Games like CLOUD DWELLERS
If CLOUD DWELLERS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gnome Glen, Whiskerwood and Nova Roma — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and cozy. 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 CLOUD DWELLERS: CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.

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Steam players who put hours into CLOUD DWELLERS 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.
Gnome Glen
WHY THIS
Top pick for CLOUD DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.
Whiskerwood
WHY THIS
Shares tech tree progression, grid based movement, adventure and an atmospheric mood with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Second-strongest match for CLOUD DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Nova Roma
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and atmospheric with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Third-strongest match for CLOUD DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Mars Attracts
WHY THIS
Shares tech tree progression, base building and an atmospheric mood with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Ranked #4 for CLOUD DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!
Humanica
WHY THIS
Shares tech tree progression and an atmospheric mood with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Ranked #5 for CLOUD DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Here Comes The Swarm
WHY THIS
Shares base building and upgrade system with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Ranked #6 for CLOUD DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
After Inc: Revival
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering, base building and an atmospheric mood with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Ranked #7 for CLOUD DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
Ground of Aces
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering, base building and atmospheric with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Ranked #8 for CLOUD DWELLERS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CLOUD DWELLERS at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CLOUD DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
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 CLOUD DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CLOUD DWELLERS.
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 CLOUD DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with CLOUD DWELLERS.
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 CLOUD DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CLOUD DWELLERS.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under CLOUD DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CLOUD DWELLERS.
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 ~50% under CLOUD DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CLOUD DWELLERS.
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 ~70% under CLOUD DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
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 CLOUD DWELLERS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with CLOUD DWELLERS.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CLOUD DWELLERS.
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 CLOUD DWELLERS.
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 CLOUD DWELLERS.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CLOUD DWELLERS.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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 CLOUD DWELLERS.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with CLOUD DWELLERS.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Frequently asked about CLOUD DWELLERS
- Does CLOUD DWELLERS run on Steam Deck?
- CLOUD DWELLERS is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does CLOUD DWELLERS cost?
- CLOUD DWELLERS is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CLOUD DWELLERS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CLOUD DWELLERS are Gnome Glen, Whiskerwood, Nova Roma.
- Who developed CLOUD DWELLERS?
- CLOUD DWELLERS was developed by XinZhi and published by Xinzhi.
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 CLOUD DWELLERS.
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