Games like MainFrames
If MainFrames is your kind of game, the closest matches are Unless, Super Arter and [Speer DX] — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 MainFrames: MainFrames invites you to meet Floppy and to browse a clever and charming platformer that plays out entirely within the windows and desktop of a PC monitor. You won’t want to press the escape key on this cozy outing!
Players who liked MainFrames also play
Steam players who put hours into MainFrames 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.
Unless
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and an atmospheric mood with MainFrames.
Top pick for MainFrames fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!
Super Arter
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for MainFrames fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Solve the most challenging puzzles, jump, throw objects, use switches, dodge traps, defeat enemies, collect gifts, and discover the best way for Arter to take the key to the door in this puzzle/platform game.
[Speer DX]
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with MainFrames.
Third-strongest match for MainFrames fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MainFrames.
Throw your speer, use it as a platform, and puzzle-platform your way through 125 stages in this director's cut version of the classic [Speer]!
Hatup
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for MainFrames fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Dadish 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with MainFrames.
Ranked #5 for MainFrames fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
He’s a dad and a radish, and he’s back in his biggest adventure yet! Help reunite Dadish with his missing kids in this charming and challenging platforming adventure.
Missing Features: 2D
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for MainFrames fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Missing Features: 2D is a platformer game that, as the name implies, the features are missing! Look how crazy!
Jumper Jape
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for MainFrames fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with MainFrames.
Jumper Jape is a skill-based hardcore platforming game. Channel your inner masochist and prepare to die in this masocore platformer with puzzle elements and a suggestive story.
Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D.
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for MainFrames fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Rescue cats! Collect hearts! Defy the laws of physics! Q.P.I.D. is part platformer, part physics puzzler, part race against the clock. Did we mention the cats?
![[Speer DX] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1945800/header.jpg?t=1654344651)
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below MainFrames at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under MainFrames on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under MainFrames on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under MainFrames on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under MainFrames on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with MainFrames.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under MainFrames on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MainFrames.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under MainFrames on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under MainFrames on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under MainFrames on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MainFrames.
"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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MainFrames.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MainFrames.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MainFrames.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 MainFrames.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MainFrames.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about MainFrames
- Is MainFrames verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — MainFrames is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does MainFrames cost?
- MainFrames is listed on Steam at 4.54 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to MainFrames?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MainFrames are Unless, Super Arter, [Speer DX].
- Who developed MainFrames?
- MainFrames was developed by Assoupi and published by The Arcade Crew.
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 MainFrames.
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