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Games like Dishwashing Simulator

If Dishwashing Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Landlord's Super, House Flipper and RimWorld — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and cozy. 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 Dishwashing Simulator: A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.

2024Simulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Frinky, Frosty
Dishwashing Simulator — Steam game cover
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Atmospheric horror mixed with chill gameplayAutomation experimentation with machines and farmsAutomation experiments feel surprisingly deepAtmosphericChillCozy

Players who liked Dishwashing Simulator also play

Steam players who put hours into Dishwashing Simulator 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. Landlord's Super

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Top pick for Dishwashing Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. House Flipper

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Second-strongest match for Dishwashing Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!

    2018IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. RimWorld

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with Dishwashing Simulator.

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

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cafe Owner Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Ranked #4 for Dishwashing Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing 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 ↗
  5. House Designer : Fix & Flip

    WHY THIS

    Shares simulation, resource management, casual and a chill mood with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Ranked #5 for Dishwashing Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    House Designer is a simulator that allows you to try yourself as an interior and landscape designer, using your imagination, creativity and creative ideas. Buy abandoned houses, renovate and decorate them. Give them a second life and live in them or sell them for a profit!

    2023SimulationCasualEarly Access11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Techtonica

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dishwashing Simulator.

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

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Train Yard Builder

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Ranked #7 for Dishwashing Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Enter the world of Train Yard Builder and customize your railway to your heart's content. Work with different models of trains and wagons, control them the way you want, and use modeler tools to unleash your creativity.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. House Builder VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dishwashing Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna! Now in VR to fully immerse in the adventure...

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dishwashing Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing 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 ↗
  2. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dishwashing Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing 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 ↗
  3. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Dishwashing Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing 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 ↗
  4. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dishwashing Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    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 ↗
  5. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dishwashing Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    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 ↗
  6. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dishwashing Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Dishwashing Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Dishwashing Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    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 ↗

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.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Dishwashing Simulator.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

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

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dishwashing Simulator

Does Dishwashing Simulator run on Steam Deck?
Dishwashing Simulator 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 Dishwashing Simulator cost?
Dishwashing Simulator is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dishwashing Simulator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dishwashing Simulator are Landlord's Super, House Flipper, RimWorld.
Who developed Dishwashing Simulator?
Dishwashing Simulator was developed by Frinky, Frosty and published by Frinky.

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 Dishwashing Simulator.

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