Games Like Garbage Day

Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Sandbox 30.4%, Open World 16.6%, Gore 13.8%, First-Person 11.1%, Funny 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential open-world sandbox game that encourages chaotic, dark-humored, and unrestricted player freedom.

Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

Why similar: Sandbox 44.9%, Shooter 11%, First-Person 10.7%, Funny 9%, FPS 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate physics-based sandbox that allows for endless experimentation and creative destruction.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: FPS 31.5%, Shooter 28.8%, First-Person 25.2%, Action 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the surreal, dark, and violent open-world freedom found in Garbage Day through a unique first-person lens.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Action 32.7%, Gore 23.8%, Funny 22.3%, Indie 21.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers immense freedom to complete objectives in chaotic, emergent ways within a top-down immersive sim environment.

Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

Why similar: Sandbox 59.9%, Gore 24.4%, Funny 6.9%, Action 3.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a dedicated sandbox environment for physics experimentation, gore, and creative destruction.

Just Die Already is an old people mayhem sandbox game created by the designers of Goat Simulator. You are old and angry and you've just been kicked out of your retirement home. How will you survive in a world that wants you to Just Die Already?

Why similar: Sandbox 39.3%, Open World 21.4%, Gore 16%, Funny 8.9%, Shooter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An absurd sandbox game about causing maximum mayhem in an open world as an elderly character.

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Sandbox 43.2%, Open World 24.8%, Funny 18%, Action 6.8%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based sandbox chaos and absurd, slapstick humor in an open environment.

DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.

Why similar: FPS 23.8%, First-Person 22.1%, Shooter 20.1%, Action 18%, Gore 12%

Why You'll Like It: Features a core time-loop mechanic combined with high-octane first-person shooter gameplay.

Bum Simulator is a sandbox game bursting with inappropriate humor and memorable characters. You live on the streets of Bumsville. Do you have what it takes to adapt, survive and become an urban legend?

Why similar: Sandbox 36%, Open World 22.9%, Action 14.2%, Funny 12.5%, First-Person 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a gritty, open-world sandbox with dark humor and unconventional, physics-based activities.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Open World 47.5%, First-Person 25.2%, Indie 13.7%, Singleplayer 6.9%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The premier time-loop exploration game that focuses on uncovering deep mysteries through repetition and discovery.

Dude Simulator is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.

Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Open World 17.9%, Funny 9.7%, Gore 9%, Shooter 9%

Why You'll Like It: A simple, open-world sandbox game that shares the 'do anything' philosophy of Garbage Day.

GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, battle with friends, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules—and chaos is your playground!

Why similar: Sandbox 41.4%, Gore 23.4%, Shooter 10.9%, First-Person 9.4%, FPS 9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox game centered on extreme violence, destruction, and ragdoll physics.

A highly customizable virtual stressball and physics sandbox about mutilating ragdolls in various ways using an overwhelming amount of weapons and tools.

Why similar: Sandbox 57%, Gore 25.1%, Indie 6.2%, Shooter 6%, Funny 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox focused on testing various items and weapons on ragdolls.

You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!

Why similar: Sandbox 31.5%, Open World 21.2%, Gore 18.8%, Action 15.7%, Funny 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a strict time limit with open-world sandbox zombie-slaying chaos and environmental interaction.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: First-Person 52.4%, Funny 36.4%, Singleplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Explores meta-narrative and player choice in a way that mirrors the experimental nature of Garbage Day.

Welcome to the laboratory! Here tests are taken upon highly durable human clones using newest weapon technologies. Your goal is to head these tests.

Why similar: Sandbox 39.5%, Gore 29.6%, Action 11.8%, Funny 11.4%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on testing weapons and traps on ragdolls in a controlled, sandbox-style testing facility.

A sandbox game that enables players to watch or take part in a warzone. Players will have access to a variety of tools and features that give them access to customize and change the battlefield however they like.

Why similar: Sandbox 66.4%, Gore 23.6%, Action 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for large-scale sandbox battles with physics-based combat and customizable scenarios.

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Sandbox 61.6%, First-Person 15.9%, Action 11.1%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly destructible sandbox environment that rewards creative chaos and planning.

Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?? Sure, why not. Want to see a company of WW2 U.S soldiers fight 11,000 Medieval soldiers?? There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in UEBS.

Why similar: Sandbox 55.2%, Gore 13.2%, Action 9.2%, Funny 8.5%, Open World 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on massive sandbox battles and physics-based carnage on an unprecedented scale.

SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.

Why similar: FPS 22.9%, Action 21.7%, First-Person 20.7%, Shooter 16.4%, Indie 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Uses time-manipulation mechanics to create a unique, puzzle-like first-person shooter experience.

171 is an open world action adventure game with a Brazilian inspired ambience.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Open World 19%, Gore 17.3%, Action 16.4%, Shooter 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world action game that emphasizes freedom and urban chaos in a detailed environment.

Amazing Frog? is an openworld, sandbox, physics game. Grand Frog Auto in Swindon, with farting ragdoll frogs.

