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Games like To Make a Game

If To Make a Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing, 浮生箓 Floating Life and The Test: Secrets of the Soul — 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 To Make a Game: A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.

2022IndieCasual0.99 USDWindows · Linuxby TheBluePenguin
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Players who liked To Make a Game also play

Steam players who put hours into To Make a Game 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. Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for To Make a Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with To Make a Game.

    Finding true love is hard enough when it’s in person! Build a relationship through the screen as a couple copes with lockdown life by staying connected online! Will their love be loud and clear, or will their signals fade away?

    2021IndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 浮生箓 Floating Life

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for To Make a Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with To Make a Game.

    《浮生箓》是一款剧情重开模拟游戏,互动式轻量小说游戏。支持创意工坊自由编辑与上传自己的剧本,融合如修仙、武侠、玄幻等小说题材的背景,可自由选择出生的剧本,体验千变万化的人生,从出生开始让你体验到丰富多变的剧情,多种多样的选择,不同选择带来不同的变化,各种有趣的梗。来吧,开始你的浮生之旅,随着进程生成自己的浮生箓!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for To Make a Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for To Make a Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with To Make a Game.

    The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...

    2021AdventureSimulationCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Wednesdays

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for To Make a Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    "The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.

    2025Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Moonless Moon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for To Make a Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Ninki Seiyuu: How to Make a Pop Voice Actress

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for To Make a Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A love comedy set in the voice acting industry, from the point of view of voice actresses, managers, and sound engineers... and it's, like, 78% accurate! Play it, and you might find out what this industry is all about!

    2021Adventure39.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Roadwarden

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for To Make a Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below To Make a Game at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under To Make a Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under To Make a Game on Steam right now. Shares Casual with To Make a Game.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under To Make a Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with To Make a Game.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under To Make a Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with To Make a Game.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under To Make a Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with To Make a Game.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under To Make a Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under To Make a Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under To Make a Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 To Make a Game.

    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. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    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 ↗
  5. 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 To Make a Game.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    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 ↗
  7. 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 To Make a Game.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with To Make a Game.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about To Make a Game

How much does To Make a Game cost?
To Make a Game is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to To Make a Game?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside To Make a Game are Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing, 浮生箓 Floating Life, The Test: Secrets of the Soul.
Who developed To Make a Game?
To Make a Game was developed by TheBluePenguin.

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 To Make a Game.

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