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Games like Forest Star

If Forest Star is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Academy, A Story Beside and Ainmora: The Impending Disaster — 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 Forest Star: Help a monkey find a fallen star in this short adventure game! Meet and recruit other animals, find useful items, and discover new abilities. Multiple endings available depending on your choices!

2021IndieAdventureFree to playWindowsby SeaPhoenix
Forest Star — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Forest Star 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. Monster Academy

    WHY THIS

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

    There's a school for monsters where they learn how to blend in to the human world. Everyone there is secretly a monster. Apart from one man who is actually a human and must now figure out to safely escape.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. A Story Beside

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Forest Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forest Star.

    Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ainmora: The Impending Disaster

    WHY THIS

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

    A captivating RPG with interesting mechanics and unique challenges that will make you think strategically as you admire the immersive history of Ainmora. Think about each choice. Explore carefully. Aziron, Kiarah, Roberit and many others await you in Ainmora.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Forest Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forest Star.

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Wetter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Forest Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forest Star.

    Explore a misty, rainy island region. Discover cozy havens and uncover lost memories to see the world in a new light. What will you make of your past?

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  6. Foxxel Quest - A Puzzle Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    Foxxel Quest is a cute and challenging pixel art puzzle game! Help Foxxel find a warm hood while solving 80 unique puzzle levels. Each setting brings a new challenge that builds upon each other throughout the game. With 30 achievements and optional autoplay, it's fun for all ages!

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Journey On

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Forest Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Forest Star.

    Experience a world of life and death in this exploration focused, anime style JRPG. Will you choose the path of light, or of darkness?

    2021IndieRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Button Lock 2: Star Carrier

    WHY THIS

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

    Can you solve the puzzle with the limited amount of moves? Explore the world map. Solve the levels with different gimmicks. Get stars by beating levels to explore more of the world map. Solve over 170 levels in this puzzle adventure game.

    2022IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Forest Star

Is Forest Star free to play?
Yes — Forest Star is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Forest Star?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Forest Star are Monster Academy, A Story Beside, Ainmora: The Impending Disaster.
Who developed Forest Star?
Forest Star was developed by SeaPhoenix and published by KOMODO.

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 Forest Star.

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