Games like Cheese Runner
If Cheese Runner is your kind of game, the closest matches are OIL.EXE, Definitely Not Fried Chicken and Mango & Berry's Sorbet Syndicate — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, hypnotic and intense. 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 Cheese Runner: Trade illicit cheese in a dystopian cyberpunk city filled with police killbots trying to hunt you down in this ASCII Art text-based early 80s retro trading game. Like a fine blue cheese, this isn't for everyone.
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OIL.EXE
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cheese Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cheese Runner.
Drill the wells. Run the refinery. Read the market. OIL is a free text-based simulation of running a petroleum operation, played at a 1980s green-phosphor terminal. End each year richer or bankrupt. Mind the bear market. Climb the leaderboard.
Definitely Not Fried Chicken
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Cheese Runner.
Second-strongest match for Cheese Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cheese Runner.
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
Mango & Berry's Sorbet Syndicate
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cheese Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cheese Runner.
Fruit is outlawed, and Mango and Berry are aspiring fruit lords! Manage a criminal, underground sorbet shop solo or online co-op. Smuggle goods, upgrade your shop, trade fruit or grow your own underground supply. Will Mango & Berry rise to power? Or are they headed for a tragic downfall?
Laundering Simulator - Clean Cash and Laundry
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cheese Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cheese Runner.
Laundering Simulator puts you in charge of a two-faced enterprise – a hidden counterfeiting workshop with a laundromat as its front! Help Eddie Wiser run this crazy show and deal with small-business management, a criminal underground, nosy authorities, and a rage-inducing grandmother!
The Invisible Hand
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cheese Runner.
Ranked #5 for Cheese Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cheese Runner.
Want to get rich, quick? Welcome to FERIOS, where you’ll be empowered to pursue wealth and success as a mid-level stockbroker! Your wildest dreams of wealth can come true… at the cost of everything else.
Cannabiz: Weed Shop Owner
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Cheese Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cheese Runner.
Build, customise, and grow your cannabis empire from a tiny shop to a booming city-wide business! 🌿💼
PUSHER - Drug Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Cheese Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cheese Runner.
Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.
Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cheese Runner.
Ranked #8 for Cheese Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cheese Runner.
Winemaking could be your best adventure. Make the best wine interacting with soil and nature and take your winery to the top. Your beautiful journey into the winemaking tradition starts now.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cheese Runner at current Steam store prices.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cheese Runner on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cheese Runner.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cheese Runner on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cheese Runner.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cheese Runner on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cheese Runner.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cheese Runner on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cheese Runner.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cheese Runner on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cheese Runner.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cheese Runner on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Cheese Runner.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cheese Runner on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cheese Runner.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Cheese Runner.
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.
REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Cheese Runner.
REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.
Killer Chat! - Original Edition
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Cheese Runner.
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
AdVenture Capitalist
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Cheese Runner.
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
Supermarket Together
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cheese Runner.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
Super Auto Pets
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Cheese Runner.
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
Bombergrounds: Reborn
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Cheese Runner.
BOMBERGROUNDS: Immerse in a free-to-play massive multiplayer action-packed arena inspired by classic bomber games. Dash, bomb, bat, and explode your way to victory. Your realm of relentless arcade action is just a click away—dive in and rule the grounds!
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Frequently asked about Cheese Runner
- How much does Cheese Runner cost?
- Cheese Runner is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cheese Runner?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cheese Runner are OIL.EXE, Definitely Not Fried Chicken, Mango & Berry's Sorbet Syndicate.
- Who developed Cheese Runner?
- Cheese Runner was developed by Kai Hutchence and published by Massive Corporation Game Studios.
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