Games like Ant Keeping Simulator
If Ant Keeping Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Isopod Keeping Simulator, Grow Wild and Aquarium Designer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative 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.
Get personalized picks →About Ant Keeping Simulator: Grow, feed and care for your colony of mighty ants in a realistic semi-idle simulation of ant keeping. Created in collaboration with ant keeping enthusiasts, Ant Keeping Simulator will be an accurate experience to ant keepers.
Players who liked Ant Keeping Simulator also play
Steam players who put hours into Ant Keeping 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.
Isopod Keeping Simulator
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ant Keeping Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Grow, feed and care for your colony of adorable isopods in this realistic semi-idle simulator. Watch your isopods multiply and split or sell your colony if they become too numerous. Created by the Kunstaat community, 100% of our proceeds support charity!
Grow Wild
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ant Keeping Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Grow Wild is a cosy nature game where you grow real-life plants and trees, create thriving ecosystems, discover hundreds of creatures, and help rewild the world!
Aquarium Designer
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Third-strongest match for Ant Keeping Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Aquarium Designer gives you an opportunity to create the aquarium of your dreams! Become a professional whose job is to design it, build it, and fill it with the various underwater wildlife! All types, all sizes - your creativity is your only limit!
Behind Glass: Aquarium Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Ranked #4 for Ant Keeping Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Create stunning virtual aquariums on your PC! Our advanced 3D engine brings your fish tank to life with breathtaking realism, featuring lifelike fish, plants, decorations, and more. Transform your monitor into a vibrant, living aquarium. Virtual aquascaping has never been easier!
Arena Renovation
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Ranked #5 for Ant Keeping Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Take on the role of a one-man renovation team tasked with restoring various sports facilities to their former glory. Many of them have been destroyed as a result of time or lack of care. Don't let them go into complete oblivion - roll up your sleeves and breathe new life into them!
Tiny Pasture
WHY THIS
Shares idle progression, resource management and cozy with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Ranked #6 for Ant Keeping Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!
Idlequarium
WHY THIS
Shares idle progression, resource management, simulation and a cozy mood with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Ranked #7 for Ant Keeping Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Idlequarium is a casual simulation game where you raise adorable little fish to earn coins, purchase decorations, and build a fully customized aquarium.The game sits anywhere on your desktop, letting you interact with your live aquarium during work or study breaks.
Lakeside Bar
WHY THIS
Shares idle progression, resource management, simulation and an atmospheric mood with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Ranked #8 for Ant Keeping Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
A cozy management sim where the jazz is smooth, the cocktails are cooler than the evening breeze, and the lake reflects your perfect escape.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ant Keeping Simulator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ant Keeping Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping 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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ant Keeping Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ant Keeping Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping 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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ant Keeping Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Ant Keeping Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ant Keeping Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Ant Keeping Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping 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.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under Ant Keeping Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping 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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping Simulator.
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?
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping Simulator.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping Simulator.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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!
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More from Kunstaat
Other recommendable Steam games by Kunstaat, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Open Fishing XL
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Another title from Kunstaat, the studio behind Ant Keeping Simulator. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Open Fishing XL is an open world fishing game focused on creating a relaxing experience. Fill out a book with 115 fish species, buy rods, items, boats and more, explore the large map, identify cute insects, draw your own map, and enjoy fishing without worries with intuitive fishing mechanics.
Open Hunting XL
WHY THIS
Another title from Kunstaat, the studio behind Ant Keeping Simulator. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Open Hunting XL is a hunting simulator with an emphasis on player freedom. Quickly spot animals using your drone or sneak and spot with binoculars depending on the difficulty you select. Hunt in several locations and level up to unlock mechanics seen in no other hunting game.
Open Fishing 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Kunstaat, the studio behind Ant Keeping Simulator. Shares Simulation with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Open Fishing 2 is a chill open world fishing game. Fill out a book with 115 fish species, meet friendly fish gods, sail the oceans with your boat, cook, draw your own map, and enjoy fishing without worries.
Isopod Keeping Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Kunstaat, the studio behind Ant Keeping Simulator. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Keeping Simulator.
Grow, feed and care for your colony of adorable isopods in this realistic semi-idle simulator. Watch your isopods multiply and split or sell your colony if they become too numerous. Created by the Kunstaat community, 100% of our proceeds support charity!
Frequently asked about Ant Keeping Simulator
- Does Ant Keeping Simulator run on Steam Deck?
- Ant Keeping 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 Ant Keeping Simulator cost?
- Ant Keeping Simulator is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ant Keeping Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ant Keeping Simulator are Isopod Keeping Simulator, Grow Wild, Aquarium Designer.
- Who developed Ant Keeping Simulator?
- Ant Keeping Simulator was developed by Kunstaat.
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 Ant Keeping Simulator.
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