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Games like Jumbo Airport Story

If Jumbo Airport Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mega Mall Story 2, Hot Springs Story 2 and Mega Mall Story — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters reoccur across games, easy to understand bonuses and forgiving airport setup. 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 Jumbo Airport Story: Just imagine: your own world-famous airport! A game with sky-high levels of fun!

2023StrategyIndieSimulationCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
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Players who liked Jumbo Airport Story also play

Steam players who put hours into Jumbo Airport Story 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. Mega Mall Story 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Top pick for Jumbo Airport Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    A brand new business sim! Build cafés, movie theaters, aquariums, and more!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hot Springs Story 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Second-strongest match for Jumbo Airport Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    A "hot" new hot springs resort sim with a ton of new exclusive features!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mega Mall Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Third-strongest match for Jumbo Airport Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Convenience Stories

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Ranked #4 for Jumbo Airport Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation5.66 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Hot Springs Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Ranked #5 for Jumbo Airport Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Pocket Academy 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Ranked #6 for Jumbo Airport Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    After 12 long years, we're back and bringing the school festival with us!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Forest Camp Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Ranked #7 for Jumbo Airport Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Tropical Resort Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Ranked #8 for Jumbo Airport Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Jumbo Airport Story

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Supermarket Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Jumbo Airport Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Ready to be a millionaire? broke? robbed? or finally receive the sweet release of death? Well Supermarket Tycoon is the game for you! Build up and manage your own super market and much much more!

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Venture Towns

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Reviewers of Jumbo Airport Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. World Cruise Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Reviewers of Jumbo Airport Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Captain a luxury cruise liner, sailing the entire world while entertaining VIPs!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Pyraplex

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Reviewers of Jumbo Airport Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jumbo Airport Story at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Jumbo Airport Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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 Jumbo Airport Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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 Jumbo Airport Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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 Jumbo Airport Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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 Jumbo Airport Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Jumbo Airport Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Jumbo Airport Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jumbo Airport Story.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Jumbo Airport Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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 ↗

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 Jumbo Airport Story.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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. 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 Jumbo Airport Story.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    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 ↗
  7. 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 Jumbo Airport Story.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jumbo Airport Story.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd

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

  1. Game Dev Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind Jumbo Airport Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dungeon Village

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind Jumbo Airport Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.23 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dungeon Village 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind Jumbo Airport Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ninja Village

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind Jumbo Airport Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Lead a ninja clan in the war to unify feudal Japan!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.41 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. High Sea Saga DX

    WHY THIS

    Shares idle progression and a cozy mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind Jumbo Airport Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dream Town Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind Jumbo Airport Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind Jumbo Airport Story. Shares Simulation with Jumbo Airport Story.

    A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon

    2024Simulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Sushi Spinnery

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Another title from Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, the studio behind Jumbo Airport Story. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Mega Mall Story 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    A brand new business sim! Build cafés, movie theaters, aquariums, and more!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hot Springs Story 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    A "hot" new hot springs resort sim with a ton of new exclusive features!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Convenience Stories

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation5.66 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hot Springs Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Pocket Academy 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    After 12 long years, we're back and bringing the school festival with us!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Forest Camp Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Tropical Resort Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Jumbo Airport Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Jumbo Airport Story.

    It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Jumbo Airport Story

Is Jumbo Airport Story verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Jumbo Airport Story 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 Jumbo Airport Story cost?
Jumbo Airport Story is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Jumbo Airport Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jumbo Airport Story are Mega Mall Story 2, Hot Springs Story 2, Mega Mall Story.
Who developed Jumbo Airport Story?
Jumbo Airport Story was developed by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd.

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