Games Like Heave Ho

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: Local Multiplayer 19.3%, 4 Player Local 18.1%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Party Game 16% ★, Funny 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Heave Ho, this game features clumsy, physics-based characters that make every movement and interaction hilariously unpredictable.

Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Control the arms of a squishy abomination and lead it through a deranged world.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.6%, Co-op 22.4%, Local Multiplayer 17.7%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Funny 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Players must control individual limbs of a single character, mirroring the frantic, limb-focused coordination required in Heave Ho.

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 32.4%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Funny 15%, Local Co-Op 13.7%, Local Multiplayer 10%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the focus on awkward, physics-driven movement and cooperative problem-solving in a sandbox environment.

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: Local Co-Op 21.8%, Multiplayer 17.8%, 4 Player Local 16.6%, Local Multiplayer 14.3%, Party Game 13.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: It combines platforming with party-game sabotage, creating the same level of competitive chaos found in Heave Ho's versus modes.

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: Local Co-Op 20.6%, Co-op 19.8%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Party Game 11% ★

Why You'll Like It: It features the same brand of physics-based, limb-flailing cooperative platforming that requires intense coordination to succeed.

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 23.5%, Local Multiplayer 19.4%, 4 Player Local 18.9%, Funny 12%, Local Co-Op 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This fast-paced party game captures the same high-energy, competitive spirit that makes Heave Ho a great choice for groups.

Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.

Why similar: Co-op 20.4%, 4 Player Local 19.6%, Local Multiplayer 18.2%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: The game relies on intentionally difficult physics-based controls that turn simple delivery tasks into chaotic, funny experiences.

Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.

Why similar: Multiplayer 23.7%, 4 Player Local 21.4%, Local Multiplayer 18.1%, Funny 13.6%, Local Co-Op 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: The physics-based combat and platforming create a similar sense of frantic, short-lived, and funny encounters.

Rubber Bandits is a criminally fun multiplayer party game for up to 4 players. With 8 action-packed game modes, players steal, brawl, and dash to the finish line with the most loot to win!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 18.1%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 15.4%, Local Multiplayer 14.8%, Party Game 14.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based party game emphasizes chaotic environmental interaction and competitive brawling.

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: Multiplayer 18%, 4 Player Local 15.3%, Co-op 14.6%, Party Game 14.1% ★, Local Co-Op 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features cute, physics-based characters engaging in chaotic brawls that feel very similar to the slapstick nature of Heave Ho.

Fling to the Finish is a cooperative racing game where teammates are tethered together by a stretchy elastic rope. Get up close and personal with your partner to maneuver two characters bouncing, rolling, and flinging their way to the finish line!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 20%, 4 Player Local 19.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.4%, Party Game 16.4% ★, Multiplayer 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Players are tethered together in a race, forcing them to navigate physics-based obstacles using the same cooperative logic as Heave Ho.

Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.1%, Co-op 18.9%, 4 Player Local 18.9%, Local Multiplayer 17%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based co-op game turns mundane tasks into chaotic, high-energy party experiences.

Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27%, 4 Player Local 16.9%, Co-op 16.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.5%, Multiplayer 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: While the mechanics differ, it captures the same frantic, communication-heavy cooperative gameplay that defines the party-game genre.

Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.7%, Local Co-Op 19%, Local Multiplayer 18.9%, Co-op 14.8%, Party Game 14.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, 4-player local party game that is easy to pick up and provides immediate, chaotic fun.

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: 4 Player Local 22.7%, Local Co-Op 19.6%, Party Game 17.7% ★, Local Multiplayer 17.3%, Multiplayer 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It uses physics-based mechanics in a competitive party setting, where one wrong move can cause everything to collapse.

Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.7%, Co-op 20.5%, 4 Player Local 17.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.8%, Multiplayer 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: It requires constant communication and coordination to manage a chaotic, physics-adjacent environment.

Experience the extreme simulated sporting sensation that's sweeping our digital nation! Mount Your Friends is a fiercely competitive sporting event for you to play with your friends in the contextual security of your own home, assuming that your home is not composed of sexual innuendo.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 25.1%, Multiplayer 22.1%, Funny 18.7%, Co-op 10.2%, Local Co-Op 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same style of awkward, physics-based climbing mechanics that make for a hilarious competitive 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 30.1%, Local Co-Op 27.9%, Local Multiplayer 15.6%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Funny 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging co-op platformer where two players are tethered together, requiring the same level of synchronization as Heave Ho.

