Games like Scholar
If Scholar is your kind of game, the closest matches are Infinity Cats Project, Words of Yendor and Typenstein: A Symphony of Keys — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Scholar: Scholar is a spelling game with RPG elements. Level up your hero as you spell words and unlock new skills. Fight powerful bosses at the end of each level and get that loot.
Players who liked Scholar also play
Steam players who put hours into Scholar 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.
Infinity Cats Project
WHY THIS
Top pick for Scholar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Scholar.
This is a typing-themed placement game. In the game, you can hire three cute kittens to type for you. At the same time, purchase various props to improve typing speed. Watch the cute cats typing and enjoy your relaxing and leisure moments here!
Words of Yendor
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Scholar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Words tell stories. Change one, and your story transforms. What if you wield words with surprising meanings from Ambrose Bierce’s 1906 classic, “The Devil's Dictionary”? In Words of Yendor, you’re an investigator forging a personalized story. Unique every run. Forever.
Typenstein: A Symphony of Keys
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scholar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Scholar.
You are a Doctor Typenstein, who needs to defend his castle every night against the oncoming villagers. TYPE words to attack enemies, LEVEL UP and unlock new skills, UPGRADE your castle by using killed villagers, and SURVIVE till the end of the night.
Misnomers by Nick Oueijan
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Scholar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Scholar.
A recursive word game for (mostly) clever people! Use your imagination to define things that define things that define things...in an unpredictable reality where there are NO wrong answers & your mistakes pile up (and up and up)! Playful, lighthearted, and charmingly offbeat.
Silly Typing Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Scholar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Scholar.
A high-speed typing roguelike where keyboard skill meets game-breaking shop builds. Stack wild power-up synergies, dodge brutal curses, and survive intense levels solo or in chaotic 4-player co-op. Protect your shared combo streak and see how long your group can survive the chaos!
Character Limit
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Scholar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Scholar.
12 Letters, No Mercy. A fast-paced typing word game. Build words before your rack overflows. How long can you last before you hit your Character Limit?
Tumble Type
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Scholar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Scholar.
A frantic word puzzle where letter tiles rise, the board falls, and golden keys must be rescued. Spell fast, trigger orb powers, chase combos, and climb the leaderboards.
Fluendora: The Realm of Scribes
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Scholar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Fluendora is a multiplayer and single-player word-puzzle. Prove to your friends you know some words (or learn some if you don't). Players can either compete for the highest score (up to 6 players) or enjoying a peaceful solo session.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scholar at current Steam store prices.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Scholar on Steam right now.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Scholar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scholar.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Scholar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scholar.
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.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Scholar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Scholar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scholar.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Scholar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scholar.
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!
Superflight
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Scholar on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
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.
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?
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Casual with Scholar.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
Samorost 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Other recommendable Steam games by cosmic_dust, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Captures II
WHY THIS
Another title from cosmic_dust, the studio behind Scholar.
A chess-based puzzle game.
Letter Bender
WHY THIS
Another title from cosmic_dust, the studio behind Scholar.
A spelling-based puzzle game.
Frequently asked about Scholar
- How much does Scholar cost?
- Scholar is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Scholar?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scholar are Infinity Cats Project, Words of Yendor, Typenstein: A Symphony of Keys.
- Who developed Scholar?
- Scholar was developed by cosmic_dust.
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 Scholar.
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