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Games like Umami Grove

If Umami Grove is your kind of game, the closest matches are Playground VR, Cold Breath and Undergrowth: VR Maze — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactile cooking mechanics, chill and cozy. 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 Umami Grove: A deliciously interactive VR journey awaits! Jump, climb, duck, and swing through vibrant worlds on a quest to help cute characters gather luscious ingredients and create mouthwatering dishes—hands-on!

2025IndieAdventureCasual13.99 USDWindowsby Pomshine Games
Umami Grove — Steam game cover
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Craft bizarre yet delightful mealsExploration is rewarded with hidden secretsTactile cooking mechanicsChillCozyRelaxing

Players who liked Umami Grove also play

Steam players who put hours into Umami Grove 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. Playground VR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Umami Grove fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    Playground VR It is an open-world game where you can experience the beautiful essence of VR. Do you want to fly a balloon? Fly! Are you not afraid of being fired from cannon? Launch yourself! Do you want to take to the sea waves? Swim! Do you want to climb the building? Free way! Yes, you can do it

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cold Breath

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Umami Grove fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    Cold, wolves, bears and more.A struggle for survival in the north of Norway. Improve your skills and fight the challenges in this nature!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Undergrowth: VR Maze

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Umami Grove fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    In this VR simulator, you can explore the sandbox with your Steam Index, HTC Vive, or Oculus Headsets and interact with certain parts of the environment. Jump and just be inside the simulator. Relax and enjoy yourself in the green environment.

    2021Simulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Fishy Bar: Hook, Cook & Serve

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Umami Grove fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    Catch fish by day, run a shady lakeside bar by night. Hook 40+ species, cook them into questionable specials, keep the regulars fed and tipsy, dodge taxes and scammers, and upgrade your boat, your bar and your dog. First-person sim. Fresh fish, fishy business.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Aquarist VR

    WHY THIS

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

    Get the best aquarium store in town! Create, renew, manage, observe. See if you can create an aquarium empire.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. 疯狂厨房VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Umami Grove fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Umami Grove.

    A VR based first person kitchen simulation casual game

    2022SimulationCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Food Truck Time Machine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Umami Grove fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Umami Grove.

    Imagine if you were in a food truck that could travel through time! Your journey will span over 2 millennium with 5 different time periods each with its own set of customers and food. You are the time travelling food chef but can you cook your way home!

    2023SimulationCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Many Worlds VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Umami Grove fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    Many Worlds VR is an immersive social VR experience set in an expanding multiverse. Create your avatar, meet new people, play mini games, build a home and explore the unique experiences found in each of the Many Worlds.

    ActionSportsIndieFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Umami Grove on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Umami Grove.

    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 ~64% under Umami Grove on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Umami Grove.

    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 ~43% under Umami Grove on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    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 ~55% under Umami Grove on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Umami Grove.

    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 ~43% under Umami Grove on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    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. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Umami Grove on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Umami Grove.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Umami Grove on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Umami Grove.

    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 ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Umami Grove on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Umami Grove.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    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 ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck 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 Umami Grove.

    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. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umami Grove.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Umami Grove

Does Umami Grove work on Steam Deck?
Umami Grove is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Umami Grove cost?
Umami Grove is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Umami Grove?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Umami Grove are Playground VR, Cold Breath, Undergrowth: VR Maze.
Who developed Umami Grove?
Umami Grove was developed by Pomshine Games and published by DANGEN Entertainment.

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 Umami Grove.

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