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Games like Popmoji

If Popmoji is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zooika, SphereCats and Zooplop — 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 Popmoji: Merge emojis to create even bigger emojis until the cycle is completed! Use special abilities, and battle for the biggest score on the leaderboards for 12 different game modes, while enjoying the juicy visuals and sound effects.

2024IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby TheShelfman
Popmoji — Steam game cover

Players who liked Popmoji also play

Steam players who put hours into Popmoji 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. Zooika

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Popmoji fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    The cutest, most chaotic physics-based suika game! Pop your way to the top with friends, viewers, and very stubborn watermelons!

    2025IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. SphereCats

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Popmoji fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    A merge puzzle game about spherical cats, with a twist. Play the classic suika experience or try new variations every day!

    2024IndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Zooplop

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Popmoji fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    Merge smaller animals into bigger ones! 🐭+🐭=🐥 How big can you go? Can you reach the whale? Can you merge the whale?! 🐋✨

    2023IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Matter MazeBall: Element Trials

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Popmoji fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    Roll a ball through cel-shaded physics mazes where what your ball is made of changes everything. Stone sinks and smashes, ice glides and melts, a balloon floats until a storm pops it. 30 elemental balls, 39 hand-built mazes, living weather, and local 2-player. Material is the mechanic.

    2026IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Popcorn Fever

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Popmoji fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Popmoji.

    Popcorn Fever is a suika game featuring popcorns! Need a coffee break, stuck in a long commute, or just want to pass the time? Aim, drop, and merge the popcorns to score points. Customize your game by unlocking surprising powers. Find your own style and climb the leaderboard!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Boba Buba

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Popmoji fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    BobaBuba Is the Boba Bubble-Pop Puzzle Adventure with story mode featuring cute beverages and an endless mode for huge replay value. With global leaderboards from launch! 

    2026IndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Cosmic Collapse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Popmoji fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!

    2024IndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. ‎My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Popmoji fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    A fun watermelon merge puzzle game! Combine various matching fruits to help Kyo gather watermelons in four different game modes!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Popmoji on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Popmoji.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Popmoji on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Popmoji.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Popmoji on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Popmoji.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Popmoji on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    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 ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Popmoji on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Popmoji.

    "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 ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Popmoji on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Popmoji.

    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.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Popmoji on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    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. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Casual with Popmoji.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    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 ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from TheShelfman

Other recommendable Steam games by TheShelfman, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Dance Assembly

    WHY THIS

    Another title from TheShelfman, the studio behind Popmoji. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    Build your own character, and challenge it to a dance off! Combine basic shapes to make the most impressive characters possible, and make them dance in this relaxing, silly, and fun creative outlet. With 11 different dances, and infinite possibilities!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Le Château

    WHY THIS

    Another title from TheShelfman, the studio behind Popmoji. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    Create your own Medieval Kingdom and watch your world come to life in this minimalistic city builder. Choose your world's size and shape, and turn it into a kingdom any ruler would be jealous of.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. ShelfQuest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from TheShelfman, the studio behind Popmoji. Shares Indie and Casual with Popmoji.

    A survival crafting game where you build the entire world from the ground up, while fighting the gods of Olympus, and becoming the strongest being in the universe!

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Popmoji

Does Popmoji run on Steam Deck?
Popmoji is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Popmoji cost?
Popmoji is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Popmoji?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Popmoji are Zooika, SphereCats, Zooplop.
Who developed Popmoji?
Popmoji was developed by TheShelfman.

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 Popmoji.

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