Games like Carto
If Carto is your kind of game, the closest matches are City Of Corals, CUBO and Botanicula — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming characters, cozy atmosphere and heartwarming story. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Carto is a 2020 indie adventure puzzle game developed by Sunhead Games in which players rearrange map pieces to reshape the world around them. The core mechanic involves collecting and manipulating fragments of the environment to open new paths and solve spatial puzzles throughout Carto's journey. Players describe the experience as cozy and whimsical, highlighting the charming characters and heartwarming narrative that drive the story forward. The game features character-driven storytelling with exploration and puzzle-solving at its core, alongside achievement-hunting elements for completionists. Carto received a 95% positive rating from over 1,600 Steam reviews and is verified to run on Steam Deck. The game is priced at $19.99 USD and supports single-player only gameplay.
About Carto: Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Players who liked Carto also play
Steam players who put hours into Carto also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
City Of Corals
WHY THIS
Top pick for Carto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Save the coral reef city in this cute tiny adventure game! Meet the colourful residents of this underwater city, explore the streets, befriend different species of fish and help them restore the corals to their former glory!
CUBO
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Carto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
CUBO is a narrative adventure-puzzle game set on a rotating cube world. Discover the other sides, unlock new areas, and bring the world back together.
Botanicula
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Carto.
Third-strongest match for Carto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Koira
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Carto.
Ranked #4 for Carto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Save a puppy and embark on a heartwarming, hand-drawn adventure together. Journey to the heart of an enchanted forest, solving puzzles and avoiding hunters to protect your newfound friend.
Chicken Journey
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a cozy mood with Carto.
Ranked #5 for Carto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Play as an adorable chicken in this relaxing platformer. Jump, climb and solve puzzles to find the answer to the ULTIMATE question a chicken can ask...
Farewell North
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Carto.
Ranked #6 for Carto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
Ankora: Lost Days
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Carto.
Ranked #7 for Carto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Discover the wild planet Ankora and explore freely around this mysterious world full of promise and danger. Craft different tools, build structures and terraform yourself a new home in this cute-as-heck survival game.
Haven Park
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Carto.
Ranked #8 for Carto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Be Flint, who is doing his best to keep his grandma's park up and running and make it a place for the campers to enjoy. Learn the camper's wishes and build whatever their hearts desire to attract even more quirky characters and look forward to whimsical conversations and quests.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Carto at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Carto on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Carto.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Carto on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Carto on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Carto.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Carto on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Carto.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Carto on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Carto.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Carto.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Carto.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Carto.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Carto.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Carto.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Botanicula
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Carto.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Koira
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Carto.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Save a puppy and embark on a heartwarming, hand-drawn adventure together. Journey to the heart of an enchanted forest, solving puzzles and avoiding hunters to protect your newfound friend.
Chicken Journey
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a cozy mood with Carto.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Play as an adorable chicken in this relaxing platformer. Jump, climb and solve puzzles to find the answer to the ULTIMATE question a chicken can ask...
Farewell North
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Carto.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
Haven Park
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Carto.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carto.
Be Flint, who is doing his best to keep his grandma's park up and running and make it a place for the campers to enjoy. Learn the camper's wishes and build whatever their hearts desire to attract even more quirky characters and look forward to whimsical conversations and quests.
Frequently asked about Carto
- Is Carto verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Carto is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Carto cost?
- Carto is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Carto?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Carto are City Of Corals, CUBO, Botanicula.
- Who developed Carto?
- Carto was developed by Sunhead Games and published by Balor Games, XD.
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