Games like The Manga Works
If The Manga Works is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pocket Academy, The Ramen Sensei and Pocket Clothier — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and whimsical. 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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Players who liked The Manga Works also play
Steam players who put hours into The Manga Works 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.
Pocket Academy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Manga Works.
Top pick for The Manga Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?
The Ramen Sensei
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Second-strongest match for The Manga Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Pocket Clothier
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Manga Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!
Mega Mall Story
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Ranked #4 for The Manga Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.
Magazine Mogul
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Manga Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Help your community grow through the power of the press in this magazine sim! A small local magazine can make a big difference! Do you have what it takes to become a magazine mogul?
Pocket Academy 3
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Ranked #6 for The Manga Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
After 12 long years, we're back and bringing the school festival with us!
My Little Colony
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Manga Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Manga Works.
In My Little Colony, you play as an aspiring ant keeper. You will get to choose, build, and expand your colony. But make sure your queen has food and water to keep the colony growing! As players progress food and water will be in more of a demand so spend your coins wisely.
Kebab House
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Manga Works fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Manga Works.
Have you ever wanted to know what it feels like to run your own Kebab shop? Do your best to make kebab orders from customers while making enough money to keep your shop open. Upgrade your shop with new toppings and equipment to have more customers inside and online
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Manga Works at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Manga Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Manga Works.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Manga Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Manga Works.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Manga Works on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Manga Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Manga Works.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under The Manga Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Manga Works.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Manga Works on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Manga Works.
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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Manga Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Manga Works.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Manga Works on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Manga Works.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 The Manga Works.
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.
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 The Manga Works.
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 The Manga Works.
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?
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 The Manga Works.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Manga Works.
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.
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 The Manga Works.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Other recommendable Steam games by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Game Dev Story
WHY THIS
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind The Manga Works. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Dungeon Village
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind The Manga Works. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!
Dungeon Village 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind The Manga Works. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
Ninja Village
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Manga Works.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind The Manga Works. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Lead a ninja clan in the war to unify feudal Japan!
High Sea Saga DX
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind The Manga Works. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!
Dream Town Island
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind The Manga Works. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind The Manga Works. Shares Simulation with The Manga Works.
A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon
The Sushi Spinnery
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind The Manga Works. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pocket Academy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Manga Works.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?
The Ramen Sensei
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Pocket Clothier
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!
Pocket Academy 3
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Manga Works.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Manga Works.
After 12 long years, we're back and bringing the school festival with us!
Frequently asked about The Manga Works
- Is The Manga Works verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Manga Works 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 The Manga Works cost?
- The Manga Works is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Manga Works?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Manga Works are Pocket Academy, The Ramen Sensei, Pocket Clothier.
- Who developed The Manga Works?
- The Manga Works was developed by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd.
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 The Manga Works.
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