10 Best Games Like Bluey’s Happy Snaps

Give Bluey and Bingo an old camera and an ordinary family outing becomes a collection of little adventures. Bluey’s Happy Snaps builds on that idea with places to explore, wildlife to notice, and a scrapbook to make your own. If you’d like another game with that mix of curiosity, creativity, and gentle fun, there are some lovely places to go next.

We’ve ranked these ten alternatives by how well they capture that feeling, giving extra weight to photography and relaxed discovery. Some are better for younger TV fans; others suit children ready for more reading and puzzle-solving. Most are single-player, so we’ve highlighted shared play where it matters. Each entry includes an official trailer to help you get a feel for it.

10. A Tiny Sticker Tale

Official trailer: A Tiny Sticker Tale – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch — Nintendo of America.

A magical sticker album is a pretty good invitation to start poking around. In A Tiny Sticker Tale, you play as Flynn, a little donkey exploring Figori Island and helping the people who live there. Objects in the world can become stickers, which you can carry away and place somewhere else to solve a problem. A small change to the scenery can open up a whole new possibility.

That hands-on creativity makes it a lovely companion to the scrapbook side of Bluey’s Happy Snaps. You aren’t composing photographs, but you are collecting pieces of a cheerful world and deciding how to use them. It’s a compact adventure, so choose it for an enjoyable little journey rather than a long campaign. Younger players may appreciate someone beside them to read the dialogue and talk through the trickier sticker puzzles.

Official game details for A Tiny Sticker Tale

9. A Short Hike

Official trailer: A Short Hike – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch — Nintendo of America.

Ever set off somewhere and become distracted by absolutely everything along the way? That’s the pleasure of A Short Hike. Claire, a young bird visiting Hawk Peak Provincial Park, has a summit to reach, but the trails are full of other hikers, little discoveries, and reasons to take a detour. You climb, glide, swim, and gradually find ways to travel farther.

Its connection to Bluey’s outing is the sense that an ordinary day outside can become an adventure. There’s no photography campaign here; the reward comes from exploring a welcoming place and getting to know its visitors. The climbing and gliding make it a better next step for someone comfortable moving a character around a 3D world than a first game for a preschooler. Take your time with it: the conversations and unexpected stops give the walk its personality.

Official game details for A Short Hike

8. Lil Gator Game

Official trailer: Lil Gator Game – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch — Nintendo of America.

Lil Gator Game understands the very Bluey idea that a stick, some cardboard, and a few willing friends can become an epic quest. Its little reptile hero wants their older sister to put her schoolwork down and join the fun. Your plan involves exploring an island, recruiting playmates, and turning the playground into the setting for a make-believe adventure.

You’ll climb, swim, glide, help other kids, and knock over cardboard enemies along the way. The pretend battles don’t have a health bar hanging over them, which keeps the emphasis on play and curiosity. There’s more movement and reading than in a simple TV tie-in, but the sibling relationship and imaginative games make the connection especially strong. For more adventures built around exploration and friendship, see Gaming.net’s family-friendly 3D platformer recommendations.

Official game details for Lil Gator Game

7. Peppa Pig: World Adventures

Official trailer: Peppa Pig: World Adventures | Launch Trailer | US | ESRB — Outright Games.

If the family-trip atmosphere is what you’re after, Peppa Pig: World Adventures is an easy game to put on the shortlist. You create an animal character and a family, then join Peppa on a tour that takes in destinations such as Paris, New York, and Italy. The story is a string of friendly visits and activities, with familiar characters helping each stop feel like part of the show.

Making pizza, visiting landmarks, and bringing souvenirs home give the trip a nice keepsake theme. You can also arrange your family’s home in Peppa’s neighbourhood. It doesn’t have Bluey’s photography focus, and its guided activities leave less room for experimentation than the free-roaming games higher up this list. That structure can be a benefit for younger fans who enjoy a clear next step and familiar voices. This is a single-player outing, even though your created family appears in the story.

Official game details for Peppa Pig: World Adventures

6. Bluey: The Videogame

Official trailer: Bluey: The Videogame | Launch Trailer | US | ESRB — Outright Games.

Sometimes the best follow-up is simply more time with the Heelers. Bluey: The Videogame follows the family through a series of interactive adventures in familiar places, including their house, the creek, and the beach. Between story moments, you can explore, hunt for collectibles, and play games drawn from the series, including Keepy Uppy and Chattermax Chase.

The big reason to choose it is local multiplayer: family and friends can join the fun in story mode and free play. Collecting items for a sticker book also gives little explorers something to look for between activities. It’s a closer match for Bluey’s characters and household games than for the camera mechanics of Happy Snaps. Expect a straightforward licensed adventure, with the appeal coming from shared play and recognition rather than intricate puzzles. It’s particularly worth considering when a child wants a grown-up to take a controller too.

