Games like A Ridiculous Waste of Time
by Ridiculous Games
A Ridiculous Waste of Time is a collection of casual mini-games designed to test your mind and your reflexes. There's something for everyone in this Ridiculous library of fun!
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$29.99The Jackbox Party Pack 10
Oct 18 · Jackbox Games, Inc.
Both: Rhythm · Puzzle · Arcade
Become a party legend! The celebrated franchise returns with epic drawing battles in Tee K.O. 2, chaotic type-offs in FixyText, time-travel trivia in Timejinx, hidden identity intrigue in Hypnotorious, and group music-making in Dodo Re Mi.
CasualPartyMultiplayerComedyRhythmTriviaPuzzleArcadeBoard GameStrategy👍 500
-65%$6.99Rift of the NecroDancer
Feb 5 · Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Studios Inc.
Both: Rhythm · Arcade
The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.
RhythmMusicIndieDifficultArcadeFemale ProtagonistActionGreat SoundtrackColorful2D👍 5,867
$49.99Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival
Nov 6 · Bandai Namco Amusement Lab Inc.
Both: Rhythm · Arcade
Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival is a drum-based rhythm game featuring songs from genres such as Anime and VOCALOID™, and also a variety of game modes! Have fun playing solo or online!
CasualRhythmMultiplayerSingleplayerPvPMusicCuteAnimeDifficultArcade👍 1,280
$14.99Cauldron
May 21 · SleepyDad Games
Both: Minigames
Cauldron is an upgrade-heavy, minigame-centric, turn-based RPG. Play minigames to strengthen your party, then win battles to uncover more map, more heroes, more minigames, more everything! If your favorite plant is an upgrade tree, then this game is for you!
IncrementalMinigamesCasualTurn-Based StrategyAdventurePixel GraphicsAuto Battler2DFantasyIdler👍 1,684
-50%$1.49Dreams of Aether
Apr 1 · Lepioid LLC
Both: Minigames · Arcade
A collection of dozens of Aether-flavored microgames! Dive into the Dreams of Aether, where everyone is trapped in a never-ending nightmare! Meet some of the strangest characters Aether has to offer!
MinigamesQuick-Time EventsArcade2DFunnyFemale ProtagonistSurrealActionControllerLinear👍 229
-40%$8.99Drop Duchy
May 5 · Sleepy Mill Studio
Both: Falling Blocks · Puzzle · Arcade
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
Falling BlocksTurn-Based TacticsCard BattlerReal Time TacticsRoguelitePuzzleMedievalBoard GameTabletopArcade👍 2,968
-80%$3.99Headbangers: Rhythm Royale
Oct 31 · Glee-Cheese Studio
Both: Rhythm
Headbangers is a light-hearted, Rhythm Battle Royale Game where you and 29 other Pigeons compete against each other, all to complete your quest of claiming the title of Master Headbanger!
CasualRhythmBattle RoyaleCharacter CustomizationPvPFunny3DControllerColorfulMultiplayer👍 983
$11.99PathBlasters
Apr 11 · Sine Coda
Both: Puzzle · Arcade
Run, blast, and solve your way to victory! Experience the rush of a colorful, fast-paced chase, solo or against a friend! Burst through the levels and up your score in this retro-inspired arcade setting.
Top-DownPuzzleArcadeRunnerSokobanCompetitivePvP2DCuteSplit Screen
$19.99Peglin
Aug 27 · Red Nexus Games Inc.
Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!
DeckbuildingRoguelikeRoguelitePinballTurn-BasedStrategyPerma DeathPixel GraphicsCute2D👍 16,626
$3.99Dubstep: Solar System
Aug 28 · Ian Rosner
Both: Rhythm · Arcade
An endless neon rhythm-runner with a 46-track licensed dubstep soundtrack. Fly a fixed ship through a winding tunnel from Mercury to Pluto, tapping beat-gates on the beat. Nail the sweet spot for PERFECT combos, bank Vibe Coins, ignite Star Power invincibility, and clear five rounds to win.
