Games like Artist Life Simulator
If Artist Life Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are BOOK OF HOURS, Take That Mainstage! and Mahjong Expedition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its friendships require strategic investment, painting quality determines survival 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 →About Artist Life Simulator: Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Players who liked Artist Life Simulator also play
Steam players who put hours into Artist Life Simulator 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.
BOOK OF HOURS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Top pick for Artist Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Take That Mainstage!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Artist Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
It's 1992 in Emerald City. The world screams for change. You made the leap, now fulfill your destiny and change the world. Build your band, write real music you perform, manage relationships, and reach the top of the charts. In this hybrid life sim, be the one to Take That Mainstage!
Mahjong Expedition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Artist Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
In each Mahjong round, strive for high scores to advance. At the start of each run, choose a city and collect tiles, items, characters, and other elements based on its unique rules. Upgrade and combine them into powerful strategies to clear stages.
Esports Godfather
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Artist Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!
Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Ranked #5 for Artist Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
Ratropolis
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Ranked #6 for Artist Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Card Survival: Tropical Island
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Ranked #7 for Artist Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Ranked #8 for Artist Life Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
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Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Artist Life Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Cultist Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Reviewers of Artist Life Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Death and Taxes
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Reviewers of Artist Life Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Artist Life Simulator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Artist Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
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 Artist Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Artist Life Simulator.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Artist Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Artist Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Artist Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Artist Life Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Artist Life Simulator.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Artist Life Simulator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Artist Life Simulator.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
BOOK OF HOURS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Artist Life Simulator.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Frequently asked about Artist Life Simulator
- Does Artist Life Simulator run on Steam Deck?
- Artist Life Simulator 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 Artist Life Simulator cost?
- Artist Life Simulator is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Artist Life Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Artist Life Simulator are BOOK OF HOURS, Take That Mainstage!, Mahjong Expedition.
- Who developed Artist Life Simulator?
- Artist Life Simulator was developed by Interactive Fate and published by Interactive Fate , Placeholder Gameworks.
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