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Games like CottageVille

If CottageVille is your kind of game, the closest matches are Desktop Island: Idle Together!, Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales and Lavender Station — 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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About CottageVille: CottageVille is a cozy idling game, where you can design your very own cottage and do various activities (such as planning, listening to music, etc.) on your own, and together with your friends!

2023IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDWindows · macOSby Team Melon
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Players who liked CottageVille also play

Steam players who put hours into CottageVille 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. Desktop Island: Idle Together!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for CottageVille fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

    Desktop Island is a co-op life sim to be enjoyed through both an active or idle playstyle. Play solo, or with up to 5 friends to restore your island and create a communal hub. Meet the inhabitants, choose your profession, master deep progression, and gather resources to build your dream island.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for CottageVille fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

    Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales offers a unique blend of farming and survival. Build your own farm and survive the wild. Complete quests, rescue your loyal dog, and experience an epic rural adventure with up in online co-op.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.69 USDSteam ↗
  3. Lavender Station

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for CottageVille fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

    Care for Lavender Station, a small rural train platform in this cozy train station sim. Welcome passengers, meet their needs, and shape the station’s atmosphere. Decorate and customize your platform, improve its reputation, and create a calm, charming stop for every traveler.

    2027IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Nano Neighbors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for CottageVille fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

    A cozy online incremental idle game you can play with your friends at the bottom of your screen. Customise, play mini games, earn & spend!

    2025IndieSimulationMassively Multiplayer3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cat Rooms: Sticker Decor!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for CottageVille fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

    Cat Rooms: Sticker Decor! is a relaxing sticker game about cozy rooms and cats. Pick up stickers with tweezers, place them into tiny dioramas, and slowly create warm little spaces you’ll want to return to after a noisy day.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Luvu: Your Desktop Pet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for CottageVille fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

    A cozy home-based desktop game where you organize, decorate, and interact with small living spaces alongside your companion. It watches you, reacts to you, and slowly grows attached to you. Quiet, playful, and alive in its own way. Your desktop stops feeling empty. It starts feeling shared.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  7. Neko Michi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for CottageVille fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

    Build and manage a cozy Meiji-era street for cats. customize buildings, balance tradition and modernity, and create a peaceful cat community

    2026IndieSimulation4.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Kitten Food Alley

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for CottageVille fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with CottageVille.

    Kitten Food Alley is a casual management sim with the theme of petting cat. You can open various food shops and adjust food recipes, produce food by petting cat employees. Unlock various tools to automate petting. Enjoy the stress relief of cyber cat petting!

    2025SimulationCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under CottageVille on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CottageVille.

    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 ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under CottageVille on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under CottageVille on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CottageVille.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under CottageVille on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CottageVille.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under CottageVille on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CottageVille.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under CottageVille on Steam right now. Shares Casual with CottageVille.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under CottageVille on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CottageVille.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under CottageVille on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CottageVille.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 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 CottageVille.

    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. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. 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 CottageVille.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about CottageVille

How much does CottageVille cost?
CottageVille is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does CottageVille have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — CottageVille supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to CottageVille?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CottageVille are Desktop Island: Idle Together!, Beyond the Soil: Farming & Tales, Lavender Station.
Who developed CottageVille?
CottageVille was developed by Team Melon and published by Danial Jumagaliyev.

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 CottageVille.

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