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Games like Onsen Master

If Onsen Master is your kind of game, the closest matches are Diner Bros, Train Traffic Manager and Escape Game Fort Boyard — 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 Onsen Master: Onsen Master is a hot spring customer management game where players must create ingredients to match the various customer ailments, across the fantasy island of Izajima!

2022IndieCasual14.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Waking Oni Games
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Players who liked Onsen Master also play

Steam players who put hours into Onsen Master 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. Diner Bros

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Onsen Master fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    Diner Bros is a cooking and restaurant management game. Cook and serve meals as fast as you can, but don’t get the orders wrong or else your customers will get angry – and hungry! Upgrade your restaurant and hire staff to help you… or play with your friends in 2-4 local co-op!

    2018ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Train Traffic Manager

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Onsen Master fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    All aboard the chaos express! In Train Traffic Manager, you're the maestro of mayhem, directing an orchestra of trains, drawbridges, and cataclysms. Keep your cool, your trains on track, and your sense of humor intact!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Escape Game Fort Boyard

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Onsen Master fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Beat all the trials to escape the Fort with the treasure!

    2020ActionSports9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. A Path to the Princess

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Onsen Master fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    That's a great game for you to feel smart by solving super simple puzzles usually, also sometimes scratch your head to solve harder levels and mumble about how better you are than this. Enjoy our little grid based puzzle game!

    2022StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Diner Bros 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Onsen Master fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    The Diner Bros are back! With the same hectic cooking and serving, and now customization of your bustling restaurant! Serve quirky customers, earn cash to buy equipment, and discover new recipes in Diner Bros 2. Team up for 4 player local co-operative fun. No friends? Hire servers!

    2025ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Rabbit Claw Party

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Onsen Master fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    Catch lively rabbits with a claw in a cute scoring stage game. Read each rabbit’s movement, clear levels, complete tasks, collect stickers, decorate your photo wall, fill the rabbit catalog, and enjoy local two-player co-op or competition.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Mollycoddle Mayhem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Onsen Master fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    Mollycoddle Mayhem is a couch co-op game for up to four players where you work together to spoil and pamper babies that have been anonymously abandoned. Cook, clean, change diapers, and perform various other tasks before the little ones get too upset.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure13.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Cinnabunny

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Onsen Master fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    Cinnabunny is a cozy life simulator game where you play as a bunny who runs a bakery. Unlock new recipes, go birdwatching, collect mushrooms, and charm your community. Save up enough carrots to help your family move.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Onsen Master on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Onsen Master on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    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 ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Onsen Master on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Onsen Master.

    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 ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Onsen Master on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Onsen Master.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Onsen Master on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Onsen Master.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Onsen Master on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Onsen Master on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Onsen Master.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Onsen Master on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Onsen Master.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Casual with Onsen Master.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

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

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

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

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Onsen Master

How much does Onsen Master cost?
Onsen Master is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Onsen Master have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Onsen Master supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Onsen Master?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Onsen Master are Diner Bros, Train Traffic Manager, Escape Game Fort Boyard.
Who developed Onsen Master?
Onsen Master was developed by Waking Oni Games and published by Whitethorn Games.

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 Onsen Master.

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