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Games like Docking Ships

If Docking Ships is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pipeworks Puzzle, ShapeGrid and HEN, CHICKS AND CATS — 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 Docking Ships: Prepare to embark on a charming and cozy puzzle adventure in Docking Ships a delightful game that combines the charm of pirate ships with the brain-teasing challenge of navigating through a grid tile system to successfully dock your vessels.

2023IndieCasual0.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Ponko Studio, Ludohood
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Players who liked Docking Ships also play

Steam players who put hours into Docking Ships 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. Pipeworks Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Docking Ships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    Pipeworks puzzle adds a new twist to the classic sliding-tile puzzle! Connect pipes as you move them in a grid-based arena to match the blueprint. You can only move the pieces into empty tiles, so plan your next move carefully.

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. ShapeGrid

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Docking Ships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    ShapeGrid is a casual puzzle game. Find your way through different shapes and colors. Solve 70 hand-crafted puzzles or compete against other players in endless mode!

    2022IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. HEN, CHICKS AND CATS

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Docking Ships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    Save all the chicks, but choose your moves carefully or they might fall into the wrong paws.

    2022IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hidden Shapes Black Skull - Jigsaw Puzzle Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Docking Ships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    Relax with beautiful hand-drawn puzzles inspired by the world of Pirates, created exclusively for you to have fun and be amazed by beautiful art with each puzzle solved!

    2021IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Anchor Up

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Docking Ships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A calming turn based puzzle game about out-manoeuvring your opponents ships by careful navigation and weapon placement. The weapons you choose, and where you place them on your boat are all part of the puzzle.

    2021Strategy5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Animal Planner

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Docking Ships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    A relaxing sliding puzzle game about arranging animals to make them happy.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. UwUbUwU

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Docking Ships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    UwUbUwU is a small cozy puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. Snakeloop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Docking Ships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    Snakeloop is a challenging puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Docking Ships on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Docking Ships.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Docking Ships on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Docking Ships.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Docking Ships on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Docking Ships on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Docking Ships on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Docking Ships.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Docking Ships on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Docking Ships.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Docking Ships on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Docking Ships.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Docking Ships on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Docking Ships.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Docking Ships.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Docking Ships.

    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 ↗
  7. 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 Docking Ships.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Docking Ships

How much does Docking Ships cost?
Docking Ships is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Docking Ships?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Docking Ships are Pipeworks Puzzle, ShapeGrid, HEN, CHICKS AND CATS.
Who developed Docking Ships?
Docking Ships was developed by Ponko Studio, Ludohood and published by Ponko Games.

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 Docking Ships.

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