2-8 players locally or online in this co-op action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Co-op 17.3%, Platformer 12.2%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Local Multiplayer 11.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like the first game, it focuses on short cooperative stages where timing, teamwork, and laughter from repeated mistakes are the whole appeal.

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 19.5%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Local Multiplayer 11.2%, Platformer 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its trap-filled 2D levels and multiplayer platforming challenge make it a natural fit if your favorite part of BattleBlock Theater was surviving nasty stages together.

PERFECTLY CRAFTED FOR PC. PlayStation® icon Sackboy bursts into action on PC in a huge 3D multiplayer platforming adventure. An epic journey stuffed with platforming challenges. Deeply immersive controls. Collaborative, chaotic and joyful multiplayer fun.

Why similar: Co-op 21.7%, Local Co-Op 21.3%, Platformer 17.3%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Online Co-Op 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its cheerful co-op platforming, playful obstacle courses, and emphasis on helping or accidentally sabotaging friends feels very BattleBlock-adjacent.

A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.

Why similar: Co-op 14.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Local Co-Op 11.5%, Comedy 10.5%, Funny 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more physics-driven and intentionally ridiculous take on co-op platforming, but it captures BattleBlock Theater's same 'laugh while failing' energy.

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

Why similar: Co-op 17.8%, Local Co-Op 14.7%, Platformer 12.9%, Funny 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its charm comes from coordinated co-op movement and obstacle-solving, making it a good pick for players who loved BattleBlock's teamwork challenges.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Level Editor 24.1%, Co-op 17.1%, Platformer 15.3%, Funny 12%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: While first-person instead of 2D, its co-op campaign is one of the best examples of funny, tightly designed teamwork puzzling on Steam.

Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Uppercut your way to victory across stunning new hand-crafted levels. Featuring a dense and colorful world, new luchador moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens!

Why similar: Co-op 21.1%, Local Co-Op 19.8%, Platformer 17.4%, Funny 12.3%, Side Scroller 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its funny writing, energetic 2D traversal, and drop-in co-op brawling give it a similar mix of platforming momentum and comedic personality.

Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 16.5%, Co-op 15.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Local Multiplayer 12%, Puzzle Platformer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op platformer is all about coordinated movement, puzzle-solving, and playful teamwork in a side-scrolling format.

When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

Why similar: Co-op 36.3%, Local Co-Op 21.2%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Local Multiplayer 6.8%, Platformer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative platforming and gentle puzzle design deliver a more relaxed but still very satisfying partner-based side-scrolling experience.

Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.

Why similar: Co-op 21.9%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Comedy 9.2%, Platformer 9%, Local Multiplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is a much more punishing co-op platformer, but the constant communication and shared platforming execution make it a strong modern alternative.

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Co-op 21.2%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Platformer 13.5%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Local Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its explosive 2D co-op action is more combat-heavy, but the chaotic teamwork, constant deaths, and irreverent tone feel like a close cousin.

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 18.6%, Co-op 17.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Platformer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers another excellent mix of beautiful side-scrolling co-op, environmental puzzles, and teamwork-driven platforming.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Co-op 25.3%, Funny 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Local Co-Op 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Even in 3D, its clumsy co-op puzzle-solving and comedy-through-failure make it a good fit for players who mainly loved BattleBlock Theater's party-game chaos.

Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end!

Why similar: Co-op 25.8%, Local Co-Op 18.1%, Local Multiplayer 14.3%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Funny 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It turns movement itself into a comedy puzzle, creating the same kind of frantic, failure-prone co-op fun that BattleBlock Theater thrives on.

Experience the magical universe of Rayman with legendary 2D gameplay that has captured the hearts of millions of fans!

Why similar: Platformer 28.7%, Local Co-Op 20.2%, Co-op 10.1%, Funny 8.7%, Local Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like Legends, it offers fast, expressive 2D co-op platforming with cartoon charm and inventive level design.

