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Games like Work In Progress

If Work In Progress is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dungeon Concierge, JENNY and Area 37 — 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 Work In Progress: It’s your first day in office and half of the staff is already on burnout... Here is your gun, your contract. Now go fire some people.

2027ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Maxence Jacquot
Work In Progress — Steam game cover

Players who liked Work In Progress also play

Steam players who put hours into Work In Progress 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. Dungeon Concierge

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Work In Progress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Become an overworked wizard-janitor in this frenetic Dungeon Crawler where you clean instead of raiding. Complete contracts, master and upgrade your spells, create powerful synergies, and use the environment to dispatch foes without making a mess. All while surviving the corporate grind.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. JENNY

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Work In Progress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Smash demons, salarymen and the bureaucratic system in this chaotic hat-and-bat twin-stick shooter.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Area 37

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Work In Progress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Area 37 is an intense revival of classic 16-bit arcade action, featuring fast-paced combat, challenging stages, and decisions that can change everything. Take control of Pink and fight your way through a machine-dominated world where nothing is as it seems.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. For the Greater Good

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Work In Progress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    For the Greater Good is a violent, story-driven action game where a group of outcasts unleash their unique powers to exterminate a blood cult hell-bent on world domination.

    2025ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Katana ZERO

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Work In Progress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The American Dream

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Work In Progress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Look down the barrel of a future where all your everyday needs are solved with guns.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Kusan: City of Wolves

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Work In Progress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.

    2026ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Work In Progress fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 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 with Work In Progress.

    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. Shares Action and Adventure with Work In Progress.

    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 and Adventure with Work In Progress.

    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 Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Work In Progress.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Work In Progress.

    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 ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Work In Progress.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Katana ZERO

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Kusan: City of Wolves

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.

    2026ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Work In Progress

What games are most similar to Work In Progress?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Work In Progress are Dungeon Concierge, JENNY, Area 37.
Who developed Work In Progress?
Work In Progress was developed by Maxence Jacquot.

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 Work In Progress.

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