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Games like Trade Post Forest

If Trade Post Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Éclaircies, Open Fishing XL and Drift — 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 Trade Post Forest: Trade Post Forest is an open world exploration game about a successful trade post in the middle of the woods. Explore the trade post and the surrounding land to discover new landmarks and tools. Don't get lost.

2023AdventureCasualEarly Access4.99 USDWindowsby Sam
Trade Post Forest — Steam game cover

Players who liked Trade Post Forest also play

Steam players who put hours into Trade Post Forest 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. Éclaircies

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Trade Post Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    Lost in a bewildering forest, discover a new way to run and walk through a vast and intricate environment. Create new trails, map the forest, leave your mark and use the stars to chart your way out as you make the most of your journey.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Open Fishing XL

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Trade Post Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    Open Fishing XL is an open world fishing game focused on creating a relaxing experience. Fill out a book with 115 fish species, buy rods, items, boats and more, explore the large map, identify cute insects, draw your own map, and enjoy fishing without worries with intuitive fishing mechanics.

    2023SportsSimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Drift

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Trade Post Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual and Early Access with Trade Post Forest.

    A calm, dreamlike exploration experience set in a procedurally generated world where shifting landscapes and quiet structures emerge from the haze.

    2026CasualEarly Access1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Book of Myko

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Trade Post Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    Help Myko complete her mushroom foraging journal and get into the Royal Academy in this cozy, self-paced adventure game. Meet a colorful cast of characters in calm natural spaces as you uncover the gentle puzzle of mycology.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dumi's Adventure: Across Europe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Trade Post Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Early Access with Trade Post Forest.

    A first-person road trip simulator where you drive, repair and maintain your car, explore open roads, take on small jobs and travel across a vast open world at your own pace.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. The Search For Fran

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Trade Post Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    " The Search for Fran " Welcome to the City Park. You are here to search for Fran. While searching, You can also talk with people and go on Quests , Collect Glorbs , Throw a Ball , Drive a Car , Fly a Ship , Fix Traffic Jams, Try a "Challenge" and much more !

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. New York Rat Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Trade Post Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    In a world bound by the very laws of traffic, one Rat has been chosen.... Roam the streets of New York, imbued with unnatural jumping abilities, you can now disrupt the very fabric of society and collect pizza slices in the name of the glorious Rat King to summon the dark eldritch being of New York.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. СИМУЛЯТОР ЛАЗАНЬЯ ПО ЗАБРОШКАМ

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Trade Post Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    At its core, it's not really a game. Rather, a short tour of the authentic post-Soviet courtyard, which has long been abandoned by local residents.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Trade Post Forest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Trade Post Forest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Trade Post Forest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Trade Post Forest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Trade Post Forest on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Trade Post Forest on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Trade Post Forest on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Trade Post Forest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 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 Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    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 Trade Post Forest.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with Trade Post Forest.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Sam

Other recommendable Steam games by Sam, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Hoser Hockey

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sam, the studio behind Trade Post Forest.

    Retro arcade hockey! Create your own teams and challenge your friends or the AI in fast paced shinny action. Play Hoser Hockey with up to eight players both locally and online.

    2020ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Acolyte's Fall

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sam, the studio behind Trade Post Forest. Shares Adventure with Trade Post Forest.

    Acolyte's Fall is a dark-fantasy Souls-like of deliberate, punishing combat. Master stamina, poise, parries and weapon arts, forge your build across spell and steel, and topple towering bosses. Rest at ancient shrines, die, rise again—then summon a friend to fall beside you.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. Sinkie Soldiers

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sam, the studio behind Trade Post Forest.

    Keep control of the castle, but more importantly: your armour.

    ActionSteam ↗
  4. ROADS: Tangled in Traffic

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sam, the studio behind Trade Post Forest.

    The city is strangled by its own explosive growth. Identify the chokepoints, invest in infrastructure, and redesign the network. One well-placed roundabout could nurse it back to life. Can you relieve the pressure and let prosperity flow as freely as the traffic?

    SimulationSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Trade Post Forest

How much does Trade Post Forest cost?
Trade Post Forest is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Trade Post Forest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Trade Post Forest are Éclaircies, Open Fishing XL, Drift.
Who developed Trade Post Forest?
Trade Post Forest was developed by Sam and published by Deep Forest Games.

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 Trade Post Forest.

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