Games like Paleo Pines
If Paleo Pines is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ooblets, Grow: Song of the Evertree and Moonstone Island — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its adorable dinosaur companions, charming art and music and endless collection opportunities. 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 →Paleo Pines is a solo-only indie adventure and simulation game developed by Italic Pig and published by Maximum Entertainment, released in 2023 at $29.99. Set on a charming island populated by friendly dinosaurs, players take on farm-management and dinosaur-taming responsibilities while completing quests and collecting resources. The core loop involves befriending dinosaurs and using them to help tend the ranch and cultivate crops, gradually uncovering the island's mysterious past through exploration. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, cozy, and relaxing, with reviewers highlighting adorable dinosaur companions and endless collection opportunities as major draws. The game is verified on Steam Deck and features a medium-length campaign designed for sit-down sessions. Critical reception stands at 84% positive based on over 1,600 Steam reviews.
About Paleo Pines: Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Befriend dinos and enlist their help to fix up your ranch and farm crops to create your cozy dino sanctuary! Then set out with your companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets.
Players who liked Paleo Pines also play
Steam players who put hours into Paleo Pines 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.
Ooblets
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Paleo Pines.
Top pick for Paleo Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!
Grow: Song of the Evertree
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Paleo Pines.
Second-strongest match for Paleo Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Paleo Pines.
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Moonstone Island
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Paleo Pines.
Third-strongest match for Paleo Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
My Time at Portia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Paleo Pines.
Ranked #4 for Paleo Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
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!
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Paleo Pines.
Ranked #5 for Paleo Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
你农哦农-Need Know What Know
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Paleo Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
搞怪沙雕的新农村建设游戏！"你家里是农村的，给不了我想要的生活！分手吧！"失恋的你，拖着疲惫的身躯，从大城市回到了老家农村，乡亲们仍旧如你小时候一样勤劳朴实，带领乡亲们一起建设新农村吧！
Hokko Life
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Paleo Pines.
Ranked #7 for Paleo Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Littlewood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Paleo Pines.
Ranked #8 for Paleo Pines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Paleo Pines at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Paleo Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paleo Pines.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Paleo Pines.
Priced ~50% under Paleo Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paleo Pines.
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?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Paleo Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Paleo Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Paleo Pines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paleo Pines.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Paleo Pines on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Paleo Pines.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Paleo Pines.
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 Paleo Pines.
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 Paleo Pines.
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 and Simulation with Paleo Pines.
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 Paleo Pines.
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 Simulation with Paleo Pines.
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 Paleo Pines.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Ooblets
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Paleo Pines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!
Grow: Song of the Evertree
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Paleo Pines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Paleo Pines.
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Moonstone Island
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Paleo Pines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Paleo Pines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Hokko Life
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Paleo Pines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paleo Pines.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Frequently asked about Paleo Pines
- Is Paleo Pines verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Paleo Pines 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 Paleo Pines cost?
- Paleo Pines is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Paleo Pines?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paleo Pines are Ooblets, Grow: Song of the Evertree, Moonstone Island.
- Who developed Paleo Pines?
- Paleo Pines was developed by Italic Pig and published by Maximum Entertainment.
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