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Games like The Master's Pupil

If The Master's Pupil is your kind of game, the closest matches are Qiú 泅, Tukoni: Prologue and Story of the Lost Dot — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its color relationships drive progression, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 The Master's Pupil: The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball

2023IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Pat Naoum
The Master's Pupil — Steam game cover
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Color relationships drive progressionHand painted art by a single developerPuzzles feel like solving living paintingsAtmosphericContemplativeCozy

Players who liked The Master's Pupil also play

Steam players who put hours into The Master's Pupil 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. Qiú 泅

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Master's Pupil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    A rescue robot had lost all teammates in a tsunami. Experience the emotional struggle and empathy in the post-apocalyptic world of Qiú, where, through a series of side-scrolling puzzle games, you help the robot achieve its dream, even at the cost of death.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Tukoni: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Master's Pupil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.

    2020IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Story of the Lost Dot

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Master's Pupil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Master's Pupil.

    Discover the classic tale of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in a whole new way. A gaming experience where you get to feel what it's like to dive inside a novel as a small dot. Roll left and right, rewind time, and venture deeper through the story as you try to find your way back home.

    AdventureCasualSteam ↗
  4. Black Zen White

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Master's Pupil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    Black Zen White is a relaxing puzzle platformer where the world flips between two versions: black and white. Think, time your moves, bend time, and interact with strange creatures in this contemplative, hand-drawn journey inspired by East Asian ink paintings for 1 to 2 players.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Pizza of the Gods

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Master's Pupil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    A humorous 2D hand-drawn platformer where you’re on a quest to deliver a pizza to Zeus and prove you’re worthy of marrying your boss’s daughter. Fight funny enemies, switch between two characters to solve puzzles, and explore a world drawn entirely on paper.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure6.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. Leo: The Square

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Master's Pupil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    Leo: The Square is a minimalist 2D platformer where you guide Leo through challenging levels. Explore unique environments and solve puzzles in this atmospheric adventure.

    2025IndieAdventure2.49 USDSteam ↗
  7. Chromatic Conundrum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Master's Pupil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.

    2026IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. aMAZE 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with The Master's Pupil.

    Ranked #8 for The Master's Pupil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    aMAZE 2 is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Master's Pupil at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Master's Pupil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Master's Pupil.

    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 The Master's Pupil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Master's Pupil.

    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 The Master's Pupil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    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 The Master's Pupil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Master's Pupil.

    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 The Master's Pupil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    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. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Master's Pupil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Master's Pupil.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Master's Pupil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Master's Pupil.

    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 ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Master's Pupil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Master's Pupil.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 The Master's Pupil.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 The Master's Pupil.

    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. Shares Indie with The Master's Pupil.

    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 Indie and Adventure with The Master's Pupil.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Master's Pupil.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Master's Pupil.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Master's Pupil

Is The Master's Pupil verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — The Master's Pupil 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 Master's Pupil cost?
The Master's Pupil is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Master's Pupil?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Master's Pupil are Qiú 泅, Tukoni: Prologue, Story of the Lost Dot.
Who developed The Master's Pupil?
The Master's Pupil was developed by Pat Naoum and published by Pat Naoum Games Pty 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 Master's Pupil.

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