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Games like Annie and the AI

If Annie and the AI is your kind of game, the closest matches are Data Garden, Cut to the Core and Tidal Therapy — 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 Annie and the AI: Step into the role of Esme, an AI built by Annie but built for what purpose? Evolve and learn by solving visual puzzles accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn artwork. Learn all about Annie's life, befriend her, and grow together.

2023IndieCasual8.99 USDWindows · macOSby NoSleepGames LLC
Annie and the AI — Steam game cover

Players who liked Annie and the AI also play

Steam players who put hours into Annie and the AI 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. Data Garden

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Annie and the AI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

    A text-less comic-game hybrid about data, interaction and digital identity playable with only one button.

    2023Indie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cut to the Core

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Annie and the AI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Annie and the AI.

    How much of someone can you cut away before there's nothing left? Find out in this chilling kinetic visual novel - IF YOU DARE!

    2022IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Tidal Therapy

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Annie and the AI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

    Tidal Therapy is a travel novel game for tired adults. A tired office worker heads to the sea. The setting is a quiet and beautiful sea town with a seaside park, warehouse district, and tower condominiums.

    2024IndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Overboard!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Annie and the AI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Blake: The Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Annie and the AI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Annie and the AI.

    Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

    2021IndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Ghost in the pool

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Annie and the AI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

    A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.

    2021IndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Murder by Numbers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Annie and the AI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

    Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Wednesdays

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Annie and the AI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

    "The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.

    2025Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Annie and the AI on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Annie and the AI.

    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 ~44% under Annie and the AI on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Annie and the AI.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Annie and the AI on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Annie and the AI.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Annie and the AI on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Annie and the AI.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Annie and the AI on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

    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 ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Annie and the AI on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Annie and the AI on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Annie and the AI.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Annie and the AI on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Annie and the AI.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Annie and the AI.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Annie and the AI.

    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 Casual with Annie and the AI.

    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 Annie and the AI.

    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. 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 Annie and the AI.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Annie and the AI

How much does Annie and the AI cost?
Annie and the AI is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Annie and the AI?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Annie and the AI are Data Garden, Cut to the Core, Tidal Therapy.
Who developed Annie and the AI?
Annie and the AI was developed by NoSleepGames LLC.

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 Annie and the AI.

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