RhythmMusicRunnerArcadeSide ScrollerCasualElectronic MusicDifficultFast-PacedIndie
$19.99Rhythm Doctor
Dec 6 · 7th Beat Games
Both: Rhythm
Save patients with your rhythm mastery! Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game where you heal patients by defibrillating in time to their heartbeats. Learn each patient's unique heartbeat and defeat boss viruses trying to sabotage your rhythm, all set to heart-pumping, soul-soothing music.
RhythmMusicPixel GraphicsStory RichLevel EditorIndieSingleplayerLocal Co-OpAction2D👍 25,025
$16.99Meme Mayhem
Sep 13 · Cr3 Studio
Hurl emojis and battle the internet's biggest stars to rise as a meme master in Meme Mayhem! Collect powerful perks and relics, enjoy a darkly comic social media story, and assemble the ultimate emoji attack stack in this roguelite idle RPG.
Roguelike DeckbuilderCard GameRoguelikeSingleplayerMemesAuto BattlerRogueliteStrategy2DComic Book👍 4,849
$19.99The Coin Game
Mar 19 · devotid
Both: Arcade
A collection of ticket redemption arcades with realistic physics, a carnival, goofy robots, open world design, a global ranking system and silly prizes. Featuring 50+ modern inspired arcade machines and a pawn shop to keep money in your pocket. The Coin Game is made by a solo developer.
ArcadeLife SimOpen WorldCasualPhysicsSimulationSurvivalFirst-PersonFunnyCharacter Customization👍 5,647
$1.00Dead Garden Zero
Dec 28 · Butterfly
Both: Arcade · Minigames
Find as many of your friends as possible before the monster gets you. Save all you can, as the amount of friends you have is endless! You can't save them all but find the best strategy and do your best sweetie! I hope everything's ok and hope you'll enjoy this mini game I finished for you.
ActionCasualSurrealArcadeHorrorAbstractSurvival HorrorMinigamesExplorationHidden Object
$2.99Aliya: Timelink
Apr 25 · TDGame Studio
Both: Word Game
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelWord GameMultiple EndingsSpaceSci-fiText-BasedPerma Death2D👍 8,594
$14.99Yet Another Zombie Survivors
Aug 20 · Awesome Games Studio
Both: Arcade
The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeZombiesTop-Down ShooterRogueliteIndieArcadeSingleplayerAction RPGRoguelike👍 14,162
New$0.99HAND-CODED BATTLE
Yesterday · anxinrelief
Both: Rhythm · Falling Blocks
This is a typing game that reflects on AI programming, highlighting the disparity between manually coding via keyboard and having AI generate the code. Although somewhat rough around the edges, it offers a satisfying tactile experience, especially when strings of coins pop up.
CasualRhythmFalling BlocksTypingSpellingText-BasedMinimalistIncrementalLanguage LearningGame Development
$19.99Everhood 2
Mar 4 · Chris Nordgren, Jordi Roca
Both: Rhythm
AN UNCONVENTIONAL ARPG where you battle enemies through musical encounters while being accompanied by a raven who promises to retrieve your voice if you slay the mighty Mind Dragon!🎵
PsychedelicMusicIndieStory Rich2DRPGPixel GraphicsChoices MatterSingleplayerRhythm👍 2,205
$0.99Morphing Blocks
Aug 1 · J. TAO
Both: Puzzle · Arcade · Match 3
Forty-two mini-games in different styles. Morphing Blocks is a colorful block game collection: preview and launch from a central Hub—casual, arcade, versus, tower defense, match-3, and all kinds of puzzles, with a huge catalog of levels and layouts.
StrategyPuzzleArcadeBoard GameRTSCasualWholesomeSokobanMatch 3Game Development
-50%$7.49Beyond Words
Apr 9 · MindFuel Games
Both: Word Game
From the creators of GoldenEye & TimeSplitters comes Beyond Words the genre-defining fusion of roguelike strategy and word-crafting. Build powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and master a challenge where victory is spelled one letter at a time.
