Games like Stars In The Trash
If Stars In The Trash is your kind of game, the closest matches are Finding Ivy, Cat & Capy and Bruma — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emotional storytelling through animation, short but impactful journey 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 Stars In The Trash: Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman.
Players who liked Stars In The Trash also play
Steam players who put hours into Stars In The Trash 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.
Finding Ivy
WHY THIS
Top pick for Stars In The Trash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
Finding Ivy is a cute casual 2D platformer where 1-4 players make their way through a kid-drawn world to win back their runaway cat. Run, jump, climb, and discover items and friends that help you along the way!
Cat & Capy
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stars In The Trash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
Cat & Capy is a heartwarming 3D platformer where you play as the cat and capybara from the viral Matato Games video series on TikTok and Instagram. Embark on an adventurous journey to rescue dogs, explore diverse worlds, and battle the nefarious bird army!
Bruma
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Stars In The Trash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
Experience the mysterious journey of a cat searching for the memories of her friend, an old lady who has lost them.
SEARCH ALL - BALLS
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Stars In The Trash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
is a hidden object game in which you need to find all the balls in a large location. Balls will be located in a variety of places, from the most prominent to barely noticeable places
Dimensional Animals
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Stars In The Trash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
Five animal friends with unique abillities unite in this metroidvania adventure! You'll need to master each animal's skill to complete your quest! Play as the dog, duck, cat, frog and raccoon at the same time!
Princess of the Water Lilies
WHY THIS
Shares chase sequences and an atmospheric mood with Stars In The Trash.
Ranked #6 for Stars In The Trash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
A 2D hand-painted cat platformer blending gentle puzzles with heartfelt boss encounters. Play as Princess, a flat-faced cat. Use purr — her softest gift, to heal a world caught between nature and machine.
FoxPaww: a furry breakout-lite adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Stars In The Trash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
You're a fox in this cute, funny, nature-themed brick-breaker game with a twist! Explore, discover and rescue its animal friends in 21 colorful, non-linear levels with an auto-map. Bounce or rotate your ball. Destroy or avoid cute obstacles. Levels are uniquely generated and highly replayable. Awoo!
Sunfluffs
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stars In The Trash.
Ranked #8 for Stars In The Trash fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
Exist in the world as a queer little animal. Toss berries at grumpy critters to cheer them up, and try your best to help out the mysterious Lightbearer!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stars In The Trash at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Stars In The Trash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Stars In The Trash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Stars In The Trash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Stars In The Trash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Stars In The Trash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Stars In The Trash on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Stars In The Trash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stars In The Trash on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
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 with Stars In The Trash.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stars In The Trash.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stars In The Trash.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Stars In The Trash.
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.
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Frequently asked about Stars In The Trash
- Is Stars In The Trash verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Stars In The Trash 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 Stars In The Trash cost?
- Stars In The Trash is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Stars In The Trash?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stars In The Trash are Finding Ivy, Cat & Capy, Bruma.
- Who developed Stars In The Trash?
- Stars In The Trash was developed by Valhalla Cats and published by Valhalla Cats, IndieArk.
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 Stars In The Trash.
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