Games like The Simplest Game in the World
If The Simplest Game in the World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Distant Transmission, 功德木鱼 and Pink Gum — 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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Steam players who put hours into The Simplest Game in the World 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.
Distant Transmission
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Simplest Game in the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Simplest Game in the World.
Create nonsensical radio shows with your friends online!
功德木鱼
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Simplest Game in the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Simplest Game in the World.
An electronic wooden fish with customizable statements and a chanting simulator, making your mood calm and peaceful.
Pink Gum
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Simplest Game in the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
A short and deeply emotional game experience where life itself is presented through a unique perspective.
Inkslinger
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Simplest Game in the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
As an Inkslinger at Brassknee's renowned Wordshop, it's your job to write letters for the citizens of Isle Shammer. But through the veil of work lies forgotten trauma. A voice begins to speak to you in recurring daydreams, telling you about your tragic past in Nomania.
Forgetter
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Simplest Game in the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
Forgetter is a destructive journey of pain, memory and artistry. In the future, creative minds can be inherited by clients’ newborns. You're hired to destroy unhealthy memories in the minds of deceased artists. Remember to smash everything. Don't let the artists’ remaining consciousness stop you.
MaryPark St.
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Simplest Game in the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.
Some Goodbyes We Made
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Simplest Game in the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
Typefighters (Steam Edition)
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Simplest Game in the World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Simplest Game in the World.
Typefighters is a competitive multiplayer game where two players battle each other using their typing skills. Its variety of modes does not only emphasise typing speed and correctness, but also other skills like reaction time, sustained attention, creativity, tactics and anticipating the opponents moves.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Simplest Game in the World at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Simplest Game in the World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
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 The Simplest Game in the World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
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 The Simplest Game in the World on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Simplest Game in the World.
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 The Simplest Game in the World on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Simplest Game in the World.
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 The Simplest Game in the World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Simplest Game in the World.
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 The Simplest Game in the World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Simplest Game in the World.
"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 The Simplest Game in the World on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Simplest Game in the World.
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.
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 The Simplest Game in the World.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Simplest Game in the World.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Simplest Game in the World.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
The Supper
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
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More from Ke Zhou
Other recommendable Steam games by Ke Zhou, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Unnamed Experiment
WHY THIS
Another title from Ke Zhou, the studio behind The Simplest Game in the World. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
A point-and-click puzzle game with no textual guidance at all, relying solely on cryptic symbols and mundane objects given an alien twist. An atmospheric journey awaits. Lean on your sensation and gut instinct, but don't get lost.
Gearo Shard
WHY THIS
Another title from Ke Zhou, the studio behind The Simplest Game in the World. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simplest Game in the World.
Gearo Shard is a Survivor-like game where you play as a lone robot head, defeating swarms of enemies and scavenging for parts to survive in the uncharted depths of the cosmos.
Minefield Fractalis
WHY THIS
Another title from Ke Zhou, the studio behind The Simplest Game in the World. Shares Indie and Casual with The Simplest Game in the World.
A Minesweeper-inspired puzzle game with a recursive twist. Each "mine" is a gateway to a new battlefield, each with its own cryptic logic to decipher. Navigate these nested systems and overcome quiz-like logic puzzles to unravel the chaos from the inside out.
Imperial Wager: The Shattered Crown of Augustus
WHY THIS
Another title from Ke Zhou, the studio behind The Simplest Game in the World. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Simplest Game in the World.
Rule a fractured realm in this minimalist political sim where statecraft is an abstract game of chance. Wager your treasury to awaken dormant relics, mold a Ruling Will to set the house in motion, and steer shifting borders. Set the stakes, delegate power, and gamble to reforge the name of Augustus.
OverRead
WHY THIS
Another title from Ke Zhou, the studio behind The Simplest Game in the World. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Simplest Game in the World.
Consume text at the speed of thought. OverRead is an experimental R.S.V.P. reading utility that eliminates eye fatigue by flashing words directly into your focal center. Import your own files, customize your optical link, and reach a literal reading flow state.
Frequently asked about The Simplest Game in the World
- How much does The Simplest Game in the World cost?
- The Simplest Game in the World is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Simplest Game in the World?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Simplest Game in the World are Distant Transmission, 功德木鱼, Pink Gum.
- Who developed The Simplest Game in the World?
- The Simplest Game in the World was developed by Ke Zhou, 刻舟 and published by Ke Zhou, 刻舟.
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