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Cartoony hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged Cartoony on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. All 15 of them. How these pages are made.
En Garde!91% positive from 4,761 reviews202329% finish itDeck Verified
En Garde! is a stylish 3D action-adventure game featuring swashbuckling combat with a flair system. Players use environmental interactions and acrobatic maneuvers to defeat enemies in comedic duels.
What players likedPlayers praise En Garde!'s fun, dynamic combat and environmental interactions, often comparing it to Sekiro, Sifu, Arkham series, and Assassin's Creed.
The catchThe 1v1 moveset falls apart when hordes swarm you and the lock on picks wrong targets.
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This is a stealth horror game where you sneak into a neighbor's house. Its core loop involves an AI learning your tactics to counter your exploration.
What players likedPlayers praise Alpha 1 as the peak of Hello Neighbor, offering improved puzzles, a scary neighbor, and a unique art style.
The catchThe build is buggy and glitchy, so hours of play can end with little progress.
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Guacamelee! 291% positive from 3,335 reviews201813% finish itDeck Verified
This is a Metroidvania action-platformer featuring brawling combat and dimension-shifting mechanics. It offers a vibrant, culturally inspired adventure with cooperative play.
What players likedPlayers praise Guacamelee! 2 as an innovative, story-driven metroidvania with fun characters and satisfying melee combat.
The catchPunishing pixel-perfect platforming and instant death traps overshadow the fun combat.
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This is a co-op physics-based heist game where players plan and execute heists with penguins. It offers stealth, action, and chaotic fun with diverse missions and customization.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a fun, physics-based stealth game, like a better "Penguins of Madagascar," best enjoyed with friends.
The catchBugs and softlocks break multiplayer sessions, often before a heist even starts.
Games like The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time →
Incredibox97% positive from 2,807 reviews2021Deck Verified
Incredibox is a music creation game where players drag and drop icons onto characters to compose beats. It offers a fun, interactive audio-visual experience for all ages.
What players likedPlayers praise Incredibox as a simple, creative music game, enhanced by mods that expand its replayability and content.
The catchYou only toggle prebuilt loops on and off, with no editing, mixing or pitch control.
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Wavetale88% positive from 2,742 reviews202216% finish itDeck Playable
This is a story-driven action-adventure game where players walk on water and swing between buildings. It features exploration, combat, and character interaction in a decaying archipelago.
What players likedWavetale is a charming adventure, praised for its beautiful world, engaging story, and fantastic surfing traversal, reminiscent of Journey or Sly Cooper.
The catchCombat is one button and most of the game is repetitive travel with no challenge.
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This is a fast-paced rhythm runner where players bomb and bounce to music. The core loop involves causing musical mayhem while outrunning an antagonist.
What players likedPlayers praise its fluid, visually appealing rhythm gameplay that offers a challenging and satisfying experience for skilled players.
The catchScreen effects bury the button prompts, making beats hard to read and easy to miss.
Games like Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™ →
A martial fantasy roguelike with card-based combat. Players choose a unique hunter to battle demons in a hand-painted world.
What players likedPlayers praise the good art style, diverse characters, and multiple playstyle cards.
The catchIt copies Slay the Spire so closely that veterans of that game find nothing new.
Games like Yao-Guai Hunter →
The Upturned99% positive from 2,159 reviews202242% finish itDeck Verified
A first-person trip up through the floors of an inn for the dead, where hopping and hurling furniture is how you deal with each of its ten-plus monstrous residents.
What players likedPlayers praise The Upturned as a charming and engaging horror-comedy adventure-platformer, even comparing it favorably to other Zeekerss games.
The catchSlippery platforming and repetitive level structure wear the joke thin fast.
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This is a 90s-style platformer where players use animal mask powers to navigate levels and defeat enemies. It features pixel art and challenging platforming across over 80 levels.
What players likedPlayers consistently praise Kaze and the Wild Masks as a tight, fun 2D platformer, often compared to Donkey Kong Country, with enjoyable challenges and level design.
The catchThe back half turns into autoscroller levels built on trial and error memorization.
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Panzer Knights80% positive from 1,972 reviews202127% finish itDeck Playable
This is a World War II tank simulation game with third-person combat and strategic platoon management. Players engage in tactical battles, customize tanks and crews, and experience iconic historical campaigns.
What players likedPlayers praise this fun, historically accurate WWII tank game for its missions, tank unlocks, and crew improvements.
The catchBoth friendly and enemy tank AI get stuck, idle, or charge blindly to their deaths.
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Corn Kidz 6494% positive from 1,777 reviews2023Deck Verified
A 3D platformer with weighty goat-based combat and exploration, featuring a retro 64-bit aesthetic and cartoon animation.
What players likedPlayers praise its smooth N64-authentic 3D platforming, comparing it to retro classics like Earthworm Jim 3D and Pseudoregalia.
The catchWall jumps and mid-air moves fail unpredictably, and the camera fights you constantly.
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Survival horror game. Explore monster-filled kindergarten levels, solve puzzles, and evade enemies to find a missing child.
What players likedPlayers praise its expanded story and increased horror with more puzzles and good scares, building on previous installments.
The catchScripted chase sequences fail to work as intended
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This is an asymmetrical multiplayer game where cowboys must escape a giant worm. The worm hunts players by sensing ground contact, creating a tense chase and evasion experience.
What players likedPlayers praise its fun, customizable gameplay and generous friend pass, making it a top choice for playing with many friends.
The catchBalance tilts hard toward the worm, leaving pardner players with almost no way to win.
Games like Last Train Outta Wormtown →
Tinykin97% positive from 1,353 reviews202246% finish itDeck Verified
A 3D platformer where you collect tiny creatures to solve puzzles and explore a giant world. It has a charming, adventurous feel.
What players likedPlayers praise Tinykin as a delightful 3D collect-a-thon platformer, often compared to Pikmin for its charming creature-based puzzles.
The catchThere is almost no challenge or real puzzles, just collecting in every corner.
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