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Games like Shank, Left 4 Dead 2 and Stardew Valley

30 games that play like them, 4 of them like more than one.

Shank
Shank
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

Like more than one of them

4 games close to two or more of Shank, Left 4 Dead 2 and Stardew Valley

  1. 1

    Final Exam

    Shank, but co-op, and with zombies

    Liked · 84%Beat 'em up · Side ScrollerAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

  2. 2

    Charlie Murder

    Shank, but an action RPG, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%Beat 'em up · Side ScrollerAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

  3. 3

    Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

    Shank, but a 2D platformer, and full of puzzles

    Liked · 80%Local Co-Op · PlatformerAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

  4. 4

    Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2

    Shank, but a shoot 'em up, and with zombies

    Loved · 94%Side Scroller · Local Co-OpAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

More like Shank

18 games closest to Shank of your picks

  1. 5

    Castle Crashers

    Shank, but co-op, and twice the hours

    Loved · 96%Beat 'em up · Local Co-Op

  2. 6

    Broforce

    Shank, but a shoot 'em up, and a 2D platformer

    Loved · 97%Local Co-Op · Side Scroller

  3. 7

    The Expendabros

    Shank, but free to play, and half the hours

    Loved · 97%Local Co-Op · Platformer

  4. 8

    River City Girls

    Shank, but pixel art, and anime

    Liked · 84%Beat 'em up · Local Co-Op

  5. 9

    Sacred Citadel

    Shank, but co-op, and more divisive

    Mixed · 69%Beat 'em up · Side Scroller

  6. 10

    Streets of Rage 4

    Shank, but co-op

    Loved · 92%Beat 'em up · Side Scroller

  7. 11

    Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic

    Shank, but cute, and pixel art

    Liked · 83%Beat 'em up · Side Scroller

  8. 12

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli

    Shank, but a shoot 'em up, and a 2D platformer

    Loved · 91%Side Scroller · Beat 'em up

  9. 13

    Cuphead

    Shank, but harder, and three times the hours

    Loved · 96%Local Co-Op · Platformer

  10. 14

    Guacamelee! Gold Edition

    Shank, but a metroidvania, and funny

    Loved · 93%Beat 'em up · Local Co-Op

  11. 15

    Absolum

    Shank, but an action roguelike, and hand-drawn

    Loved · 92%Beat 'em up · Local Co-Op

  12. 16

    Scott Pilgrim vs The World

    Shank, but pixel art, and more divisive

    Mixed · 75%Beat 'em up · Local Co-Op

  13. 17

    BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

    Shank, but full of puzzles, and harder

    Liked · 86%Local Co-Op · Side Scroller

  14. 18

    BattleBlock Theater

    Shank, but a puzzle platformer, and twice the hours

    Loved · 97%Local Co-Op · Platformer

  15. 19

    Full Metal Furies

    Shank, but an action RPG, and three times the hours

    Loved · 91%Beat 'em up · Local Co-Op

  16. 20

    Double Dragon Neon

    Shank, but retro, and more divisive

    Mixed · 77%Beat 'em up · Side Scroller

  17. 21

    METAL SLUG 3

    Shank, but retro

    Loved · 90%Side Scroller · Local Co-Op

  18. 22

    Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons

    Shank, but an action roguelike, and with martial arts

    Liked · 86%Beat 'em up · Side Scroller

More like Left 4 Dead 2

6 games closest to Left 4 Dead 2 of your picks

  1. 23

    Killing Floor 2

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Liked · 88%Zombies · FPS

  2. 24

    Killing Floor

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Loved · 95%Zombies · FPS

  3. 25

    How to Survive

    Left 4 Dead 2, but an action RPG, and a third of the hours

    Liked · 83%Zombies · Survival

  4. 26

    Dead Island Definitive Edition

    Left 4 Dead 2, but open world, and half the hours

    Liked · 82%Zombies · Survival

  5. 27

    GTFO

    Left 4 Dead 2, but harder, and more divisive

    Liked · 84%FPS · Zombies

  6. 28

    No More Room in Hell

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play, and half the hours

    Loved · 90%Zombies · Survival

More like Stardew Valley

2 games closest to Stardew Valley of your picks

  1. 29

    My Time at Portia

    Stardew Valley, but single-player

    Loved · 91%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  2. 30

    Coral Island

    Much the same as Stardew Valley

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Agriculture

How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

None of your picks is on the list, nor a second release of one, nor a game of their own series. Up to 30 games are shown. Under each name, the kinds it shares with the pick it is closest to, and how it differs from that pick.