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Games like Cheaphaven

If Cheaphaven is your kind of game, the closest matches are Edengrall, Farm Together 2 and Hokko Life — 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 Cheaphaven: Cheaphaven features a brief respite full of farming, building and upgrading, a small town of NPCs for all your chatting and shopping needs, and vaguely humorous descriptions for everyday items. Day/night cycle, market values, a pigeon, all the things that are supposed to be in a farming game

2022IndieSimulationRPGCasual2.99 USDWindowsby Combo Routine
Cheaphaven — Steam game cover
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Adorable lizard animations steal the showAutomated farming loop feels effortlessClear goals without bloated scopeChillCozyRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Cheaphaven 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. Edengrall

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cheaphaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    A relaxing open world farming simulation, explore the town of Edengrall and befriend the villagers!

    2022IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Farm Together 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Cheaphaven.

    Second-strongest match for Cheaphaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in the long awaited sequel to the cozy, relaxing farming experience!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual25.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hokko Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Cheaphaven.

    Third-strongest match for Cheaphaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    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?

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Chill Town

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Cheaphaven.

    Ranked #4 for Cheaphaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    A unique blend of a Soothing Simulation and an Idle Game with Music, Decoration, Fishing, Cooking, Farming and more...

    2025IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Fields of Mistria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Cheaphaven.

    Ranked #5 for Cheaphaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!

    2024IndieSimulationRPG13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sky Harvest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Cheaphaven.

    Ranked #6 for Cheaphaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Firefly Village

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Cheaphaven.

    Ranked #7 for Cheaphaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    The Firefly Village awaits! A bite-sized, streamlined farming sim that focuses on moments that matter, without wasting a single second of your time. Build a homestead, raise crops, tend to livestock, make friends, and enjoy a pocket of paradise where farming is a delight and friends plentiful.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dinkum

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Cheaphaven.

    Ranked #8 for Cheaphaven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cheaphaven on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cheaphaven.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cheaphaven on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cheaphaven.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cheaphaven on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cheaphaven.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cheaphaven on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cheaphaven.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cheaphaven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cheaphaven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cheaphaven on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cheaphaven.

    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.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Cheaphaven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Cheaphaven.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 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 Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    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. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    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. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『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.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Cheaphaven.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Farm Together 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Cheaphaven.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in the long awaited sequel to the cozy, relaxing farming experience!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual25.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hokko Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Cheaphaven.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    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?

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fields of Mistria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Cheaphaven.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!

    2024IndieSimulationRPG13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Firefly Village

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Cheaphaven.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cheaphaven.

    The Firefly Village awaits! A bite-sized, streamlined farming sim that focuses on moments that matter, without wasting a single second of your time. Build a homestead, raise crops, tend to livestock, make friends, and enjoy a pocket of paradise where farming is a delight and friends plentiful.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cheaphaven

How much does Cheaphaven cost?
Cheaphaven is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cheaphaven?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cheaphaven are Edengrall, Farm Together 2, Hokko Life.
Who developed Cheaphaven?
Cheaphaven was developed by Combo Routine.

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 Cheaphaven.

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