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Games like Slime Factory

If Slime Factory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Industrial Petting, Research Story and Havendock — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Slime Factory: Slime Factory is a game in which you have to develop your factory for breeding Slimes. Manage resources and construction, unlock new building types, and explore a variety of biomes in an open world!

2022IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDWindowsby Blue Stone
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Players who liked Slime Factory also play

Steam players who put hours into Slime Factory 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. Industrial Petting

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Slime Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    Industrial Petting is a cozy factory game about building an adoption empire of adorable pets! Play with friends or solo. Build happy pet pipelines, explore and farm an alien island, and fulfill adoption contracts from across the galaxy!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Research Story

    WHY THIS

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

    Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!

    2025IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Havendock

    WHY THIS

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

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Autonauts

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Grandiose

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Slime Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Slime Factory.

    Grandiose is a calming and creative base builder game full of botany, building and strategy. Land on the island that will become your domain in a universe soon to be borrowed from the ingenious and creative abilities of your mind.

    2021Indie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Ranchers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Slime Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow tasty crops, craft helpful tools and build your dream house. Explore the open world and earn the villagers' respect and esteem.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Out of Ore

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Slime Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Slime Factory.

    A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.

    2022StrategyAdventureSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. My Time at Portia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Slime Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Slime Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slime Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Slime Factory.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Slime Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Slime Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    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 ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Slime Factory on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Slime Factory.

    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 ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

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

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

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

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Slime Factory on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Slime Factory.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Factory.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Slime Factory.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Factory.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Slime Factory

How much does Slime Factory cost?
Slime Factory is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Slime Factory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slime Factory are Industrial Petting, Research Story, Havendock.
Who developed Slime Factory?
Slime Factory was developed by Blue Stone.

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 Slime Factory.

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