Games like Save the Reactor
If Save the Reactor is your kind of game, the closest matches are Perfect Decision, Meltdown and CandySweet — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its achievements provide satisfying goals, comedic and lighthearted. 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 Save the Reactor: What if you happened to be in a control room of a nuclear reactor and something went wrong? Save the Reactor gives you the opportunity to fully experience these emotions! This simulator is great for those who like to challenge themselves and aren't afraid of difficulties!
Players who liked Save the Reactor also play
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Perfect Decision
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Save the Reactor.
Top pick for Save the Reactor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
「Perfect decision」 is a 2D strategic business simulation game with real estate as its theme. Here, you will choose different types of characters, use different types of companies, recruit different types of employees, and use different means to make profits in different types of cities!
Meltdown
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Save the Reactor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
Meltdown, a nuclear reactor management simulation, thrusts you as a new recruit into urgent action to prevent a city-wide blackout. Your primary objectives are to maintain power grid alignment, regulate water flow and ventilation for reactor cooling, and manage your manager’s antics.
CandySweet
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Save the Reactor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
Candy Sweet is a simple colorful match 3 game. Your goal is to move the elements on the field in such a way that three or more identical candies fall into one row
Shopping Empire Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Save the Reactor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
This Game is Basically a Market Management Simulator. Make Your Store Get The Best Profit With Various Upgrades and Unlocks. Including Basic Clicking stuff, Managing Your Own Market , Upgrading and A game with the theme of reaching to going to next level.
Bells 'n' Whistles
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Save the Reactor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
Bells 'n' Whistles is a difficult point-and-click game that tests your ability to multitask. You must deal with the multiple systems on a machine in order to prevent it from breaking down. Are you up to the task?
Idle Trading Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Save the Reactor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
Idle Trading Simulator - is a simulator of buying / selling currency in the stock market. The game will help you get a first idea of the financial market, without losing your real money.
Benchmark Your Skills
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Save the Reactor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
With tests to measure and improve cognitive abilities such as memory, reflexes, and reaction time. Try it now and challenge your brain!
Plumber: the Pipe Rush
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Save the Reactor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Your goal is to close the pipe before the toxic waste leaks into the water. Plan ahead to avoid deadlocks, use existing pipes to score high (or let them sit for a penalty).
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STAY
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Save the Reactor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
The King is Watching
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Save the Reactor.
Reviewers of Save the Reactor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
WHY THIS
Shares time pressure and a stressful mood with Save the Reactor.
Reviewers of Save the Reactor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Save the Reactor at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Save the Reactor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Save the Reactor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Save the Reactor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Save the Reactor on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Save the Reactor.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Save the Reactor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Save the Reactor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Save the Reactor on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Save the Reactor.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Save the Reactor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Save the Reactor.
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 and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
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?
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Save the Reactor.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Save the Reactor.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Save the Reactor.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frequently asked about Save the Reactor
- How much does Save the Reactor cost?
- Save the Reactor is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Save the Reactor?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Save the Reactor are Perfect Decision, Meltdown, CandySweet.
- Who developed Save the Reactor?
- Save the Reactor was developed by Hypnohead.
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 Save the Reactor.
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