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Games like Blub Emporium

If Blub Emporium is your kind of game, the closest matches are CritterGarden, CRUFT and Autonauts — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and relaxing. 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 Blub Emporium: Blub Emporium is an isometric management game where you gather resources from the wild, then build factories to produce things to sell to creatures known as Blubs in your shop. Collect tonnes of unique items, design and decorate your shop, and so much more!

2021SimulationCasual16.99 USDWindowsby Riley J Gray
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Factory automation puzzles are satisfyingGameplay scales from casual to deep strategyPixel art and music create a warm atmosphereChillCozyRelaxing

Players who liked Blub Emporium also play

Steam players who put hours into Blub Emporium 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. CritterGarden

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Blub Emporium.

    Top pick for Blub Emporium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    You are an astrobiologist stranded on a lifeless planet. Breathe new life into this mysterious world by gathering plants, animals, and research upgrades to help it grow back to its full potential. Collect, breed, and evolve over 90 cute and quirky Critters to help you on your journey back home!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. CRUFT

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Blub Emporium.

    Second-strongest match for Blub Emporium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    A cozy crafter with tons of things to create, sell, or just have fun making. Every recipe always makes a bit of CRUFT too, so you should probably clean up after yourself!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Autonauts

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Blub Emporium.

    Third-strongest match for Blub Emporium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    2019IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Plantera 2: Golden Acorn

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Blub Emporium.

    Ranked #4 for Blub Emporium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.

    2023IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Assembly Planter

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Blub Emporium.

    Ranked #5 for Blub Emporium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Blub Emporium.

    A farming / automation game, that allows you to progress from a poor hard-working farmer with just a few old tools to a lazy rich guy that watches his machines do the work for him while he tries to optimize production.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Farm Manager 2018

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Blub Emporium.

    Ranked #6 for Blub Emporium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Blub Emporium.

    Manage your own farm in the game Farm Manager 2018! To expand your farm business, produce cheap and sell your products in high prices. Control the process of land cultivation, employ the best staff, buy the most appropriate farm equipment, raise livestock and process the harvested crops.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Autonauts vs Piratebots

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Blub Emporium.

    Ranked #7 for Blub Emporium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. MR FARMBOY

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Blub Emporium.

    Ranked #8 for Blub Emporium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Blub Emporium on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    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. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blub Emporium on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Blub Emporium on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Blub Emporium.

    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 ↗
  4. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blub Emporium on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Blub Emporium.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Blub Emporium on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    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 ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Blub Emporium on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Blub Emporium.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Blub Emporium on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Blub Emporium.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. FTL: Faster Than Light

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blub Emporium on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Blub Emporium.

    This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Simulation with Blub Emporium.

    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. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Blub Emporium.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Blub Emporium.

    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. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Blub Emporium.

    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 ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Blub Emporium.

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

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Blub Emporium.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Blub Emporium

How much does Blub Emporium cost?
Blub Emporium is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Blub Emporium?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blub Emporium are CritterGarden, CRUFT, Autonauts.
Who developed Blub Emporium?
Blub Emporium was developed by Riley J Gray.

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 Blub Emporium.

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