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Games like Data Garden

If Data Garden is your kind of game, the closest matches are Annie and the AI, Cosmolace and Lone McLonegan : A Western Adventure — 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 Data Garden: A text-less comic-game hybrid about data, interaction and digital identity playable with only one button.

2023Indie3.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Shaman Garage
Data Garden — Steam game cover

Players who liked Data Garden also play

Steam players who put hours into Data Garden 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. Annie and the AI

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Data Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    Step into the role of Esme, an AI built by Annie but built for what purpose? Evolve and learn by solving visual puzzles accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn artwork. Learn all about Annie's life, befriend her, and grow together.

    2023IndieCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cosmolace

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Data Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    A narrative-driven puzzle game that combines "optical illusions" with "single-stroke puzzle" as its theme. Players rotate their perspective in a 3D space, using optical illusions to connect vertexes and segments, completing the patterns in each level with a single stroke.

    2025IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Lone McLonegan : A Western Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Data Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    Lone McLonegan is an old-school point-n-click adventure game inspired by old westerns with touches of acid humor. Help Lone become "The Most Wanted Outlaw In The Wild West" as you tackle fun puzzles and meet quirky characters.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Data Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo is a whimsical point’n’click adventure with a surrealist story, astounding hand-drawn animations and hilarious puzzles. Mr. Coo is trapped and broken into pieces. But most of all, he has no idea of what’s going on. Is that a giant chicken over there?

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Walking Dead

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Data Garden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.

    2012Adventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Data Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Data Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    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 ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Data Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Data Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Data Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Data Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Data Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Data Garden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 with Data Garden.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Lone McLonegan : A Western Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    Lone McLonegan is an old-school point-n-click adventure game inspired by old westerns with touches of acid humor. Help Lone become "The Most Wanted Outlaw In The Wild West" as you tackle fun puzzles and meet quirky characters.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Data Garden.

    The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo is a whimsical point’n’click adventure with a surrealist story, astounding hand-drawn animations and hilarious puzzles. Mr. Coo is trapped and broken into pieces. But most of all, he has no idea of what’s going on. Is that a giant chicken over there?

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Walking Dead

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.

    2012Adventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Data Garden

How much does Data Garden cost?
Data Garden is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Data Garden?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Data Garden are Annie and the AI, Cosmolace, Lone McLonegan : A Western Adventure.
Who developed Data Garden?
Data Garden was developed by Shaman Garage.

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 Data Garden.

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