Why similar: Sandbox 44.1%, Open World 21.4%, Shooter 10.3%, Funny 9.7%, Action 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox game known for its absurd humor and open-world exploration.

Today is a special day. The government decided to make an extraordinary and unpredictable experiment. Its objective is to learn how people are going to behave and what they will do if given full freedom and thus allowed to do just whatever they want for a period of 24 hours.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Action 20.5%, Gore 14.4%, Shooter 9.7%, FPS 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused sandbox game with first-person action elements and environmental threats.

The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...

Why similar: Indie 74.8%, Singleplayer 25.2%

Why You'll Like It: A time-loop mystery game that requires observing and manipulating events to save guests from their fates.

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Indie 46.5%, Funny 25.9%, Action 16.1%, Singleplayer 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique take on the time-loop genre where you only have 60 seconds to progress before the loop resets.

Mosh Pit Simulator is an open-world physical sand-box game about a world that is overrun by brainless boneless humanoid creatures, and even tho they're are pretty harmless, it doesn't stop you from getting in their way just fur fun. Abuse VR physics, punch, destroy, build and create contraptions!

Why similar: Sandbox 54%, Indie 32.3%, Funny 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox game that thrives on chaotic, ragdoll-filled scenarios and slapstick movement.

It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

Why similar: Sandbox 43.1%, Funny 30.1%, Indie 12.2%, Action 10.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on causing chaos and interacting with the environment in a humorous, sandbox-like manner.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Funny 56%, Indie 35.9%, Singleplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game about causing destruction and chaos in a humorous, stylized setting.

Turn your entire digital life into a game. AArcade is a 3D desktop that launches shortcuts to absolutely anything you like. Join the anarchy of the persistent online metaverse, or remain in your own private reality. Casual in-game building features, plus hundreds of thousands of addons.

Why similar: Sandbox 62.8%, Indie 9.2%, Open World 8.5%, Funny 8.2%, First-Person 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox simulation that lets you create your own virtual world and interact with various media files.

Blockland is a non-linear sandbox game with no set goals, giving players the freedom to design and construct elaborate structures. Styled as a tiny minifigure, players build inside of the virtual world using bricks reminiscent of toy blocks.

Why similar: Sandbox 50.2%, Open World 14.9%, Action 7.4%, First-Person 7.4%, Funny 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sandbox building game that allows for creative freedom and multiplayer chaos in a blocky world.

STANDBOX is a single-player physics sandbox about bullying a ragdoll. Shoot him, push him, watch him get back up until he doesn't.

Why similar: Sandbox 54.6%, Gore 22.9%, Action 9%, First-Person 4.1%, Funny 4%

Dude Simulator 3 is an open world sandbox game. It is your friend’s birthday tomorrow. You have already bought him a present, now you only have to give it to him. But your friends lives in another city, quite far from you.

Why similar: Sandbox 31.4%, Open World 14.7%, Action 11.7%, Gore 10.4%, First-Person 8%

Dude Simulator 2 is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.

Why similar: Sandbox 30.2%, Open World 19.9%, Action 11.5%, Funny 10%, Gore 9.7%

HARD BULLET is a physics-based action game, where enemies flood the neon-lit city bringing destruction to its streets. Use slow-motion, a huge arsenal, and brutal combat to survive and unlock new weapons. Prepare for the next RIDE by mastering your skills in Sandbox and Arena modes.

Why similar: Sandbox 39%, Gore 22.2%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 10.3%, First-Person 10.2%

Ultimate Ragdoll Game is a Sandbox game without any limits. Have fun with ragdolls available in Steam Workshop and build your very own constructions using wide variety of blocks.

Why similar: Sandbox 50.2%, Gore 22.4%, Action 10.1%, Funny 9.6%, FPS 5.9%

Grand Dude Simulator is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.

Why similar: Sandbox 27.5%, Gore 16%, Action 13.2%, Open World 12.8%, Shooter 9.9%

A murderer's only shot at redemption. Shatter hell portals, stack divine relics into devastating builds, and descend deeper into hell until you're strong enough to face Satan himself. A roguelike FPS about salvation through overwhelming holy firepower.

Why similar: Action 20.9%, Shooter 18.5%, First-Person 15.4%, FPS 13.6%, Gore 13.1%

How To Be A Real Dude is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing. You can do whatever you want.

Why similar: Sandbox 29.9%, Open World 16.3%, Gore 16%, Action 11.8%, Shooter 8.5%

Fun explosions, crazy situations. Destroy, shoot, smash and explode in funny game modes. Madness is here!

Why similar: Open World 20.5%, Shooter 17.1%, First-Person 14.9%, FPS 13.3%, Action 13.1%

Welcome to Versus World! Shoot, stab, snipe, and 'splode your opponents to victory in this fast-paced multiplayer FPS. Here, the afterlife of a respawning immortal is seasoned by an up-down crouch.

