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Games like Hot Pot Game

If Hot Pot Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zooika, Suika Jelly Game and Omelet You Cook — 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 Hot Pot Game: Hot pot game is a cute merge puzzle game with unique useful items. Keep up a merge streak for getting helpful items. Utilize a variety of unique items and cook the best hot pot ever.

2025IndieCasual3.99 USDWindowsby theis
Hot Pot Game — Steam game cover

Players who liked Hot Pot Game also play

Steam players who put hours into Hot Pot Game 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. Zooika

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Hot Pot Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    The cutest, most chaotic physics-based suika game! Pop your way to the top with friends, viewers, and very stubborn watermelons!

    2025IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Suika Jelly Game

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Hot Pot Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    Merge cozy and bouncy fruit jellies to create watermelon. The goal of the game is to merge watermelons and watermelons. How many watermelons can you merge?

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Omelet You Cook

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Hot Pot Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie11.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cloudy with a Chance of Kittens

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hot Pot Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    Cloudy with a Chance of Kittens is a cozy, Suika-inspired, puzzle game where adorable, dessert-shaped cats fall from the clouds. Unlock power-ups, set up satisfying chains and combos, brave obstacles and cheeky weather twists. Play to relax or compete to leave your pawprint on our leaderboards. 🐈

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Fruit Mountain

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Hot Pot Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    Fruit Stacking Puzzle Game Connect the same types of fruit together to make them grow bigger and bigger! Stack them up without letting them overflow from the plate, and build your own Fruit Mountain!

    2024IndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Omakase (お任せ)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Hot Pot Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    Omakase is a relaxing cooking and creation game. Slice, mix, and explore new ingredients while completing quests. Customize your display to your liking, crafting unique compositions of ingredients and objects. There's no pressure; unwind and enjoy the culinary art at your own pace.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual2.49 USDSteam ↗
  7. Little Chef: Cozy Cooking

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hot Pot Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    Little Chef: Cozy Cooking is a physics-based cooking game full of discovery and playful chaos. Experiment with everything in the kitchen and unlock over 150 recipes on your way to becoming a master chef!

    2026IndieCasualEarly Access7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UMAMI

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Hot Pot Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    UMAMI is a cozy 3D food puzzle game where every level is a handcrafted, sensory experience. Tinker, rotate, and fit wooden blocks together to build mouthwatering food towers and fantastical cakes, all in a comfy atmosphere, like tidying a bento box for the soul.

    2025IndieCasual9.37 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hot Pot Game at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Hot Pot Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hot Pot Game.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hot Pot Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hot Pot Game.

    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 ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Hot Pot Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hot Pot Game.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Hot Pot Game on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    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 ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hot Pot Game on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    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 ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Hot Pot Game on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    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 ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Hot Pot Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    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 ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hot Pot Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hot Pot Game.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Hot Pot Game.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Pot Game.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Pot Game.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Hot Pot Game.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Pot Game.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 Hot Pot Game.

    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 ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Pot Game.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Omelet You Cook

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie11.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fruit Mountain

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    Fruit Stacking Puzzle Game Connect the same types of fruit together to make them grow bigger and bigger! Stack them up without letting them overflow from the plate, and build your own Fruit Mountain!

    2024IndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. UMAMI

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Hot Pot Game.

    UMAMI is a cozy 3D food puzzle game where every level is a handcrafted, sensory experience. Tinker, rotate, and fit wooden blocks together to build mouthwatering food towers and fantastical cakes, all in a comfy atmosphere, like tidying a bento box for the soul.

    2025IndieCasual9.37 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hot Pot Game

How much does Hot Pot Game cost?
Hot Pot Game is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hot Pot Game?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hot Pot Game are Zooika, Suika Jelly Game, Omelet You Cook.
Who developed Hot Pot Game?
Hot Pot Game was developed by theis.

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 Hot Pot Game.

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