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Games like Mint Works

If Mint Works is your kind of game, the closest matches are Business Empire - Online Board Game, The Red Cathedral and Investormania — 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 Mint Works: Mint Works is a 20 minute light worker placement game, great for new and experienced players alike. Use your workers to build plans, gain extra abilities and accrue victory points faster than your opponents!

2020StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDWindows · macOSby Unboxed Games LLC
Mint Works — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Mint Works 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. Business Empire - Online Board Game

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mint Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Business Empire is a board game that tests your strategic thinking and trading skills. Players buy, develop, and acquire opponents' properties to build their business empires. With chance cards, the game can change at any moment! Outsmart your rivals and become the ultimate investor!

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Red Cathedral

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Mint Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mint Works.

    The Red Cathedral is a fun turn-based strategy game for 1 to 4 players. Manage your resources well to build the cathedral better than anyone else and thus win the Tsar's favor.

    StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  3. Investormania

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mint Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    GET ALL COUNTRIES! Compete with your FRIENDS. Get Countries, build buildings, hotels on a colorful and live map. Establish your political party and strive to come to power. Be the POLITICAL PARTY that wins with the right policies. INVESTORMANIA, Construction, Politics and more...

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Wingspan

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mint Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Ticket to Ride®

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mint Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mint Works.

    Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!

    2023StrategySimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Game of Dice

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mint Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Roll the dice, rule your fate! Thrilling real-time board battles!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. MACHI KORO With Everyone

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Mint Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Gather up to THREE friends to join you in "MACHI KORO With Everyone"! The multi-million selling hit game from Japan is now on Steam! Online, offline, play how you like with whom you like!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Armello

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mint Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mint Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mint Works.

    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 ~50% under Mint Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mint Works.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mint Works on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mint Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mint Works.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Mint Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mint Works.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mint Works on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mint Works.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Mint Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mint Works.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mint Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mint Works.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  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. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Wingspan

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. MACHI KORO With Everyone

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Gather up to THREE friends to join you in "MACHI KORO With Everyone"! The multi-million selling hit game from Japan is now on Steam! Online, offline, play how you like with whom you like!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Armello

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mint Works.

    Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mint Works

How much does Mint Works cost?
Mint Works is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Mint Works have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Mint Works supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Mint Works?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mint Works are Business Empire - Online Board Game, The Red Cathedral, Investormania.
Who developed Mint Works?
Mint Works was developed by Unboxed Games LLC.

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 Mint Works.

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