In PHOGS! you play as a duo of dogs on a captivating, puzzle-filled adventure. Linked by a stretchy belly, you’ll need to bark, bite and bounce your way through obstacles set across the themed worlds of Food, Sleep and Play, in co-op or single-player.

Why similar: Co-op 27.5%, Local Co-Op 21%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Online Co-Op 15%, Funny 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: The shared-control co-op and goofy tone make it a strong choice for anyone who liked BattleBlock Theater's absurd humor and collaborative problem-solving.

The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.5%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Co-op 16.7%, Funny 12.7%, Local Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Also from The Behemoth, it shares BattleBlock Theater's manic cartoon style, absurd humor, and co-op-friendly arcade sensibility.

The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.

Why similar: Platformer 72.2%, 2D 15.2%, Local Co-Op 3.5%, Co-op 2.7%, Funny 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original Guacamelee has the same appealing blend of humor, combat, and platforming in a co-op-friendly 2D structure.

Grab a friend and get squishy! Putty Pals is the ultimate co-op platformer, challenging two players to work together and overcome puzzles in a bright and beautiful world.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 19.1%, Local Multiplayer 16.3%, Funny 14.7%, Platformer 14.7%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a cute, accessible co-op platformer focused on helping a partner through obstacle-filled levels with a similarly light tone.

Dodge, jump, and dash your way through hundreds of terrifying geometric levels and epic bosses. Too tough? Bring your friends!

Why similar: Co-op 22.6%, Local Co-Op 20.6%, Local Multiplayer 17.8%, Platformer 17.3%, Multiplayer 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist co-op platformer is built around precise movement and surviving hazard-filled rooms together, much like BattleBlock's trickier stages.

Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!

Why similar: Cats 18.1%, Local Co-Op 13.2%, Platformer 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%

Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

Why similar: Co-op 20.9%, Funny 11.8%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Local Co-Op 10.7%, Platformer 10.1%

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.3%, Platformer 22%, Co-op 12.2%, Local Multiplayer 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its two-character cooperative puzzle-platforming makes it a good fit if you want another side-scroller built around coordination rather than competition.

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: Multiplayer 20.4%, Funny 18.9%, Local Multiplayer 16.7%, Platformer 10.1%, Co-op 9%

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Multiplayer 18.9%, Local Multiplayer 17.8%, Funny 17%, Platformer 11.2%, Comedy 9.6%

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 23%, Co-op 19.1%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Funny 9.8%

"I Am You From The Future! No Time To Explain, Follow m-OH CHRIST!" Chase your future self through time and alternate realities while fighting giant monsters, collecting hats, and eating cake! No Time To Explain Remastered is the remake of tinyBuild's debut game. Now with multiplayer!

Why similar: Comedy 22.7%, Platformer 21%, Funny 16.4%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Local Co-Op 5.6%

Climb up from the depths of Hell. Scale various worlds solo or chained together with your friends in the 1-4 player platforming sensation.

Why similar: Co-op 33.8%, Platformer 16.1%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Funny 11%

Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.

Why similar: Multiplayer 20.6%, Local Multiplayer 17.2%, Platformer 15.5%, Level Editor 13%, Funny 9.9%

Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns.

Why similar: Co-op 13.4%, Local Co-Op 13.3%, Platformer 12.6%, Comedy 9.8%, Funny 8.7%

Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?

Why similar: Funny 20.2%, Co-op 19.4%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Local Co-Op 12.9%, Local Multiplayer 11.9%

With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 18.3%, Funny 17.3%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Online Co-Op 14.8%

Welcome to Jelly Express - the physics-based co-op game that's as cute as it is fun! Transform into wibbly-wobbly jellies, tackle all obstacles to get those packages delivered! Do it alone, or have a partner to help you out! Stretch, jump and wiggle your way to victory.

Why similar: Level Editor 18.8%, Co-op 14.4%, Local Co-Op 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Platformer 10.9%

Biped 2 is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration alone or between 2 or 4 players.

