Games like Chai
If Chai is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gaia Project, Caverna and Biblios Dice — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Chai: Chai is the digital adaptation of the card game of the same name created by Dan and Connie Kazmaier developed by "Steeped Games". It can be played with 1-5 players.
Players who liked Chai also play
Steam players who put hours into Chai 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.
Gaia Project
WHY THIS
Top pick for Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Gaia Project is the digital adaptation of the boardgame Gaia Project created by Helge Ostertag and Jens Drögemüller and published by "Feuerland Verlag". It is a 1-4 player strategy game. It plays in the same universe as Terra Mystica and continues the adventure in the far future.
Caverna
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Caverna is the digital adaptation of the board game of the same name created by Uwe Rosenberg developed by "Lookout Games". It can be played with 1-7 players.
Biblios Dice
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Chai.
Biblios Dice is a digital adaptation of the dice game by Dr. Finn. In it you are working as medieval monks to produce illustrations and improve the prestige of your abbey. Manipulate the value of the five different resources, buy and sell at the market, and gain the bishop's favor.
Wingspan
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chai.
Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
Everdell
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!
Root
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chai.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
Richman 11
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Chai.
Richman 11 is a casual game in Monopoly genre, it is the 11th episode of the franchise. In the game, players could select maps, characters and group play, creating free play or challenge play. Try to earn money and win the play by investing properties, using cards, etc.
Concordia: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Chai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chai at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
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 ~50% under Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
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 ~50% under Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
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 ~50% under Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chai.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chai.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chai on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chai.
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.
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 Chai.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chai.
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 Casual with Chai.
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 Chai.
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 Chai.
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 DIGIDICED
Other recommendable Steam games by DIGIDICED, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Gaia Project
WHY THIS
Another title from DIGIDICED, the studio behind Chai. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Gaia Project is the digital adaptation of the boardgame Gaia Project created by Helge Ostertag and Jens Drögemüller and published by "Feuerland Verlag". It is a 1-4 player strategy game. It plays in the same universe as Terra Mystica and continues the adventure in the far future.
The Castles of Burgundy
WHY THIS
Another title from DIGIDICED, the studio behind Chai. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Stefan Feld's highly decorated board game "The Castles Of Burgundy" by Ravensburger is getting its digital version on Steam! Enjoy against the challenging AI or friends a beautiful digital version of the classic board game!
Terra Mystica
WHY THIS
Another title from DIGIDICED, the studio behind Chai. Shares Indie with Chai.
In a world of fantasy, called Terra Mystica, 14 races are fighting together or individually against their opponents to gain power and territory. Using their resources smartly and terraforming wisely to gain supremacy and lead their own settlers to victory.
Viticulture Essential Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from DIGIDICED, the studio behind Chai. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
This is the official digital adaption of the boardgame Viticulture by Jamey Stegmaier & Alan Stone.
Isle of Skye
WHY THIS
Another title from DIGIDICED, the studio behind Chai. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Five clans are fighting to rule over the Isle of Skye. Only the chieftain who develops the best clan territory and trades wisely will be king!
Patchwork
WHY THIS
Another title from DIGIDICED, the studio behind Chai. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
In the long-awaited digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's Patchwork, players patch their way to victory using fabric pieces of assorted sizes, colors, and buttons.
Le Havre: The Inland Port
WHY THIS
Another title from DIGIDICED, the studio behind Chai. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Build a prosperous port in Uwe Rosenberg’s award winning two-player board game!
Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
WHY THIS
Another title from DIGIDICED, the studio behind Chai. Shares Indie with Chai.
Agricola: All Creatures Big & Small is a digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's award-winning two-player board game featuring farming and livestock breeding.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Gaia Project
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Gaia Project is the digital adaptation of the boardgame Gaia Project created by Helge Ostertag and Jens Drögemüller and published by "Feuerland Verlag". It is a 1-4 player strategy game. It plays in the same universe as Terra Mystica and continues the adventure in the far future.
Wingspan
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Chai.
Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
Root
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Chai.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
Richman 11
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Chai.
Richman 11 is a casual game in Monopoly genre, it is the 11th episode of the franchise. In the game, players could select maps, characters and group play, creating free play or challenge play. Try to earn money and win the play by investing properties, using cards, etc.
Concordia: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Chai.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
Frequently asked about Chai
- How much does Chai cost?
- Chai is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Chai have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Chai supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Chai?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chai are Gaia Project, Caverna, Biblios Dice.
- Who developed Chai?
- Chai was developed by DIGIDICED.
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 Chai.
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