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Games like Encounters: Music Stories

If Encounters: Music Stories is your kind of game, the closest matches are Retrowave Road, Square and KaBoom! — 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 Encounters: Music Stories: Two-handed casual music rhythm game with cute characters.

2024IndieCasual1.99 USDWindows · macOSby Raquel G. Cabañas
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Players who liked Encounters: Music Stories also play

Steam players who put hours into Encounters: Music Stories 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. Retrowave Road

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Encounters: Music Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Welcome back to the 80s! Retrowave Road is an action-arcade game about dodging obstacles at full speed and collecting various pickups. Pixels, synthwave, palm trees and an endless highway...

    2021ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Square

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Encounters: Music Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Survive as long as you can in a procedurally generated world of Square.

    2022Indie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. KaBoom!

    WHY THIS

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

    Pew Pew Pew, KaBOOM! is a challenging old school arcade game filled with action! Unlock new costumes and enjoy the awesome Chiptune OST as you reach new highscores!

    2022ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Geometry Jump: Impossible Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Encounters: Music Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Geometry Jump is a lightning-fast 3D precision platformer that challenges even the most hardcore gamers. Master rapid jumps and razor-sharp reflexes as you navigate through a relentless maze of obstacles where every second counts!

    2025ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Geometry Dash

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Encounters: Music Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

    2014ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Viola: The Heroine's Melody

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Encounters: Music Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Viola: The Heroine's Melody is the musical Platformer/RPG! After failing at violin practice for the hundredth time, Viola becomes trapped inside her instrument's fantastical world. Join her adventure to find her way back home, aided by the diverse ensemble of friends she meets along the way.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Encounters: Music Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Step into rhythmic bliss with Runner2! Best Indie Game winner, Guinness World Record holder, and narrated by Charles Martinet. Unleash vibrant moves and beats in 120 levels!

    2013ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Witch's Rhythm Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Encounters: Music Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Cute sexy witches battle one another in this unique puzzle rhythm game combo! Drop blocks in rhythm to defeat and undress your enemies. Enjoy some ecchi fun while you clear rows of blocks and jam to tunes in this satisfying puzzle game.

    2023ActionIndieCasual2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Encounters: Music Stories at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Encounters: Music Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Encounters: Music Stories.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Encounters: Music Stories on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    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 ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Encounters: Music Stories on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Encounters: Music Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Encounters: Music Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Encounters: Music Stories.

    "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 ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Encounters: Music Stories on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    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 ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Encounters: Music Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Encounters: Music Stories on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Encounters: Music Stories.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 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 Encounters: Music Stories.

    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.

    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 with Encounters: Music Stories.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Encounters: Music Stories.

    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 ↗
  5. 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 Encounters: Music Stories.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Encounters: Music Stories.

    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. 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 Encounters: Music Stories.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 Encounters: Music Stories.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Encounters: Music Stories

How much does Encounters: Music Stories cost?
Encounters: Music Stories is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Encounters: Music Stories?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Encounters: Music Stories are Retrowave Road, Square, KaBoom!.
Who developed Encounters: Music Stories?
Encounters: Music Stories was developed by Raquel G. Cabañas.

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 Encounters: Music Stories.

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