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Games like Hardwork Simulator

If Hardwork Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mainlining, Comet 64 and Project DeepWeb — 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 Hardwork Simulator: A game about fooling others! (6th place Innovation Category Ludum Dare #49 Compo)

2021ActionIndieAdventureSimulationCasual1.99 USDWindowsby Mandinga
Hardwork Simulator — Steam game cover

Players who liked Hardwork Simulator also play

Steam players who put hours into Hardwork 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.

  1. Mainlining

    WHY THIS

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

    After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation1.29 USDSteam ↗
  2. Comet 64

    WHY THIS

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

    Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.

    2021IndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Project DeepWeb

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Hardwork Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardwork Simulator.

    This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hardwork Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hardwork Simulator.

    CUCKOLD SIMULATOR, the exciting new game where you play as Cuckold (that is his name) in his day-to-day life. Work hard, give all your money to the bull, and be verbally abused by your fat wife.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Life.exe

    WHY THIS

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

    A digital life simulator. Work at your PC, earn money, pay bills, invest, build companies, or take risky paths. Money brings power, but risk leads to consequences - there are no safe choices.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. WHAT THE GOLF?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Hardwork Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hardwork Simulator.

    A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. CaseCracker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hardwork Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardwork Simulator.

    In order to improve the efficiency of selecting talents, the Chicheng police specially developed a test system-the true detection system, with the black robe company. As a tester, you need to complete the cracking of the case under the rules of the system.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardwork Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hardwork Simulator.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardwork Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Hardwork Simulator.

    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 ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardwork Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hardwork Simulator.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardwork Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hardwork Simulator.

    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 ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardwork Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hardwork Simulator.

    "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 ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardwork Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hardwork Simulator.

    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 ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardwork Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hardwork Simulator.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardwork Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hardwork Simulator.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Hardwork Simulator.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Hardwork Simulator.

    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 ↗
  4. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

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

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『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 ↗
  7. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from Mandinga

Other recommendable Steam games by Mandinga, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. SudoKats

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mandinga, the studio behind Hardwork Simulator. Shares Indie and Casual with Hardwork Simulator.

    Cats are very demanding and peculiar animals. Use your sudoku skill to help them feel one of a kind.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. SudoKube

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mandinga, the studio behind Hardwork Simulator. Shares Indie and Casual with Hardwork Simulator.

    An enhanced sudoku experience, 6 times more fun

    2022StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. MATH EXPRESSions

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mandinga, the studio behind Hardwork Simulator. Shares Indie and Casual with Hardwork Simulator.

    WORDLE for math fans. The perfect daily warm-up routine for your brain.

    2022StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hardwork Simulator

How much does Hardwork Simulator cost?
Hardwork Simulator is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hardwork Simulator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hardwork Simulator are Mainlining, Comet 64, Project DeepWeb.
Who developed Hardwork Simulator?
Hardwork Simulator was developed by Mandinga.

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 Hardwork Simulator.

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