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Games like Pastor's Lake: The Game

If Pastor's Lake: The Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are Timber Life, Ribeiras and Rancher: A new life — 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 Pastor's Lake: The Game: Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a country village and enjoy the rhythm of life in nature. In "Pastor's Lake" you can go fishing, build a sauna, farm, hunt, explore nature and more, without being limited to a linear plot.

2024IndieAdventureSimulationCasualEarly Access9.99 USDWindowsby KVS Software
Pastor's Lake: The Game — Steam game cover

Players who liked Pastor's Lake: The Game also play

Steam players who put hours into Pastor's Lake: The Game 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. Timber Life

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pastor's Lake: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Build and customize your homestead of timber, crops, and animals, while you manage the eco diversity of a small town. Go off exploring and foraging in the woods while evading predators. Craft goods and get to know the local townsfolk in this wholesome and cozy farming life sim.

    SimulationRPGCasualSteam ↗
  2. Ribeiras

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pastor's Lake: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Ribeiras is a casual simulation game set on the banks of the Amazon River. Manage your family’s restaurant, gather local ingredients, and face the challenges that impact the village. Become part of a riverside community in this new indie game.

    2026IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Rancher: A new life

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pastor's Lake: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Start a new life as a Rancher. Travel the forest paths by quad bike, raise cattle, build, repair, and improve your farm. Take care of animals, go fishing, cook, grow vegetables, practice your accuracy on shooting range, take photos, and much more. Relax away from the hustle and bustle of the city!

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Delivery

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pastor's Lake: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    «Delivery» - is not just about cargo delivery. It’s a flight to the heart of the conspiracy, where your piloting skills and driving abilities will determine the fate of many people.

    2020IndieSimulationRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Sunny Reef

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pastor's Lake: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Forget civilization. Forget comfort. Your yacht has crashed and you find yourself the sole survivor on the deceptively beautiful Sunny Reef. Snow-white beaches and crystal clear water hide a ruthless struggle for survival, where danger comes not only from nature.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Russian Village Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pastor's Lake: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    This is a simulator of life in the Russian countryside, where the player will be engaged in the garden, picking mushrooms and berries, collect firewood, hunting and fishing, brew moonshine and much, much more.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Medovox

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pastor's Lake: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Medovox is a cozy life sim and sandbox offering total freedom. Manage your own farm: harvest autumn crops, complete quests, and build your homestead. The game's standout feature is professional voice acting! Every action is vividly narrated, fully immersing you in peaceful country life.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Russian Village Simulator 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pastor's Lake: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    This is a simulation of life in the Russian village, where the player will have to deal with the vegetable garden, build a house and various buildings, collect mushrooms and berries, plant your garden, breed farming, hunting and fishing, make kvass, hook up with a village girl and much, much more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pastor's Lake: The Game at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pastor's Lake: The Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pastor's Lake: The Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    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 ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pastor's Lake: The Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pastor's Lake: The Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Pastor's Lake: The Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    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 ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Pastor's Lake: The Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pastor's Lake: The Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pastor's Lake: The Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    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 ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    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 ↗
  5. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. 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 Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    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.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pastor's Lake: The Game.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pastor's Lake: The Game

How much does Pastor's Lake: The Game cost?
Pastor's Lake: The Game is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pastor's Lake: The Game?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pastor's Lake: The Game are Timber Life, Ribeiras, Rancher: A new life.
Who developed Pastor's Lake: The Game?
Pastor's Lake: The Game was developed by KVS Software.

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 Pastor's Lake: The Game.

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