Games like Grindstone
If Grindstone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alchemistry, Ravenous Devils and Storm of Jigsaw Puzzles 拼图风暴 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, whimsical and ability unlocks. 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 Grindstone: Grindstone is a puzzle game where epic adventures are just your 9-to-5. It’s your job to mine grindstones from the Creeps that lurk on the mountain in over 600 levels of intricate puzzles and hazards, all in the hopes of saving up enough grindstones to take your family on a much needed vacation.
Players who liked Grindstone also play
Steam players who put hours into Grindstone 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.
Alchemistry
WHY THIS
Top pick for Grindstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
Practice Alchemistry, aka the art of merging elements to discover new ones! Solve challenges or play freely to discover every element. Craft the entire world from fire to life.
Ravenous Devils
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Grindstone.
Second-strongest match for Grindstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
Storm of Jigsaw Puzzles 拼图风暴
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Grindstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grindstone.
A hardcore puzzle, 300+ puzzle choices, ranking list of global players, unique customized puzzle,enjoy the fun of puzzles.
Flesh Psychosis
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Grindstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grindstone.
Flesh Psychosis is a little casual puzzle game, in which you have to score as much as possible. You have to collect various spooky ingredients and make deathly meals, using gravity and mad scientist tools.
Roxy Raccoon 2: Topsy-Turvy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Grindstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
Roxy Raccoon 2: Topsy-Turvy is a Tilt Maze/Labyrinth style like no other. Play through the next chapter in the Roxy Raccoon Saga, compete in various game modes and customize & create your own levels, then share them with the world!
Hidden Capybaras with Orange
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Grindstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
Set out on an adventurous journey, searching for capybaras with orange during both day and night in this exceptional hidden object game.
GrandMa Badass - a crazy point and click adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Grindstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
Grandma Badass is a 2D cartoon adventure game. This point and click video game immerses you in the shoes of GrandMa, an old woman who will work to find her black cat Marius, missing and probably kidnapped.
Hidden Caves
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Grindstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
Find the caves elements that are hidden on the map.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Grindstone at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Grindstone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
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 Grindstone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Grindstone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Grindstone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
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 Grindstone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
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?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Grindstone on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Grindstone.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
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?
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 Grindstone.
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.
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 Grindstone.
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!
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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More from Capybara Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Capybara Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
WHY THIS
Another title from Capybara Games, the studio behind Grindstone. Shares Strategy with Grindstone.
Scattered across five different regions, five special heroes must travel their own dangerous paths to grow in strength, unravel a demonic plot & ultimately save the world from chaos.
BELOW
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Grindstone.
Another title from Capybara Games, the studio behind Grindstone. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Grindstone.
Another title from Capybara Games, the studio behind Grindstone. Shares Indie with Grindstone.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Grindstone.
Another title from Capybara Games, the studio behind Grindstone. Shares Strategy and Casual with Grindstone.
Plan your next move wisely, every additional combo can make the difference! Whether in solo or duo, online or offline, mix and match your units to defeat your enemies in this Definitive Edition of Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes!
Critter Crunch
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Grindstone.
Another title from Capybara Games, the studio behind Grindstone. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
Using Critter Crunch's 'Food Chain' mechanic, players will eat their way through a smorgasbord of levels and gorge on a feast of modes, including Co-op and Versus multiplayer.
OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Grindstone.
Another title from Capybara Games, the studio behind Grindstone.
Based on Cartoon Network's hit show, this game stars pint-sized K.O. as he fights Lord Boxman's evil bots to save Lakewood Plaza Turbo. In this story-driven adventure meets cartoon-brawler, you'll complete quests, unlock moves & collect cards of your Plaza pals as you fight to become a true hero.
Battle Vision
WHY THIS
Another title from Capybara Games, the studio behind Grindstone. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grindstone.
Battle your way to victory in this cosmic tactical color-matching game. Recruit your ultimate team, equip them with powerful abilities and stun your opponent with overwhelming combos. Every tournament season is unique in this puzzle-battle roguelike.
Find Your Words
WHY THIS
Another title from Capybara Games, the studio behind Grindstone. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
Find your community at summer camp, one friendship at a time. Take a beat, enjoy a breath of fresh air - all while playing at the beach, strolling in the woods, and dancing with friends. This short cozy game was created by two dads, celebrating their kids’ journeys to find their voices.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Alchemistry
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
Practice Alchemistry, aka the art of merging elements to discover new ones! Solve challenges or play freely to discover every element. Craft the entire world from fire to life.
Ravenous Devils
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Grindstone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
Hidden Capybaras with Orange
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Grindstone.
Set out on an adventurous journey, searching for capybaras with orange during both day and night in this exceptional hidden object game.
Frequently asked about Grindstone
- Is Grindstone verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Grindstone is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Grindstone cost?
- Grindstone is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Grindstone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Grindstone are Alchemistry, Ravenous Devils, Storm of Jigsaw Puzzles 拼图风暴.
- Who developed Grindstone?
- Grindstone was developed by Capybara Games.
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