Why similar: Gore 32.7%, Action 17.5%, First-Person 15.1%, Shooter 14.7%, Indie 10.7%

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: Sandbox 27.8%, Shooter 16.5%, Open World 15.8%, Action 13%, FPS 11.3%

A physics sandbox game for people who like to play with digital toys. Create, control toys and define your goals.

Why similar: Sandbox 79.4%, Funny 15.9%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

Why similar: Gore 39.2%, First-Person 16.4%, Action 15.4%, Funny 11.2%, FPS 9.6%

Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?

Why similar: Sandbox 35.9%, Open World 17.6%, First-Person 12.8%, FPS 10.7%, Funny 10.2%

RAGDORE is a physics-driven sandbox where limbs fly, bones snap, and movement changes with every injury. Experiment with traps, crushers, trampolines, and more in colorful maps designed for creative destruction and dynamic ragdoll mayhem.

Why similar: Sandbox 47%, Gore 38.1%, Action 11%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Dude Simulator 5 is an open world sandbox game. Your goal is to become president! However, it will not be so easy to do this, which means that many adventures await you on your way.

Why similar: Sandbox 41.9%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 12.5%, FPS 10.8%, First-Person 10.2%

A truly free and open source multiplayer shooter, no strings attached. Have casual deathmatch matches on various scenarios. Build your own levels with the ingame editor and assets that come with the game, or just play around and use it as a sandbox.

Why similar: Open World 22.4%, Action 19.8%, Shooter 14.8%, FPS 12.9%, Gore 11.3%

A destruction and mayhem sandbox playground. Become immersed in the deep story that unfolds before you, with plenty of lore and secrets to uncover along the way. Play around with ragdoll enemies (including unique bosses) and cause chaos wherever you go.

Why similar: Sandbox 49.9%, Shooter 17%, Gore 16.3%, Action 14.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Put simply, DEEEER Simulator is a “Slow-Life Town Destruction Game”. You can spend your days enjoying a nice, relaxed frolic here and there together with the other animals around town, or you can choose to relieve some stress and absolutely destroy the town and everything in it.

Why similar: Sandbox 48%, Open World 20.5%, Funny 13.7%, Action 10.1%, Indie 5.1%

You are Wendigo. A hard-hearted contract killer tasked with annihilating a fanatical cult. With your trusted arsenal at the ready, experience what has been called "The most violent game in VR". EARLY ACCESS includes RAID, ARENA and SANDBOX modes with a story campaign and much more on the way.

Why similar: Gore 45.6%, Sandbox 31.5%, Action 10.3%, Shooter 7.7%, FPS 3.9%

It's a game where you play as a bear and explore stuff.

Why similar: Open World 41.6%, Action 16.4%, Indie 13.5%, Gore 11.2%, Funny 7.6%

The golden age of violent flash games now in your VR headset. Fully physics based combat with melee and firearms featuring copious amounts of blood, gore and destruction.

Why similar: Sandbox 43%, Gore 27.2%, Shooter 14.7%, Action 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Become a ragdoll and create your own environments in Sandbox Mode, explore worlds created by others, or just flop around your destructible sets! Fun with Ragdolls®: The Game lets you enjoy everything you love about ragdolls!

Why similar: Sandbox 60.2%, Funny 15.2%, Action 11.6%, Indie 6.3%, Open World 4.5%

Beast Battle Simulator is a physics based battle-simulation sandbox game featuring dinosaurs, animals, and humans. Kamikaze Zebras VS. T-Rex with laser guns, Lions VS. medieval knights; anything is possible! Watch as the beasts dismember and rip each other apart in gory detail!

Why similar: Sandbox 49.7%, Gore 23.9%, Action 12.8%, Funny 7.8%, Indie 4.5%

In Bad Guys at School you can play as students and revolt against school system by completing missions, or decide to become a teacher that must maintain order despite the violence and brutality in the school.

Why similar: Action 28.8%, Sandbox 25.2%, Indie 23.6%, Funny 13%, Singleplayer 9.3%

Devolverland Expo is a first-person 'marketing simulator' set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled.

Why similar: Gore 22.3%, FPS 16.9%, Action 16.6%, First-Person 14.8%, Shooter 9.6%

You've been stranded on Empress Anna's remote planet of Drumgore during the Cross-Planetary War of 2021. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Gore 27.5%, Sandbox 23.2%, Action 16.9%, Indie 11.7%, Open World 10.9%

POSTAL 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever™", POSTAL 2!

Why similar: Sandbox 26.2%, Gore 19.3%, Open World 14%, First-Person 9.5%, Shooter 9.1%

Melon Simulator™ is a chaotic, co-op (1 - 4 players), first person melee combat game. Almost anything that isn't nailed down can be used to whack, slice, and throw at the oncoming melon hoard...

Why similar: Sandbox 30.1%, Gore 21%, First-Person 13.2%, Action 10.4%, Funny 10.2%

Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.

Why similar: Sandbox 38.9%, Open World 16.2%, Shooter 13.6%, FPS 12.1%, First-Person 9.3%