Why similar: Level Editor 21.6%, Co-op 16.1%, Local Co-Op 13%, Funny 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%

Survive the treacherous sea in this quirky multiplayer shooter game! Play solo or team up and fight off Cthulhu's minions. Master a unique recoil-based mechanic to blast enemies and chart your course. Mix and match upgrades to craft the perfect sea-surviving strategy!

Why similar: Co-op 22.6%, Local Co-Op 21.5%, Local Multiplayer 18.4%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Funny 10.4%

In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.

Why similar: Co-op 18%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Comedy 15.6%, Funny 15.3%, Online Co-Op 15.2%

Pile Up! ticks all the right boxes as a family-friendly cooperative 3D platformer! Jump up, slide down, play together and carry the load!

Why similar: Co-op 22.8%, Local Co-Op 20.4%, Local Multiplayer 16.4%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Platformer 10.9%

Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.8%, Comedy 17%, Co-op 15.6%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Side Scroller 6.2%

Chickens, baseball bats and rockets, need more? Fight other player chickens in a fast-paced platformer fighter where you use the environment to defeat your enemies. Pick up fishing rods, jetpacks, net guns, and even other chickens. Also defeat an evil duck in story mode or create maps in the editor.

Why similar: Level Editor 23.3%, Co-op 18.8%, Funny 12.8%, Puzzle Platformer 10.9%, Comedy 9.9%

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

Why similar: Platformer 25.9%, Funny 25.5%, Co-op 20.7%, Comedy 16.3%, Adventure 4.6%

Hoplegs is an unconventional and entertaining platformer where the gamepad buttons are your legs! Create and share your own levels, challenge your friends, and have fun!

Why similar: Level Editor 32.7%, Co-op 14.5%, Platformer 13.9%, Comedy 11.2%, Funny 10.7%

The world’s most irreverent co-op action adventure returns! In the next chapter of Magicka, players ascend from the ruins of Aldrheim to experience a Midgård almost wiped free of Wizards after the Wizard Wars, with the few that do remain having either gone mad or extremely hostile toward all others

Why similar: Co-op 29.8%, Comedy 17.8%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Funny 10.3%

Superfighters Deluxe is a unique action game that combines brawling, shooting and platforming in dynamic sandboxy 2D levels. Lots of weapons and fun gameplay systems interlock to create absurd action-movie chaos.

Why similar: Level Editor 21.4%, Multiplayer 12%, Platformer 10.9%, Local Co-Op 10.4%, Local Multiplayer 9.5%

Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.

Why similar: Funny 24%, Comedy 19%, Local Multiplayer 18.2%, Co-op 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.6%

Explore an amazing fantasy world as a magical cat! Team up with your cat crew, climb castle walls, blast magic, and hunt the six lost crown pieces to save the kingdom.

Why similar: Cats 27.1%, Co-op 26.1%, Funny 16.3%, Comedy 15.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%

A 2D party platformer where you fight with a hat! Throw your hat to attack, defend and bait opponents. But watch out! If someone jumps on your hat... you die!

Why similar: Co-op 19.1%, Platformer 17.2%, Funny 15.8%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Multiplayer 14.5%

Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

Why similar: Platformer 21.3%, Local Co-Op 17.8%, Comedy 14%, Co-op 12.4%, Local Multiplayer 7.4%

Team up for 1-4 player co-op platforming in procedurally-generated alien caves! Customize your gremlin, embrace the chaos and fart on friends! Tackle challenges together and unlock new looks and wild mutations for your next run!

Why similar: Co-op 19.1%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Comedy 16.1%, Platformer 14.9%, Online Co-Op 11.9%

A co-op climbing game about two stuck-together toys on an escape mission from their evil owner.

Why similar: Co-op 21.6%, Platformer 15.6%, Funny 13%, Local Co-Op 12.2%, Local Multiplayer 10.4%

"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 32.2%, Co-op 27.2%, Local Multiplayer 8.3%, Puzzle 7.6%, Funny 7.5%