Games like Ephemera
If Ephemera is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery, My Final Cursed Days and Football Story — 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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Steam players who put hours into Ephemera 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.
Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Ephemera.
Deep beneath the earth, the dragon is rising! Quest into ancient caverns, learn magical lore, and draw strength from friends and family to save your home! A text-based interactive fantasy novel.
My Final Cursed Days
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Ephemera.
My Final Cursed Days is a fantasy mix of dungeon-crawling RPG and time-management life-sim made for the Game Boy! Navigate a strange dungeon in the first-person. Fight monsters, find magic artifacts, make choices, chat with villagers! You only have so much time left after all.
Football Story
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ephemera.
Football Story is a cozy street football management and life sim RPG. Train your skills, explore the charming Highshore City, complete side quests, and recruit your dream squad. Lead your teenage neighborhood team from local backyard matches to ultimate glory in this singleplayer adventure!
Lords of Infinity
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ephemera.
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Signs of the Sojourner
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ephemera.
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
This Grand Life 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Ephemera.
A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.
这个CEO我当定了！
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Ephemera.
《这个ceo我当定了！》跟随着主人公（林燃）的求职机遇，进入这职场之中的龙争虎斗。财富与名望，就在选择之间，抓住机遇，成就事业。在这暗斗之中，是为利益与虎谋皮？还是无畏恐惧向死而生？这职场ceo我当定了！
To Pixelia
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Ephemera.
Meet the Pixelians and discover the ultimate life simulator in To Pixelia. As you climb your career ladder of choice, step into the world of politics, art, sports, music, and even crime. Live your dream life in pixels!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ephemera at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ephemera.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ephemera.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ephemera.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ephemera.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ephemera.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Ephemera.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ephemera.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ephemera.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Ephemera.
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 Ephemera.
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 with Ephemera.
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 Ephemera.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ephemera.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ephemera.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ephemera.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Ephemera
- How much does Ephemera cost?
- Ephemera is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ephemera?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ephemera are Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery, My Final Cursed Days, Football Story.
- Who developed Ephemera?
- Ephemera was developed by Ashley Moore.
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 Ephemera.
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