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Games like Carnaval Simulator

If Carnaval Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game, Junkyard Simulator and Anno 117: Pax Romana β€” picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its animatronics and animated components, atmospheric and funny. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity β€” not a generic popularity list.

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About Carnaval Simulator: Build & design your own parades! Create light shows, setup animatronics, use special effects, play music, and more to captivate audiences in both singleplayer & multiplayer. Inspired by real-world celebrations like Mardi Gras & Carnival of Brazil 🎊

2025StrategyIndieSimulationCasual10.99 USDWindowsby JBA Software Development
Carnaval Simulator β€” Steam game cover
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Animatronics and animated componentsAnimatronics make floats feel aliveCreative freedom to build beyond dutch themesAtmosphericFunnyImmersive

Players who liked Carnaval Simulator also play

Steam players who put hours into Carnaval Simulator also tend to own these titles β€” 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. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Carnaval Simulator.

    Top pick for Carnaval Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  2. Junkyard Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Carnaval Simulator.

    Second-strongest match for Carnaval Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam β†—
  3. Anno 117: Pax Romana

    WHY THIS

    Shares simulation and an atmospheric mood with Carnaval Simulator.

    Third-strongest match for Carnaval Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carnaval Simulator.

    Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

    2025StrategySimulation59.99 USDSteam β†—
  4. Anno 1800

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Carnaval Simulator.

    Ranked #4 for Carnaval Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carnaval Simulator.

    Anno 1800β„’ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

    2019StrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  5. Startup Company

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Carnaval Simulator.

    Ranked #5 for Carnaval Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  6. Cafe Owner Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Carnaval Simulator.

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

    Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.

    2022IndieSimulationCasual18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  7. Mad Games Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Carnaval Simulator.

    Ranked #7 for Carnaval Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  8. One Military Camp

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Carnaval Simulator.

    Ranked #8 for Carnaval Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Carnaval Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnaval Simulator.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Carnaval Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Carnaval Simulator.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Carnaval Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam β†—
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Carnaval Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Carnaval Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Carnaval Simulator.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam β†—
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~91% under Carnaval Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    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 β†—
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Carnaval Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Carnaval Simulator.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~73% under Carnaval Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnaval Simulator.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam β†—

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 β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Carnaval Simulator.

    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 β†—
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam β†—
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnaval Simulator.

    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 β†—
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnaval Simulator.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Carnaval Simulator.

    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 β†—
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” 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 β†—
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnaval Simulator.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool β€” no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnaval Simulator.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam β†—

Frequently asked about Carnaval Simulator

How much does Carnaval Simulator cost?
Carnaval Simulator is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Carnaval Simulator have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes β€” Carnaval Simulator supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Carnaval Simulator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Carnaval Simulator are Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game, Junkyard Simulator, Anno 117: Pax Romana.
Who developed Carnaval Simulator?
Carnaval Simulator was developed by JBA Software Development.

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 Carnaval Simulator.

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24 Games Like Carnaval Simulator β€” Ranked for 2026 Β· imho.run