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Games like Rising Star 2

If Rising Star 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Little Library, World Diplomat and Clutch Legend: FPS Career Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and immersive. 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 Rising Star 2: Start a band, and take on the world in this music industry simulation/role-playing game. Success doesn't come without hard work, and making connections in your local music scene is the only path to stardom.

2020IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Gilligames
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Busking feels rewarding and skill buildingGrind free progression without time limitsInject your own music and art into the gameChallengingContemplativeImmersive

Players who liked Rising Star 2 also play

Steam players who put hours into Rising Star 2 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. Little Library

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Rising Star 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    Run your own cozy village library. Recommend books to visitors based on their tastes, manage daily tasks, grow your collection, and build a thriving community around your library.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. World Diplomat

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Rising Star 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    Embark on a diplomatic journey to impact the world with skills and strategy.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Clutch Legend: FPS Career Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Rising Star 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    Build your FPS career from zero. Pick your role, manage stress and fame, climb the leagues. Every week is a decision. Every match has stakes.

    2026SportsStrategyIndie5.51 USDSteam ↗
  4. SPECWAR Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Rising Star 2.

    Ranked #4 for Rising Star 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Rising Star 2.

    SPECWAR Tactics is a simple game that lets you build up your ideal special operations team and command them in battle. Manage your facilities and troop roster, and lead them on missions, utilizing stealth, fire and maneuver, and CQB to overcome greater numbers with superior tactics.

    2022StrategySimulationRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Night Club Simulator: Party King

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Rising Star 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    Step into the vibrant world of nightlife! Create, manage & customize your own nightclub, solo or co-op. From hiring staff and organizing events to setting the perfect atmosphere with music & lighting, every choice you make will shape your club. Are you ready to become the ultimate nightclub tycoon?

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Live the Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Rising Star 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    Live the Life is the first person life simulation game focused on the deep player's interaction with the environment. Design your apartment using advanced building features, visit stores to buy furniture, food and clothing you like, and more completely free content coming soon

    2020StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. O.A.C - World Begins

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Rising Star 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    Are you a leader? Once you convince your nation you are their leader, it will be time to show the world your own political, people management and military strategy skills. O.A.C aims to be a breath of fresh air in the grand strategy genre that will inspire its own kind of videogames!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Westlanders

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Rising Star 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    Forge your legacy in the Westlands. Survive and thrive in a Wild West open world. Alone or with friends, explore, fight, and build from your customizable wagon. Expand into bustling settlements, recruit allies, and forge a network to tame the wilderness and build your legacy.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rising Star 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Rising Star 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Rising Star 2.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Rising Star 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Rising Star 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rising Star 2.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Rising Star 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Rising Star 2 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Rising Star 2.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Rising Star 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Rising Star 2.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Rising Star 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Rising Star 2.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Rising Star 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rising Star 2.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rising Star 2.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    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 ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rising Star 2.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rising Star 2.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rising Star 2.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rising Star 2.

    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 ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rising Star 2.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Rising Star 2

Does Rising Star 2 run on Steam Deck?
Rising Star 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Rising Star 2 cost?
Rising Star 2 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Rising Star 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rising Star 2 are Little Library, World Diplomat, Clutch Legend: FPS Career Simulator.
Who developed Rising Star 2?
Rising Star 2 was developed by Gilligames.

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 Rising Star 2.

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