Games like illumination
If illumination is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lade's Sandbox, Metro Mover and Voxel Tycoon — 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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Players who liked illumination also play
Steam players who put hours into illumination 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.
Lade's Sandbox
WHY THIS
Top pick for illumination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
A voxel-based sandbox game
Metro Mover
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for illumination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Drive metro trains to move the people of Blueton in this voxel-style sim-arcade game.
Voxel Tycoon
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for illumination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
Train Train Train
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for illumination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Train Train Train is a game about managing train networks in various smol cute 3d worlds. Lay down tracks, upgrade intersections and don't bonk the sheep. Do not be deceived, this game can be as tough as it is cute.
Rolling Line
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for illumination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Build your own model railway tracks and scenery or explore pre-made maps, including 1000s of player-made maps and mods on the Steam Workshop! Play solo and in multiplayer, both in virtual reality and on PC!
Hmmsim Metro
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for illumination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Line 1, the most complicated subway in Seoul, is now coming in PC version. You can feel high immersion with the graphics that realize the actual Seoul scenery, the train driving sound, and the realistic train driving system. Experience the operation of the Seoul subway!
Derail Valley
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for illumination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Wrench
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for illumination fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Wrench is a mechanic simulator where players prepare and maintain race cars. The parts in Wrench are the most detailed of any game in the genre. Extreme attention has been paid to even the smallest components, including fasteners which are accurate to the thread pitch and install torque.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below illumination at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under illumination on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under illumination on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under illumination on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with illumination.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under illumination on Steam right now. Shares Indie with illumination.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under illumination on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under illumination on Steam right now. Shares Indie with illumination.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with illumination.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Simulation with illumination.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
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!
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with illumination.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with illumination.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
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Frequently asked about illumination
- How much does illumination cost?
- illumination is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to illumination?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside illumination are Lade's Sandbox, Metro Mover, Voxel Tycoon.
- Who developed illumination?
- illumination was developed by illumination.
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 illumination.
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