Games like Nine Lives
If Nine Lives is your kind of game, the closest matches are Midnight is Lost, Strata the Cube and Genius Moves! — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Nine Lives: To earn its nine lives a cat must survive the nine trials by solving increasingly intricate puzzles, that might require it to die a few times.
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Steam players who put hours into Nine Lives 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.
Midnight is Lost
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Top pick for Nine Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Midnight gives you a unique and challenging experience, in this game the Sokoban puzzles need to be solved backward. Get ready to burn your brain with this game!
Strata the Cube
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Second-strongest match for Nine Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nine Lives.
Every cube hides a solution. Study intricate interlocking structures, discover which pieces can move, and dismantle 3D puzzles one piece at a time. Unlock titles, earn achievements, and put your logic to the test.
Genius Moves!
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Third-strongest match for Nine Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nine Lives.
Guide adorable animals through 100 relaxing yet brain-teasing levels. Program their way by strategically arranging action blocks to help them collect their favorite food. Explore 4 delightful worlds, collect cute critters, and enjoy the perfect blend of simplicity and puzzle-solving excitement!
Cat Slide Tiles
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Ranked #4 for Nine Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nine Lives.
Move the sliding tiles to unblock a path for the kitten to walk to the exit.
Unlock The Cat
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Ranked #5 for Nine Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Nine Lives.
You need to move all the stones which prevent the little kitten.
Regrowth
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Ranked #6 for Nine Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nine Lives.
Regrowth is a puzzle game where you race against time to save islands from sinking. Use plants and animals, collect and channel water... However, only with strategy and optimisation can you solve all the levels. Will you be able to save the earthen realm?
Sokocat - Islands
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Ranked #7 for Nine Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nine Lives.
Push one block at a time to solve sokoban-style puzzles on beautiful and relaxing islands.
MAHOROBA CAT
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Ranked #8 for Nine Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nine Lives.
Travel across Japan with "MAHOROBA CAT"! The protagonist, tasked with taking photos for a travel magazine, visits famous landmarks nationwide to gather the desired shots. Now, set off on an adventure to capture your very own "best shot"!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Siddharth Sivaraman, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Senna and the Forest
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Another title from Siddharth Sivaraman, the studio behind Nine Lives. Shares Indie with Nine Lives.
A forest is a family and families have secrets. Talk to the trees, solve detective-style puzzles and make your way to the heart of a dying forest and experience a story of tragedy and hope.
Timpu's treasure
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Another title from Siddharth Sivaraman, the studio behind Nine Lives. Shares Indie and Casual with Nine Lives.
When news of a great treasure hidden in a small town breaks, a professional treasure hunter is tasked with solving the clues that lead to it in this voxel-style point and click game.
Kili's treasure
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Another title from Siddharth Sivaraman, the studio behind Nine Lives. Shares Indie with Nine Lives.
Kili's dog Rosco had to be sent to the farm recently. To cheer Kili up her mother has organized a treasure hunt with a surprise at the end! Help Kili solve the clues one after another and get to the treasure!
Frequently asked about Nine Lives
- Is Nine Lives free to play?
- Yes — Nine Lives is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Nine Lives?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nine Lives are Midnight is Lost, Strata the Cube, Genius Moves!.
- Who developed Nine Lives?
- Nine Lives was developed by Siddharth Sivaraman.
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 Nine Lives.
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