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

Why similar: Multiplayer 23.9%, Local Co-Op 21.7%, Co-op 20.7%, Local Multiplayer 16.2%, Party Game 7.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that demands perfect timing and communication between players to overcome obstacles.

Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.5%, Party Game 14.7% ★, Multiplayer 14.6%, 4 Player Local 12.1%, Local Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: This chaotic co-op game forces players to work together under pressure, similar to the frantic pace of Heave Ho.

A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 27.2%, Local Co-Op 19.5%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Co-op 14.2%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based fighting game offers a variety of chaotic abilities that lead to unpredictable and funny outcomes.

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

Why similar: Local Co-Op 28.7%, 4 Player Local 23.2%, Co-op 16.9%, Local Multiplayer 16.9%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the need for constant, frantic coordination between players to manage a complex vehicle.

Push Me Pull You is an award-winning local multiplayer game about friendship and wrestling. Joined at the waist, you and your partner share a long, wriggling body as you wrestle your opponents for control of the ball.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 30%, Local Multiplayer 27.1%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Party Game 11.9% ★, Funny 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This local multiplayer game forces players to share a single body, resulting in the same type of cooperative movement chaos.

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: Local Co-Op 28%, Co-op 25.7%, Local Multiplayer 20%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Funny 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op platformer that relies on players working together to navigate physics-based puzzles.

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 26.6%, Local Co-Op 21.2%, 4 Player Local 19.2%, Co-op 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tight, competitive platformer that provides the same high-stakes, local multiplayer intensity as Heave Ho.

Stikbold is a glorious and intense sport which will put your friendships to the test with fast-paced, hard-hitting and occasionally hilariously unfair action! Or play the co-op story mode to unlock the full roster of quirky sporting heroes and earn achievements.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.5%, 4 Player Local 22%, Local Multiplayer 21.8%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Funny 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful and funny party game that uses physics-based movement to make its dodgeball matches feel unique.

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 25.3%, Local Multiplayer 21.5%, 4 Player Local 19.2%, Local Co-Op 9.5%, Co-op 7%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive platformer that focuses on movement mastery and sabotage in a fast-paced local multiplayer setting.

Trash Sailors is a hand-drawn co-op sailing adventure for one to four players. Create the trashiest team in history, in online or local co-op and find your way in the aftermath of a great trash tsunami.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.7%, Local Co-Op 19.6%, Co-op 15.3%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features chaotic, cooperative survival mechanics that require players to manage a moving platform together.

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: 4 Player Local 23.1%, Local Co-Op 20.7%, Local Multiplayer 18.8%, Co-op 16.7%, Multiplayer 12.2%

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan...

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.5%, Funny 25.9%, Co-op 15.2%, Indie 9.5%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: The game is built entirely around the humor of controlling a character with difficult, physics-based limb movements.

Pummel Party is a 4-8 player online and local-multiplayer party game. Pummel friends or AI using a wide array of absurd items in the board mode and compete to destroy friendships in the unique collection of minigames.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.9%, Multiplayer 21.8%, Party Game 12.8% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.5%, Funny 9.8%

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 40.3%, Local Co-Op 29.6%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Platformer 6.3%, Local Multiplayer 4.9%

Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 22.5%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Local Multiplayer 15.9%, Co-op 13.8%, Party Game 10.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A top-down party game that offers a variety of chaotic modes, perfect for groups looking for quick, competitive fun.

From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!

Why similar: Co-op 30.4%, 4 Player Local 24.9%, Local Co-Op 24.8%, Local Multiplayer 5.6%, Adventure 5.1%

Crumble is a dynamic physics platformer. Move like a Slime, jump like a ball, swing like Spiderman!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 20.8%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Co-op 11.6%, Local Multiplayer 10.4%, Party Game 9.4% ★

Hot Shot Burn is the hilariously violent party brawler that lets you compete in the galaxy's ultimate televised blood sport. Experience crazy couch battles full of ridiculous flukes and insane skill shots for up to 4 players.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 25.5%, Local Co-Op 18.2%, Local Multiplayer 17.7%, Co-op 15.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%

Build your team of mechanics and work together to repair and deliver as many cars as possible before the time runs out! Playable with up to 4 players, locally or online, Mechanic Heroes will make you love mechanics or simply hate your friends.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 23.2%, Local Co-Op 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 18.2%, Co-op 15.2%, Multiplayer 13%

Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses. There is a whole Wobbly World out there to explore!