Roguelike DeckbuilderCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelikeWord GameStrategyCasualRogueliteSpellingReplay Value👍 104
-35%$12.99MULLET MADJACK
May 15 · HAMMER95
Both: Arcade
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
FPSBoomer ShooterFast-PacedArcadeActionCyberpunkSingleplayerAnimeIndieShooter👍 8,242
$19.99ROBOBEAT
May 14 · Simon Fredholm
Both: Rhythm
Keep your trigger finger on the pulse! In rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT, you'll play as Ace - a bounty hunter on a mission to capture robot-gone-rogue Frazzer in his ever-shifting lair. Wall run, slide, and shoot to your own beat using the in-game custom music editor, blasting through Frazzer's armies!
Action RoguelikeRhythmFPSRoguelikeMusicBoomer ShooterActionPsychedelicFuturisticAdventure👍 1,708
$3.99KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE
Aug 28 · KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO, Studio Lalala
Both: Rhythm
"KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE" is a rhythm game in which AI girls who were awoken after the apocalypse use special song magic to create melodies with you, in an effort to restart the world. How did the destruction happen? Why do these girls exist? All answers will be revealed...when the music stops.
MusicAdventureRhythmAnimeCasualActionFemale ProtagonistEmotionalAtmosphericStory Rich👍 1,448
$19.99Tower Unite
Apr 19 · PixelTail Games
PLAY, CREATE, PARTY! Tower Unite is a community-based virtual world party game with online games, entertainment, activities, and absolutely NO microtransactions.
MultiplayerCasualMini GolfCharacter CustomizationMassively MultiplayerOpen WorldSandboxFunnyIndieAction👍 16,240
-40%$29.99DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
Oct 10 · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Make yours the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in Dragon Ball!
AnimeMultiplayerActionFighting3D FighterLocal MultiplayerPvPCombatMartial ArtsSingleplayer👍 50,407
-50%$24.99UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
Jan 24 · FRENCH-BREAD, Arc System Works
Both: Arcade
The newest riveting installment in the epic Under Night In-Birth saga rises from the Abyss! Improved visuals and battle system! Witness the curtain fall on the tale of the Hollow Night. Vie for supremacy through exhilarating combat and a deep, robust battle system!
Action2D FighterArcadeAnime2DSpectacle fighterPixel GraphicsFightingPvPMultiplayer👍 1,959
$1.99BALL PIT KING 3D
Nov 24 · Gembel Games
Both: Arcade · Puzzle
BALL PIT KING 3D is a fun and addictive puzzle game where you drop, stack and merge quirky 3D balls with hilarious faces to create the ultimate King Ball! Play and see if you can rule supreme over the Ball Pit!
CasualArcadePuzzleAnimeCartoonCartoonyColorfulCuteStylizedFamily Friendly
-50%$5.99NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters
Sep 30 · dicehit, Rogue Duck Interactive
NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters is an inventory auto-battler with a monster-trainer twist! Collect Cosmions and items, and strategically manage your backpack to create unbeatable combos in tactical duels. Rise through the leagues to become the ultimate Cosmion master!
Resource ManagementRetroRPG1990'sParty-Based RPGBoard GameAuto BattlerInventory ManagementStrategyTurn-Based Tactics👍 357
-30%$10.49Path of Kung Fu
Apr 29 · 游鲤化龙工作室
Both: Arcade
Path of Kung Fu is a Wuxia RPG that blends classic martial arts storytelling with open-world freedom. Master kung fu, navigate the Jianghu's bloody conflicts, and rise from a novice to a legendary hero. Subscribe to top-rated Workshop MODs to elevate your experience to the next level!
WuxiaRPGStory Rich2D FighterArcadeAction RPGActionSandboxOpen WorldExploration👍 4,881
$3.99Rapid Eye Madness
Oct 25 · The Moonstorm Clerics, Andre Castro, Russell Matney, Justin Pena, Joe Shahwan, Canberk Sonmezer, Seth Thor, Lucas Wolf
Both: Arcade
Rapid Eye Madness is a short grim & cute collection of mini-games that are as cryptic as they are engaging. Venture into the eldritch nightmare, and stream for your life as you solve the challenges the screens throw at you. Will you survive this eerie gamescape, or become another one of its victims?
LovecraftianArcadeQuick-Time EventsDark ComedyCartoonyCasualHorrorRetroActionStylized





