Games like Fountain
Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Fountain for fans of strategy, indie, early access, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Fountain also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Fountain: Lead a squad of up to 7 members entering a constantly changing barrier. In this mysterious adventure, meet interesting companions, fight against various enemies, collect rare treasures, and reveal the secrets concealed within the barrier.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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再苟一步 One More Step
Top pick for Fountain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
This is a game that integrates roguelike, adventure, auto chess, turn-based, strategy, and more.（这是一款集roguelike、探险、自走棋、回合制、策略等内容于一体的游戏。不同的角色、技能及装备间的配合可以组合成各种神奇的玩法。）
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Crowntakers
Second-strongest match for Fountain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
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Anomaly Collapse
Third-strongest match for Fountain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
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Into the Breach
Ranked #4 for Fountain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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大宋英雄传(SongHeros)
Ranked #5 for Fountain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
以宋朝为架空背景的策略武侠游戏，作为一个普通人进入江湖，体验生与死、善与恶，游历、结交、战斗、蜕变，获取资源，不断成长，针对敌人搭配技能，克敌制胜。每一次开始都是新的，做出不同选择，体验一段段史诗故事！
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Othercide
Ranked #6 for Fountain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
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Dungeon Rushers
Ranked #7 for Fountain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!
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Lost For Swords
Ranked #8 for Fountain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fountain at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~75% under Fountain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fountain.
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?
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The Test
Priced ~50% under Fountain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fountain.
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?
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Priced ~63% under Fountain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fountain.
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.
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shapez
Priced ~75% under Fountain on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fountain.
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!
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The Test: Hypothesis Rising
Priced ~50% under Fountain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fountain.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Priced ~50% under Fountain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fountain.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
Priced ~75% under Fountain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fountain.
"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!
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Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fountain.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fountain.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fountain.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fountain.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fountain.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fountain.
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.
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fountain.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Fountain
- How much does Fountain cost?
- Fountain is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fountain?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fountain are 再苟一步 One More Step, Crowntakers, Anomaly Collapse.
- Who developed Fountain?
- Fountain was developed by Tiny Tiger Games.
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 Fountain.
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