Games like Particulate
If Particulate is your kind of game, the closest matches are ArtPulse, Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs and Soundscape VR: 2017 — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →About Particulate: PARTICULATE is a VR particle physics sandbox and a creative tool. Create and save beautiful scenes by placing and recording the motions of a variety of tools. Control millions of particles using a highly-optimized custom engine.
Players who liked Particulate also play
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ArtPulse
WHY THIS
Top pick for Particulate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Particulate.
Spawn and combine shapes, colors and freehand painting to sync them seamlessly into the background music. Let your creativity flow free!
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Particulate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Particulate.
Join Red, Chuck, Bomb & the Blues to save the stolen eggs in Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, an immersive VR adventure! Discover the island where the greedy pigs vacation, slingshot your way to defeat Dr. Frankenswine & create/share/discover an infinite number of levels with the online level builder.
Soundscape VR: 2017
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Particulate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Particulate.
A hyper-immersive audiovisual adventure originally created for Burning Man, Soundscape VR: 2017 now lives on as a de-commodified gift to all humans who hold a passion for music & visual arts.
Fruit Ninja VR 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Particulate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Particulate.
The sequel to the juiciest VR game of all time! Build your collection of blades and bows. Slice your way through unique levels and minigames. Explore the vibrant world of Fruitasia and become a true Fruit Ninja master!
Paper Beast
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Particulate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Particulate.
An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.
Cyber Puncake
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Particulate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Particulate.
Welcome to your favorite TV show “Goodies Everyday”. "BD Plus" that lets you live different lives in others’ brains. Be a gangster, a pineapple dragon boss, or a snack stall master. Come and watch the first part of BD Plus: Cyber Puncake, where you control the stall master to cook pancakes.
Girl Mod | GIRLS VR (create + pose in VR)
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Particulate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Particulate.
Step into a highly immersive life-sized VR character creator and design a woman from head to toe. Then pose her any way you like in amazing scenes. It's a whole new level of character creation and posing. Wishlist now!
Cooking Simulator VR
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Particulate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Particulate.
Step into VR kitchen and become supreme Chef. Master realistic cooking with lifelike physics, 100+ recipes, 140+ ingredients and natural VR controls — or embrace chaos with fires, explosions, and sandbox freedom.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Particulate at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Particulate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Particulate.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Particulate on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Particulate.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Particulate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Particulate.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Particulate on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Particulate.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Particulate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Particulate.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Particulate on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Particulate.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Particulate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Particulate.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Particulate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Particulate.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Particulate.
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?
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Particulate.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Particulate.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Particulate.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Samorost 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Particulate.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Particulate.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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Frequently asked about Particulate
- How much does Particulate cost?
- Particulate is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Particulate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Particulate are ArtPulse, Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, Soundscape VR: 2017.
- Who developed Particulate?
- Particulate was developed by Mike Turitzin.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Particulate.
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