Games like architect
If architect is your kind of game, the closest matches are 4D Games, Graviton - The Great Sand Simulator and Conductor: Creative Joy Engine — 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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Players who liked architect also play
Steam players who put hours into architect 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.
4D Games
WHY THIS
Top pick for architect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with architect.
4D Shapes, 4D Chess and 4D Mazes!? Take a deep dive into the world of Four Dimensions, with more control than ever before!
Graviton - The Great Sand Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for architect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with architect.
Graviton is a falling sand simulator in which you define your own interactive sand art. Sit back, relax, and draw from existing sand materials. Or take time to learn and create your own sands with complex rules. The possibilities are endless!
Conductor: Creative Joy Engine
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for architect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with architect.
Conductor is an audiovisual experience creation engine that encourages you to craft, save, and share funky environments with its vibrantly creative tool-set alongside all of your favorite media.
Linia Stripes
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for architect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with architect.
Linia Stripes is a relaxing game of identifying stripes of progressive length on countless, colorful boards. As you play, you’ll be able to collect many wonderful patterns to create unique wallpapers, ready for use and customization!
Hexologic
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for architect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with architect.
Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Hexologic. Solve challenging, yet rewarding puzzles, listen to relaxing music, dive deep into the game’s atmosphere and fall in love in with Sudoku again!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below architect at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under architect on Steam right now. Shares Indie with architect.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under architect on Steam right now. Shares Indie with architect.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under architect on Steam right now. Shares Casual with architect.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under architect on Steam right now. Shares Casual with architect.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under architect on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with architect.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under architect on Steam right now. Shares Indie with architect.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under architect on Steam right now. Shares Casual with architect.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with architect.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with architect.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 architect.
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 architect.
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 architect.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with architect.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about architect
- How much does architect cost?
- architect is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to architect?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside architect are 4D Games, Graviton - The Great Sand Simulator, Conductor: Creative Joy Engine.
- Who developed architect?
- architect was developed by Aleph Null and published by Aleph Null 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 architect.
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