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Games like Painting VR

If Painting VR is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vermillion - VR Painting, Fireworks Show VR and House Builder VR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, immersive 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 Painting VR: Take a break from the stress of daily life with this must-have virtual painter’s studio. Even if you think you’re not a creative person, Painting VR might prove you wrong. Be amazed by what you can create with unlimited supplies of paint, canvases, and all the tools you need.

2022IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDWindowsby Oisoi
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Brushes feel like real paintBuilt in browser for referencesCanvas size up to 5m squareContemplativeImmersiveRelaxing

Players who liked Painting VR also play

Steam players who put hours into Painting VR 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. Vermillion - VR Painting

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Painting VR.

    Top pick for Painting VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    It’s time to discover your inner artist! With Vermillion, you get a fully equipped oil painting studio in your home, without any of the mess. Ready for the unrivaled sense of accomplishment from creating your first painting?

    2021IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Fireworks Show VR

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Painting VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    Welcome to Magnificent Bay City! Listen to the music in the evening and enjoy this wonderful auto-generated fireworks show! You can also release fireworks in a variety of colors or customize your fireworks show in the fireworks show studio!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. House Builder VR

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Painting VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna! Now in VR to fully immerse in the adventure...

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Green Hell VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Painting VR.

    Ranked #4 for Painting VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    Green Hell VR is an Open World Survival game set in the Amazon rainforest, based on the successful PC title Green Hell. You are left alone in the jungle with no food or equipment. To survive, you must learn real-life survival techniques, and crafting weapons can be a matter of life and death

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. House Flipper VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Painting VR.

    Ranked #5 for Painting VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    Virtual makeovers were never more real! Thanks to VR technology, you will be able to single-handedly take care of ruined properties, gaining your clients' appreciation and satisfaction from a job well done! Put on your goggles, take a firm grip on the controllers and become a master of renovation!

    2020IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. vrkshop

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Painting VR.

    Ranked #6 for Painting VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Painting VR.

    vrkshop is a VR woodworking game. You are challenged to build projects with hand tools without snap-to-guides or limits on how to cut or fasten the lumber. The precision of your project is left entirely up to you. Have fun. Be productive.

    2021SimulationCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. からかい上手の高木さんVR 1学期

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Painting VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Painting VR.

    Virtually experience the playful and relentless teasing of heroine, Takagi-san, in Teasing Master Takagi-san VR - 1st Semester (Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san VR). With sales of the original comic series exceeding 8.2 million copies in Japan, the romantic comedy makes its debut on as a VR animation.

    2020SimulationCasual13.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Bartender VR Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Painting VR.

    Ranked #8 for Painting VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    Step behind the virtual bar and flair your way to the stars! Enter the exciting world of bartending and master the art of dazzling mixology in VR.

    2018IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Painting VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Painting VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Painting VR.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Painting VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Painting VR.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Painting VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Painting VR.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Painting VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Painting VR.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Painting VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Painting VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Painting VR.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Painting VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Painting VR.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting VR.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Simulation with Painting VR.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Painting VR

Does Painting VR work on Steam Deck?
Painting VR is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Painting VR cost?
Painting VR is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Painting VR?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Painting VR are Vermillion - VR Painting, Fireworks Show VR, House Builder VR.
Who developed Painting VR?
Painting VR was developed by Oisoi and published by Oisoi Studio.

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 Painting VR.

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