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Games like Fruit Salad

If Fruit Salad is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zooplop, Sneak In: a sphere matcher game and Slime Drop — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, competitive and relaxing. 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 Fruit Salad: Drop adorable fruit to merge them and create even larger fruit in this cozy physics puzzle game!

2023IndieCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby The Dead Pixel Society, LLC
Fruit Salad — Steam game cover
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Addictive dopamine hits from small winsBright soothing visuals for light sensitivityMultiple modes for varied playstylesChillCompetitiveRelaxing

Players who liked Fruit Salad also play

Steam players who put hours into Fruit Salad 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. Zooplop

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Fruit Salad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    Merge smaller animals into bigger ones! 🐭+🐭=🐥 How big can you go? Can you reach the whale? Can you merge the whale?! 🐋✨

    2023IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Sneak In: a sphere matcher game

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Fruit Salad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Fruit Salad.

    Sneak In is a marble shoot game with the theme of Amazonian Jungle. It is easy to play, but truly addictive. Your goal is to clear all the marbles before they reach the end of the path, and meanwhile, achieve Marbles and Combos as many as possible to get the highest score.

    2020ActionCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slime Drop

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Fruit Salad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    Drop Slimes into the box, merge two Slimes of the same kind to evolve them to the next tier, if a slime drops out of the box, you lose. See if you can reach the last Monster Slime in the evolution chain and achieve the highest of scores before you lose the game.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Melon Madness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Fruit Salad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Fruit Salad.

    A relaxing and engaging fruit merge game! Combine fruit without spilling any out of the box, and try to get the highest score! Play alone or with a friend, in coop mode.

    2024StrategyCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Boba Buba

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Fruit Salad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    BobaBuba Is the Boba Bubble-Pop Puzzle Adventure with story mode featuring cute beverages and an endless mode for huge replay value. With global leaderboards from launch! 

    2026IndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. CatMelon - Suika Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Fruit Salad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    Combine several adorable cats dressed as fruits inside their favorite playing space: the cardboard box! Match two identical cats to create an increasingly larger cat until you reach the CatMelon. Develop your best strategy to remain at the top of the ranking!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Veccol

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Fruit Salad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    Blocks of different size and color falls from the top, rearrange the colors and place the blocks to match three or more of one color in any direction. Set up cascading line-clears for extra points.

    2018IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Verto

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Fruit Salad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    Drop blocks, match colors, rotate everything. This puzzle game adds mind-bending board rotation to classic gameplay. Choose from timed challenges or endless modes, and compete for high scores. Easy to learn, impossible to master.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Fruit Salad

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Fruit Salad.

    Reviewers of Fruit Salad cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Escape Game Cake

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Fruit Salad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    A popular escape game with lots of cute animals. Even if you are not good at solving puzzles, this is an escape game that you can enjoy casually.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. ANIME TETRIS

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Fruit Salad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    The legendary game "Tetris" in a unique performance and atmosphere

    2021StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. CatMelon - Suika Game

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Fruit Salad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    Combine several adorable cats dressed as fruits inside their favorite playing space: the cardboard box! Match two identical cats to create an increasingly larger cat until you reach the CatMelon. Develop your best strategy to remain at the top of the ranking!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Fruit Salad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fruit Salad.

    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 Fruit Salad on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Fruit Salad.

    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 Fruit Salad on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Fruit Salad.

    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 Fruit Salad on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    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 Fruit Salad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fruit Salad.

    "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 Fruit Salad on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Fruit Salad.

    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 Fruit Salad on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

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

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Fruit Salad.

    Priced ~50% under Fruit Salad on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Fruit Salad.

    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. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Fruit Salad.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Casual with Fruit Salad.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Fruit Salad.

    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 ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Fruit Salad.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Fruit Salad

Is Fruit Salad verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Fruit Salad 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 Fruit Salad cost?
Fruit Salad is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Fruit Salad?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fruit Salad are Zooplop, Sneak In: a sphere matcher game, Slime Drop.
Who developed Fruit Salad?
Fruit Salad was developed by The Dead Pixel Society, LLC.

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 Fruit Salad.

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