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Games like Pipkin

If Pipkin is your kind of game, the closest matches are Spectrakin, Disc Creatures and Alchemic Beasts — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cozy autumn halloween aesthetic, atmospheric and chill. 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 Pipkin: Explore a spooky, Halloween-themed world - make friends, dance with a turkey, or become a witch. Catch 60+ pipkin and fight alongside them as you explore the magical world of New Haven.

2025IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDWindowsby Gregdude
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65 unique creatures with no evolution grindCozy autumn halloween aestheticHandcrafted battles with strategic depthAtmosphericChillCozy

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Steam players who put hours into Pipkin 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. Spectrakin

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pipkin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Pipkin.

    Catch and train monsters, master turn-based combat, and grow a small settlement into a thriving town! Explore a vast world filled with secrets, memorable characters, and an ancient mystery waiting to be solved. Spectrakin is a modern love letter to classic monster-taming games.

    IndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Disc Creatures

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Pipkin.

    Second-strongest match for Pipkin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pipkin.

    Humans live alongside creatures, each with different personalities, abilities, and moral codes. The invention of the DiscKid has changed life for everyone. Humans can copy creatures and use their power to help others and solve mysteries around the world.

    2019IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Alchemic Beasts

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pipkin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pipkin.

    A monster-taming RPG where the social chemistry between your beasts shape how they bond, battle, and build. Join Zieg and Mioni to reclaim the wild paradise of Mizu, tame powerful monsters, and restore the resort to its former glory.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Digimon Story Time Stranger

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Ranked #4 for Pipkin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Pipkin.

    The latest in the Digimon Story series is finally here! In this RPG, unravel a mystery that spans across the human world and the Digital World, collecting and raising a wide variety of Digimon to save the world.

    2025RPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. HEARTBEAT

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Pipkin.

    Ranked #5 for Pipkin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Pipkin.

    Make friends, make enemies, go fishing, collect cards, beat up sharks, beat up tigers, obtain the denim blade, train a fuzzy infantile insect for battle, and uncover ancient secrets in this monster-filled adventure.

    2018IndieRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Coromon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Ranked #6 for Pipkin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pipkin.

    Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Ranked #7 for Pipkin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Pipkin.

    The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

    2012IndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Siralim 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Ranked #8 for Pipkin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Pipkin.

    Siralim 2 is an old-school monster catching RPG. Summon and customize hundreds of creatures to fight for you as you battle your way through endless dungeons. Find rare treasure and use it to upgrade your castle, empower your creatures, craft powerful artifacts, learn new spells, and much more.

    2016IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Pipkin

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. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Reviewers of Pipkin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Pipkin.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Reviewers of Pipkin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Pipkin.

    Reawaken your inner demon in a modernized version of the acclaimed ATLUS classic, Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster.

    2021RPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Reviewers of Pipkin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pipkin.

    Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.

    2024AdventureRPG20.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Pipkin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pipkin.

    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 ~55% under Pipkin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Pipkin.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Pipkin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pipkin.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Pipkin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pipkin.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Pipkin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pipkin.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~91% under Pipkin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pipkin.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~73% under Pipkin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pipkin.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Pipkin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pipkin.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 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 with Pipkin.

    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. Shares Adventure with Pipkin.

    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 and Adventure with Pipkin.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    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 with Pipkin.

    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 and Adventure with Pipkin.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Digimon Story Time Stranger

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Pipkin.

    The latest in the Digimon Story series is finally here! In this RPG, unravel a mystery that spans across the human world and the Digital World, collecting and raising a wide variety of Digimon to save the world.

    2025RPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Coromon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pipkin.

    Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Pipkin.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Pipkin.

    The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

    2012IndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pipkin

Does Pipkin work on Steam Deck?
Pipkin is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Pipkin cost?
Pipkin is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pipkin?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pipkin are Spectrakin, Disc Creatures, Alchemic Beasts.
Who developed Pipkin?
Pipkin was developed by Gregdude.

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 Pipkin.

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