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Games like No Umbrellas Allowed

If No Umbrellas Allowed is your kind of game, the closest matches are Thou Shalt Be Rich, Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 and Do Not Feed the Monkeys — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its lovely papers please aesthetic, atmospheric 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 No Umbrellas Allowed: Reveal the true value of the items coming into the shop. Each item has their own history. Dig deep to see what is behind them and become an expert appraiser. Begin a tug of war with customers. With their own expectations and knowledge, they never give up on money.

2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Hoochoo Game Studios
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Players who liked No Umbrellas Allowed also play

Steam players who put hours into No Umbrellas Allowed 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. Thou Shalt Be Rich

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for No Umbrellas Allowed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Interpret the crystal ball's prophecies to find tomorrow's soaring stocks and bet your entire fortune. Survive the madness of skyrocketing and crashing prices to become rich. You need to take revenge on the Fortune Teller Corp that fired you just for a little bit of embezzlement!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Second-strongest match for No Umbrellas Allowed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Do Not Feed the Monkeys

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for No Umbrellas Allowed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Halsey Row

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for No Umbrellas Allowed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    People come to the shop on Halsey Row to sell the memories they can't carry and buy the ones they can't live without. Appraise what they bring. Decide what it's worth, and who you'll sell it to. Run an honest shop, or a darker one, and piece together what this street is hiding.

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Seed Money

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for No Umbrellas Allowed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    ₩1,000,000 — about $700 — and no safety net. A real-time stock-trading sim where judgment is your only weapon: read the news, read the charts, time every trade. Climb from a windowless room to a private island, Bronze to Legend. Fall to the bottom, and the Hangang is waiting.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Venture Capital Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for No Umbrellas Allowed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Run your own venture capital firm. Hunt deals, research founders, write the checks — then live with the results. Most bets fail. The one that doesn't pays for everything: a bigger fund, the corner office, a name every founder knows. Outrank the big firms, or take yours public.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Shadow Bridge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for No Umbrellas Allowed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    A trading game about arming a war. Five kingdoms, one neutral village, one shop — yours. Sell good steel to a friend, cursed steel to an enemy, and let thirty years of war end the way you decide. You never draw a sword.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. FACEMINER

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Ranked #8 for No Umbrellas Allowed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to No Umbrellas Allowed

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Papers, Please

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Reviewers of No Umbrellas Allowed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

    2013IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Reviewers of No Umbrellas Allowed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

    2010IndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Moonlighter

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Reviewers of No Umbrellas Allowed cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Twilight

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of No Umbrellas Allowed cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Twilight is a small dividing line between light and darkness. Sometimes you have to choose where you should stay and for what purpose.

    2025Adventure2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below No Umbrellas Allowed at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under No Umbrellas Allowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    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 No Umbrellas Allowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    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 No Umbrellas Allowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    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 No Umbrellas Allowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Umbrellas Allowed.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under No Umbrellas Allowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under No Umbrellas Allowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    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 ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under No Umbrellas Allowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    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 ↗
  8. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under No Umbrellas Allowed on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    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 ↗
  5. 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 No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from Hoochoo Game Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Hoochoo Game Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Forest Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hoochoo Game Studios, the studio behind No Umbrellas Allowed. Shares Strategy with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Forest Heroes combines defense gameplay with roguelike deck-building. Enjoy intense battles and diverse strategies with simple controls!

    2025ActionStrategyCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Golden Record Retriever

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hoochoo Game Studios, the studio behind No Umbrellas Allowed. Shares Strategy and Indie with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    ⟪Golden Record Retriever⟫ is a rogue-like DICE building game in which a golden retriever kidnapped by aliens grows into a space hero by retrieving the golden records that have become a "space headache.”

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation5.43 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Forest Heroes: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hoochoo Game Studios, the studio behind No Umbrellas Allowed. Shares Strategy with No Umbrellas Allowed.

    Forest Heroes Prologue combines tower defense with roguelike deck building. Enjoy intense battles and diverse strategies with simple controls!

    2024ActionStrategyFree To PlaySteam ↗

Frequently asked about No Umbrellas Allowed

Does No Umbrellas Allowed run on Steam Deck?
No Umbrellas Allowed 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 No Umbrellas Allowed cost?
No Umbrellas Allowed is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to No Umbrellas Allowed?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside No Umbrellas Allowed are Thou Shalt Be Rich, Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099, Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Who developed No Umbrellas Allowed?
No Umbrellas Allowed was developed by Hoochoo Game Studios.

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 No Umbrellas Allowed.

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