Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Castle Crashers (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Castle Crashers on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Bopl Battle, which both relaxing.
- Castle Crashers is tagged 2D, Online Co-Op, Co-op, Beat 'em up, Hack and Slash, Funny, Adventure, 4 Player Local by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Bopl Battle
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 10 player tags including 4 Player Local, Online Co-Op and Funny.
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!
Bopl Battle at a glance Released 2023 Studio Johan Grönvall Player sentiment 97% positive of 25,699 Price $9.99 4 Player LocalOnline Co-OpFunnyLocal Co-OpCartoonyLocal Multiplayer2DCute
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Gauntlet Slayer Edition
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Hack and Slash, Local Co-Op and RPG; released around the same time (2014).
The classic Gauntlet 4-player co-op action gameplay returns in a completely new experience! Battle the endless hordes of foes as you and your friends fight for treasure and glory via both local and online co-op multiplayer. Invade the Darkness!
Gauntlet Slayer Edition at a glance Released 2014 Studio Arrowhead Game Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 10,282 Price $19.99 Hack and SlashLocal Co-OpRPG4 Player LocalOnline Co-OpArcadeLocal MultiplayerCasual
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Ultimate Chicken Horse
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Funny, Local Co-Op and Local Multiplayer; released around the same time (2016).
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.
Ultimate Chicken Horse at a glance Released 2016 Studio Clever Endeavour Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 53,449 Price $14.99 FunnyLocal Co-OpLocal Multiplayer4 Player LocalOnline Co-OpCasual2DCute
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Mount Your Friends
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Funny, Comedy and Local Multiplayer; released around the same time (2014).
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.
Mount Your Friends at a glance Released 2014 Studio Stegersaurus Software Inc. Player sentiment 95% positive of 7,671 Price $4.99 FunnyComedyLocal MultiplayerLocal Co-Op2DCasual4 Player LocalOnline Co-Op
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Tricky Towers
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Casual, Funny and Arcade; released around the same time (2016).
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.
Tricky Towers at a glance Released 2016 Studio WeirdBeard Player sentiment 90% positive of 16,486 Price $14.99 CasualFunnyArcadeLocal MultiplayerCartoony4 Player LocalLocal Co-OpOnline Co-Op
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Gauntlet
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Hack and Slash, Local Co-Op and RPG.
The classic Gauntlet 4-player co-op action gameplay returns in a completely new experience! Battle the endless hordes of foes as you and your friends fight for treasure and glory via both local and online co-op multiplayer. Invade the Darkness!
Gauntlet at a glance Released 1985 Studio Atari Games Player sentiment 82% positive of 10,280 Price $19.99 Hack and SlashLocal Co-OpRPG4 Player LocalOnline Co-OpArcadeLocal MultiplayerCasual
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Overcooked! 2
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op and Casual.
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!
Overcooked! 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ghost Town Games Ltd. Player sentiment 90% positive of 84,093 Price $24.99 Online Co-OpLocal Co-OpCasualFunny4 Player LocalLocal MultiplayerCuteComedy
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Puyo PuyoTetris
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Casual, Cute and Local Multiplayer.
Two puzzle game juggernauts collide as global phenomenon Tetris® and SEGA’s famous Puyo Puyo™ combine in a super mash-up of ferocious competition, adorable looks, and addictive puzzle fun!
Puyo PuyoTetris at a glance Released 2018 Studio Sonic Team Player sentiment 85% positive of 5,571 Price $19.99 CasualCuteLocal MultiplayerArcade2D4 Player LocalFunnyComedy
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Elsword
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Online Co-Op and Hack and Slash; released around the same time (2014).
Elsword is a free-to-play, online action RPG that uses classic side-scrolling game mechanics in an immersive manga inspired world.
Elsword at a glance Released 2014 Studio KOG Player sentiment 73% positive of 9,721 Price Free RPGOnline Co-OpHack and Slash2DCuteCasualBeat 'em up
- 10
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including 2D, Casual and Funny; released around the same time (2014).
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense at a glance Released 2014 Studio Ironhide Game Studio Player sentiment 97% positive of 17,136 Price $9.99 2DCasualFunnyMedievalCartoonyComedyRPG
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ibb & obb
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op and Cute; released around the same time (2014).
