Games like Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4
Looking for games like both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4 also tend to own these — with content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, plus review-mined vibe embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when genre labels differ. No Steam login required.

Best matches for fans of both games
Ranked by collaborative filtering, genre overlap, and review-mined vibes — the same signals that power imho.run.
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The Sims™ 3
Top pick for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Simulation with both games.
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
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The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Second pick for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Simulation and Casual with both games.
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
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inZOI
Third pick for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Adventure and Simulation with both games.
"Every life becomes a story" Create your unique story by controlling and observing the lives of 'Zois'. Customize characters and build houses using inZOI's easy-to-use tools to live the life of your dreams and experience the different emotions of life created by its deep and detailed simulation.
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The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
Ranked #4 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Simulation with both games.
The game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. In The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime. Give them a long existence, or leave their lives in shambles. Guide their characteristics from one generation to the next.
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Stardew Valley
Ranked #5 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Simulation with both games.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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My Time at Sandrock
Ranked #6 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Adventure with both games.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
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RimWorld
Ranked #7 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
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House Flipper 2
Ranked #8 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Simulation with both games.
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
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Planet Coaster
Ranked #9 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
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MakeRoom
Ranked #10 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Simulation with both games.
Build rooms, gardens, and camper vans with 1,100+ objects and the ability to make your own furniture from scratch. Learn with gentle design requests, then relax and create at your own pace.
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My Time at Portia
Ranked #11 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Adventure with both games.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
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House Flipper
Ranked #12 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Simulation with both games.
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
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Cities: Skylines
Ranked #13 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Strategy and Simulation with both games.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Tiny Life
Ranked #14 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Simulation with both games.
In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!
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Little Sim World
Ranked #16 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Adventure with both games.
Welcome to Little London! Little Sim World is a cosy 2D life sim set in the heart of a little city full of charm, dreams, and surprises. Design your perfect home, meet quirky locals, build your routine, and live life at your own pace. A gentle world, a fresh start, and a story only you can write!
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Architect Life: A House Design Simulator
Ranked #17 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Indie and Simulation with both games.
Create dream homes! From 3D plan modelling through to on-site decision-making, you must bring each project to life while giving free rein to your creativity, to take your architectural firm to the pinnacle of the profession.
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Two Point Museum
Ranked #18 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
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Dwarf Fortress
Ranked #19 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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Planet Coaster 2
Ranked #20 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Strategy and Simulation with both games.
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
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Project Hospital
Ranked #21 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
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Crusader Kings III
Ranked #22 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Strategy and Simulation with both games.
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
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Medieval Dynasty
Ranked #23 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
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Satisfactory
Ranked #24 for fans of both Wallpaper Engine and The Sims™ 4. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!