Official game details for Bluey: The Videogame

5. Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen

Official trailer: Bluey’s Quest for The Gold Pen | Official Launch Trailer — Halfbrick Studios.

Bluey’s drawings become the setting for a bigger adventure in Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen. After Dad takes the pen, the family slips into imaginative roles, including the rather pleased-with-himself King Goldie Horns. Bluey sets off to recover it, with an original story from series creator Joe Brumm giving the quest its family voice.

The attraction here is getting to follow Bluey’s imagination beyond the everyday locations of the show. It trades the photo album for a story-led journey through her artwork, so it suits players who want more characters, exploration, and gentle adventure after Happy Snaps. The shared ingredients are curiosity and family make-believe, rather than a matching set of photography activities. If the Heelers’ personalities matter more to your household than keeping a camera in hand, put this one near the top of your personal list.

Official game details for Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen

4. Pupperazzi

Official trailer: Pupperazzi – Launch Trailer — Kitfox Games.

What if a game handed you a camera and then surrounded you with dogs doing ridiculous things? Pupperazzi puts you in the role of a freelance dog photographer building a career one picture at a time. Instead of following a big dramatic storyline, you explore canine-filled locations, take on photography requests, and discover what the local pups are getting up to.

You can pet the dogs, play fetch, dress them up, and experiment with lenses and filters. That combination of animals, silly situations, and photo collecting makes it a direct match for the playful camera work in Happy Snaps. Its first-person viewpoint is the main adjustment: moving through the world while separately aiming the camera can take practice for small hands. Pick it when taking funny pictures is the whole point of the session, especially if your ideal subject happens to have four paws and a hat.

Official game details for Pupperazzi

3. TOEM: A Photo Adventure

Official trailer: TOEM – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch — Nintendo of America.

With its black-and-white drawings, TOEM looks quite different from Bluey’s bright world, but its camera gives you an equally good reason to investigate every corner. You set out on a journey to witness the mysterious phenomenon known as TOEM, meeting oddball characters and helping them with photographs along the way. The destination gives the trip direction without spoiling the pleasures of getting there.

Photography is how you solve problems, rather than just a way to record scenery. You need to notice details, interpret requests, and work out what belongs in the frame. That makes it an excellent next step for someone who enjoys the observation side of Happy Snaps. The trade-off is more text and puzzle-solving, so an adult reading along can make it a good shared activity. Choose it for thoughtful little discoveries and visual jokes, with plenty of room to stop and look around.

Official game details for TOEM: A Photo Adventure

2. New Pokémon Snap

Official trailer: New Pokémon Snap – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch — Nintendo of America.

If spotting wildlife and waiting for the perfect picture is your favourite part of Happy Snaps, New Pokémon Snap deserves your attention. You join Professor Mirror’s research in the Lental region, photographing Pokémon in their natural habitats and investigating the glowing Illumina phenomenon. The story gives your outings a purpose while leaving the creatures themselves as the main attraction.

The important difference is that you travel along set routes instead of walking freely. That lets you concentrate on looking around, watching behaviour, and timing photographs. Research scores and different behaviours encourage repeat visits, so a familiar route can still produce a new discovery. It’s a stronger photography match than most family adventures, although chasing high scores asks for more precision than casual snapping. This is a single-player Switch game; taking turns and pointing out Pokémon together is the way to share it.

Official game details for New Pokémon Snap

1. Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Official trailer: Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch — Nintendo of America.

A summer visit to your grandparents, a friend to explore with, and wildlife around every corner: Alba: A Wildlife Adventure comes closest to the whole mood we’re looking for. Alba arrives on a Mediterranean island expecting a holiday. When an animal needs help, she and her friend Ines become involved in protecting the place and the creatures that make it special.

You explore at your own pace, photograph wildlife, identify species, clean up litter, and help residents. The pictures belong to a wider story about paying attention and doing small, useful things for your community. That’s why it takes our top spot: it brings together photography, a child’s-eye view of the outdoors, and the warmth of a family visit. It is single-player, and younger children may need help reading, but spotting birds together makes it easy to enjoy side by side. Start here if you want another gentle outing where noticing something small can lead to something lovely.

Official game details for Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

For another outdoor photography adventure, start with Alba; for a camera-first challenge, choose New Pokémon Snap or TOEM. If your little player mainly wants familiar faces and someone to join in, Bluey: The Videogame is the natural family choice. You can find more ideas in Gaming.net’s best kids games on Xbox Game Pass guide; check its current selections when choosing your next game.