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.
ibb & obb at a glance Released 2014 Studio Sparpweed Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,830 Price $11.99 Online Co-OpLocal Co-OpCute2DCasualLocal MultiplayerFunny
- 12
Magicka
Why it matched: shares 8 player tags including Comedy, Online Co-Op and RPG; released around the same time (2011).
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
Magicka at a glance Released 2011 Studio Arrowhead Game Studios Player sentiment 85% positive of 32,072 Price $9.99 ComedyOnline Co-OpRPGFunnyLocal Co-Op4 Player LocalLocal MultiplayerArcade
- 13
Stick Fight: The Game
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Funny, Local Multiplayer and 4 Player Local.
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.
Stick Fight: The Game at a glance Released 2017 Studio Landfall West Player sentiment 93% positive of 125,325 Price $1.99 FunnyLocal Multiplayer4 Player Local2DCasualOnline Co-OpLocal Co-Op
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Unrailed!
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op and Casual.
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!
Unrailed! at a glance Released 2020 Studio Indoor Astronaut Player sentiment 93% positive of 19,731 Price $2.99 Online Co-OpLocal Co-OpCasualLocal Multiplayer4 Player LocalFunnyCute
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Streets of Rage 4
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Beat 'em up, 2D and Arcade.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
Streets of Rage 4 at a glance Released 2020 Studio Dotemu Player sentiment 92% positive of 19,668 Price $24.99 Beat 'em up2DArcadeLocal MultiplayerOnline Co-OpLocal Co-OpCasual
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PICO PARK
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op and Casual.
PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.
PICO PARK at a glance Released 2021 Studio TECOPARK Player sentiment 91% positive of 29,932 Price $4.99 Online Co-OpLocal Co-OpCasualCuteLocal Multiplayer2DFunny
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SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Casual and 2D; released around the same time (2010).
SEGA’s collection of Mega Drive & Genesis Classics comes to a new generation, now updated with even more features: online multiplayer, achievements, mirror mode, rewind, save states, VR and more! Over 50 classic games in one great package. Get into the classics!
SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics at a glance Released 2010 Studio D3T Limited Player sentiment 79% positive of 12,207 Price Not listed RPGCasual2DArcadeBeat 'em upLocal Multiplayer
- 18
Pummel Party
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Funny, Online Co-Op and 4 Player Local.
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.
Pummel Party at a glance Released 2018 Studio Rebuilt Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 57,763 Price $14.99 FunnyOnline Co-Op4 Player LocalLocal MultiplayerCasualLocal Co-OpComedy
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Draw & Guess
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Funny, Casual and Online Co-Op.
An online party game of drawing and guessing for up to 16 players with a variety of modes. Bring out the best (or worst) of your drawing and guessing skills!
Draw & Guess at a glance Released 2021 Studio Acureus Player sentiment 84% positive of 35,179 Price $4.99 FunnyCasualOnline Co-OpComedy2DCuteCartoony
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Party Animals
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Funny, Casual and Cute.
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?
Party Animals at a glance Released 2023 Studio Recreate Games Player sentiment 80% positive of 78,869 Price $19.99 FunnyCasualCuteOnline Co-OpLocal Multiplayer4 Player LocalLocal Co-Op
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Iron Snout
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Funny, 2D and Beat 'em up; released around the same time (2016).
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Iron Snout at a glance Released 2016 Studio SnoutUp Player sentiment 98% positive of 17,480 Price Free Funny2DBeat 'em upCasualArcadeCute
- 22
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Local Co-Op, Comedy and Funny; released around the same time (2009).
Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga at a glance Released 2009 Studio Traveller's Tales Player sentiment 97% positive of 25,469 Price $19.99 Local Co-OpComedyFunnyLocal MultiplayerCasualOnline Co-Op
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Overcooked
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Local Co-Op, Local Multiplayer and Casual; released around the same time (2016).
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.
Overcooked at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ghost Town Games Ltd. Player sentiment 90% positive of 16,692 Price $16.99 Local Co-OpLocal MultiplayerCasual4 Player LocalFunnyCute
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Hammerwatch
Why it matched: shares 7 player tags including RPG, Local Co-Op and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2013).
A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles.
Hammerwatch at a glance Released 2013 Studio Crackshell Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,513 Price $9.99 RPGLocal Co-OpOnline Co-OpHack and Slash2D4 Player LocalLocal Multiplayer
Common questions
What game is most like Castle Crashers?
Bopl Battle, on the evidence we have. It both relaxing. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Castle Crashers" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Castle Crashers. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.