Why similar: Co-op 24.2%, Multiplayer 20.7%, 4 Player Local 16.5%, Local Multiplayer 14.8%, Funny 12.2%

An absurd couch co-op gas station builder for 1-4 players! Manage a servo (that's Aussie for "gas station") as impatient space travellers demand service. Wrangle wobbly pipes, set up refineries, and mix the right fuels to build space gas stations with peak efficiency.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 27.6%, Local Co-Op 19.3%, Co-op 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 18.8%, Multiplayer 11.9%

"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 32.3%, 4 Player Local 22.6%, Co-op 20.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.7%, Adventure 6.1%

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 28.6%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Co-op 18.1%, 4 Player Local 15.7%, Local Multiplayer 9.9%

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 29.2%, 4 Player Local 20.1%, Local Multiplayer 17.6%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Funny 7.1%

Treadnauts launches 4-player tank brawls into the sky. Drive up all the walls! Rocket jump onto the roof! Shoot bullets out of the air! Move with style!!

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 27.3%, 4 Player Local 25%, Multiplayer 20.9%, Funny 13.9%, Platformer 7.9%

Fueled Up is a chaotic couch co-op spaceship recovery game for up to four players. You and your crewmates must fuel, fix and rescue damaged spaceships before the evil space octopus gets its tentacles on them!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.9%, Local Co-Op 20.9%, Co-op 17.2%, Local Multiplayer 15.9%, Multiplayer 13%

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 28.8%, Local Multiplayer 25.9%, Funny 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Platformer 7%

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: Local Co-Op 26.1%, Co-op 22.5%, Local Multiplayer 22.2%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Funny 6.6%

Raiders of the Lost Island is a LOCAL co-op party game where up to 4 players compete in looting treasures from a sinking island, while building a boat to survive the final wave.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.7%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Co-op 15.8%, Local Multiplayer 14.9%, Party Game 10.9% ★

Screencheat is a ridiculous competitive split-screen first-person shooter where everyone is invisible, so players are forced to look at each other’s screens to win. Supporting both local and online multiplayer, combat in Screencheat is fast and furious with a wide variety of one-hit kill weapons.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.8%, Local Co-Op 20.4%, Local Multiplayer 18.1%, Co-op 14.8%, Multiplayer 13.1%

Ready to play some ball? Grab a team, suit up, and climb inside your human! Prep its thrusters, lower the all-terrain wheels, and spin up that flailing magnet-arm. It's time to play Regular Human Basketball!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.3%, Local Multiplayer 18.6%, Local Co-Op 17.9%, Party Game 15.6% ★, Multiplayer 12.4%

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

Why similar: 4 Player Local 22.5%, Co-op 19.4%, Local Co-Op 17.9%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%

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

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.1%, Co-op 22.3%, Party Game 17.1% ★, Multiplayer 15.4%, Funny 11%

Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 24.2%, 4 Player Local 21.5%, Local Co-Op 16.3%, Co-op 13.9%, Multiplayer 12.5%

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 22.1%, Local Multiplayer 21.1%, 4 Player Local 21%, Funny 11%, Local Co-Op 9.7%

Go nuts in this insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena party game. Put your cooperation skills to the test over intense physics-based battles mixing competitive online games and casual offline modes..

Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.1%, Local Multiplayer 16.4%, Local Co-Op 16.3%, Party Game 15.2% ★, Co-op 12.9%

Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Precision platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and a galaxy full of jokes await you in Levelhead!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 38.5%, Co-op 27%, Funny 16.6%, Platformer 8.9%, Adventure 7.3%

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: Local Co-Op 22.1%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Co-op 19%, Party Game 15.3% ★, Funny 9.2%

Dung Ho! is a co-op physics game where you and your friends are dung beetles rolling a (dung) ball into a hole.

Why similar: Co-op 37.2%, Multiplayer 29.5%, Funny 17.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 5.9%

Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 33.9%, Co-op 25.4%, Local Multiplayer 13.2%, Funny 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.4%