Games like No Place Like Home
If No Place Like Home is your kind of game, the closest matches are Frog Island, Hokko Life and Rancher: A new life — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming animal interactions, pleasant graphics and soundtrack and atmospheric. 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 →No Place Like Home is a post-apocalyptic farming and cleaning simulator released in 2022 by Chicken Launcher. Players restore a polluted Earth left behind by humanity through recycling materials into crafts, domesticating animals, and rebuilding a village. The game features furniture placement systems, animal interactions, and achievement stamps as core mechanics. Reviewers describe the atmosphere as atmospheric and nostalgic, with players highlighting the charming animal interactions and pleasant graphics and soundtrack as standout elements. The gameplay offers a relaxed, chill experience suited to short play sessions. With 79% positive reviews from 2,850 Steam users, the game runs at $19.99 and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.
About No Place Like Home: Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Players who liked No Place Like Home also play
Steam players who put hours into No Place Like Home 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.
Frog Island
WHY THIS
Top pick for No Place Like Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
Start your new life as a caretaker for an island of frogs in this cozy creature-collector! Build your dream island, discover magical wildlife, and uncover the island's many hidden secrets, to try and piece together the past life you've somehow forgotten.
Hokko Life
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with No Place Like Home.
Second-strongest match for No Place Like Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Rancher: A new life
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for No Place Like Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
Start a new life as a Rancher. Travel the forest paths by quad bike, raise cattle, build, repair, and improve your farm. Take care of animals, go fishing, cook, grow vegetables, practice your accuracy on shooting range, take photos, and much more. Relax away from the hustle and bustle of the city!
Everdream Valley
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with No Place Like Home.
Ranked #4 for No Place Like Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with No Place Like Home.
Ranked #5 for No Place Like Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Littlewood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with No Place Like Home.
Ranked #6 for No Place Like Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
My Time at Portia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with No Place Like Home.
Ranked #7 for No Place Like Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Research Story
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with No Place Like Home.
Ranked #8 for No Place Like Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below No Place Like Home at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under No Place Like Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under No Place Like Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under No Place Like Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under No Place Like Home on Steam right now. Shares RPG with No Place Like Home.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under No Place Like Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with No Place Like Home.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
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.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with No Place Like Home.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
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!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with No Place Like Home.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
DOGWALK
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with No Place Like Home.
Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.
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More from Chicken Launcher
Other recommendable Steam games by Chicken Launcher, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with No Place Like Home.
Another title from Chicken Launcher, the studio behind No Place Like Home. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Fresh Start is a relaxing single player game, in which you embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore nature to its fresh and colorful shape. Watch as the world changes in front of your eyes as you help animals, solve puzzles and grow plants around you.
Pan'orama
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with No Place Like Home.
Another title from Chicken Launcher, the studio behind No Place Like Home. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
Relax and unleash your creativity in this new city building puzzle game. Create amazing landscapes and discover wide range of structures with special abilities. Enter the world of beauty and tranquility with the panoramas of your own creation and don't forget to pet your new animal friends!
Captain Pawsome
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with No Place Like Home.
Another title from Chicken Launcher, the studio behind No Place Like Home. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Set sail with Captain Pawsome on the relaxing 2D fishing adventure! Craft, upgrade, customize, and conquer the high seas. Clean the environment, catch unique fish, and unleash your inner adventurer. Dive in now and make a splash!
Pan'orama: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with No Place Like Home.
Another title from Chicken Launcher, the studio behind No Place Like Home. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
Pan'orama is a relaxing and soothing puzzle simulation game in which you create amazing landscapes using different types of tiles, but most of all by discovering the connections between them and finding unique combinations.
Project: Mist
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with No Place Like Home.
Another title from Chicken Launcher, the studio behind No Place Like Home. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Explore a remote island solo or in MULTIPLAYER co-op in this open-world survival horror. Manipulate objects and enemies with the Gravity Gun, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and survive a hostile world shaped by abandoned, mysterious facilities.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Hokko Life
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with No Place Like Home.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with No Place Like Home.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with No Place Like Home.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Research Story
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with No Place Like Home.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Place Like Home.
Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!
Frequently asked about No Place Like Home
- Does No Place Like Home run on Steam Deck?
- No Place Like Home 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 Place Like Home cost?
- No Place Like Home is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to No Place Like Home?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside No Place Like Home are Frog Island, Hokko Life, Rancher: A new life.
- Who developed No Place Like Home?
- No Place Like Home was developed by Chicken Launcher and published by Awaken Realms.
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