Games like Plague Alchemist
If Plague Alchemist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wild n Chill, Good Folk Cafe and Under the Elm — 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 Plague Alchemist: A pixel art RPG about alchemy, discovery, and a plague caused by colliding magical and non-magical realms. This first Early Access build is small, with roughly 1 hour of content, focused on exploring, crafting, brewing, and testing the core systems.
Players who liked Plague Alchemist also play
Steam players who put hours into Plague Alchemist 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.
Wild n Chill
WHY THIS
Top pick for Plague Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
Wild n Chill is a laid-back wilderness escape where ya forage, hunt, and craft the off-grid cabin of your dreams. Far from the noise and nonsense, it’s just you, your trusty companion, and a pal or two.
Good Folk Cafe
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Plague Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plague Alchemist.
Forage for wild plants, craft bespoke dishes, and delight your otherworldly clientele in this cosy, atmospheric management game. Hone your craft as you collect special equipment and useful folklore by connecting with the locals or simply relax and seek out stillness in nature.
Under the Elm
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Plague Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
Inherit your grandmother's cabin and the woods she loved. Forage real mushrooms and botanicals, brew the recipes she perfected, fill the field guide she left unfinished, and tend to the villagers she took care of for 40 years. A cozy game about coming home.
Doloc Town
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Plague Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
Doloc Town is a cozy pixel-art farming simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Build your dream farm from scratch and explore this mysterious wasteland. Harvest, plant, build, and uncover the untold stories of this forgotten land.
Fugl
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Plague Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
Soar with the wind as a shape-shifting bird. Explore worlds teeming with life. Discover and morph into hundreds of animal species. Relax and enjoy the freedom of Fugl.
Dig Island
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Plague Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
Dig Island is a 4-player co-op digging game. As you dig deeper, discover new resources, upgrade your equipment, and work with your friends to repair the plane and escape the island.
Cornucopia®
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Plague Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
Stardew Valley meets Paper Mario in the coziest farming RPG you've never played. Romance 34+ characters, befriend 50+, raise adorable animals, and grow crops using real soil science. No forced bedtime. A handcrafted 2.5D world full of charm, secrets, and the dream life you've been waiting for.
Chef RPG
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Plague Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Plague Alchemist.
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Plague Alchemist at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Plague Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plague Alchemist.
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 ~48% under Plague Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Plague Alchemist.
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 ~48% under Plague Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plague Alchemist.
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 ~48% under Plague Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Plague Alchemist.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Plague Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
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 ~69% under Plague Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plague Alchemist.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Plague Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Plague Alchemist.
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 ~48% under Plague Alchemist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plague Alchemist.
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 with Plague Alchemist.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Plague Alchemist.
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 Plague Alchemist.
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 and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
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 Simulation with Plague Alchemist.
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 and Adventure with Plague Alchemist.
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.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Frequently asked about Plague Alchemist
- How much does Plague Alchemist cost?
- Plague Alchemist is listed on Steam at 9.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Plague Alchemist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Plague Alchemist are Wild n Chill, Good Folk Cafe, Under the Elm.
- Who developed Plague Alchemist?
- Plague Alchemist was developed by Hardcoded.
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 Plague Alchemist.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.