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Games like Infection

If Infection is your kind of game, the closest matches are ISLANDERS: New Shores, Chess Brain and Hexcells — 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.

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About Infection: Infection is a relaxing and minimal puzzle game. Infect all the cells by virus to get success in each level. Correct operation sequence and timing is the key to success.

2020StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDWindowsby ZGame Studio
Infection — Steam game cover

Players who liked Infection also play

Steam players who put hours into Infection 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.

  1. ISLANDERS: New Shores

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Infection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Chess Brain

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Infection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Hexcells

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Infection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Hexcells Infinite

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Infection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Infection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Making the best Sudoku game on Steam.

    2017StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Linelith

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Infection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Pictopix

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Infection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Pictopix is a puzzle game where you use logic to color squares on grids in order to reveal pictures.

    2017StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Roll

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Infection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Roll Dice. Get Dopamine. Roll is a highly replayable, deeply strategic, and ultra satisfying dicebuilding game!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Infection at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Infection on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Infection.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Infection on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Infection.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Infection on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Infection on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Infection on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Infection on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Infection.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Infection on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Infection.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Infection on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Infection.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Infection.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Infection.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Infection.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from ZGame Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by ZGame Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Star Clash

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ZGame Studio, the studio behind Infection. Shares Indie and Casual with Infection.

    Star Clash is a small space shooting game. You will control a planet with one or two satellites. Shoot the enemies in the unlimited universe. Collect items to upgrade your planet and satellites. Get higher score.

    2018ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Don't Die

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ZGame Studio, the studio behind Infection.

    •Free-moving horror shooting game. •Are you tired of brainless targeted zombies? Enjoy the pleasure of walking freely and shooting freely in the VR world! •Advanced move algorithm is used to avoid sick. •Horror/Action/Exploration/Upgrade etc.Refuse boredom!

    2019ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Adam: Robot World

    WHY THIS

    Another title from ZGame Studio, the studio behind Infection. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infection.

    Build your stronghold and survive in the wasteland world controlled by artificial intelligence. Deal with relationships with other strongholds, develop allies or conquer them. Control pollution and fight against bad weather. Protect your base and destroy your enemy.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Infection

How much does Infection cost?
Infection is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Infection?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Infection are ISLANDERS: New Shores, Chess Brain, Hexcells.
Who developed Infection?
Infection was developed by ZGame Studio.

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 Infection.

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