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Games like Glow up 1

If Glow up 1 is your kind of game, the closest matches are MANA, Open The Gate: Just A Little and Hollowspire — 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 Glow up 1: Glow up the characters for each of the 9 stages, Units are divided into red and blue teams for auto-battle. Click to predict the winning team. If you guess right, you will be able to see the whole of the characters that have been Glow up.

2024IndieCasual0.99 USDWindowsby JinCycle
Glow up 1 — Steam game cover

Players who liked Glow up 1 also play

Steam players who put hours into Glow up 1 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. MANA

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Glow up 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    Immerse yourself in the dynamic world of MANA, where strategic brilliance combines with explosive visuals! Engage in intense battles, using angles to unleash a dazzling array of shapes and colors. MANA reinvents strategic warfare with a visually stunning and uniquely dynamic twist.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Open The Gate: Just A Little

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Glow up 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    Command armies of Crusaders, Orcs, Undead, and Dynasty warriors in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense RTS hybrid game! where strategy, positioning, and timing decide survival against relentless enemies and mighty dragons.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Hollowspire

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Glow up 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    A chill clicker-idle game where you dig, recruit and manage miners, and uncover buried upgrades deep underground.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Gnaw & Order

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Glow up 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Glow up 1.

    Lead a party of rats through a post-apocalyptic world in this roguelike auto-battler. Master hundreds of unique skills and passives, explore deep class customization and utilize the engine loop to activate abilities in satisfying sequences. Adapt, survive, and thrive!

    2025StrategyRPGCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Automata Empire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Glow up 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Glow up 1.

    Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. BBS (Bulletin Board System) Magica

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Glow up 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Glow up 1.

    Magical Girl Programming ✖︎ auto-battle! An office worker is assigned to manage a fan exchange bulletin board when she was once a magical girl, Become a magical girl in cyberspace and protect the message board.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Pixel Starships 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Glow up 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    First Glimpse on Steam Next: Build, Configure, and Manage every aspect of your own Starship. An FTL-esque game in a MMO setting. Pre bundled with deep strategy, exploration, PVP, market economy, trading, mining. Basically everything a star captain wants to do after a day at the office :)

    2025StrategySimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Furry Company

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Glow up 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    This is an idle-style casual game that appears at the bottom of your screen. In the game, you’ll hire adorable animals to work at the company you’ve founded. You be the boss and make sure they don’t slack off. The earnings can be used to renovate or expand your cozy office.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual3.89 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Glow up 1 at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Glow up 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Glow up 1.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Glow up 1 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Glow up 1.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Glow up 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Glow up 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Glow up 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Glow up 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Glow up 1.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Glow up 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Glow up 1.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Glow up 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Glow up 1.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 Glow up 1.

    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 Glow up 1.

    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 Glow up 1.

    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 Glow up 1.

    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 Glow up 1.

    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. 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 Glow up 1.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from JinCycle

Other recommendable Steam games by JinCycle, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Catch a cat for 60 seconds

    WHY THIS

    Another title from JinCycle, the studio behind Glow up 1. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    Casual action game Avoid obstacles by jumping Catch and accelerate cats Compete for a 60-second flight distance on the leaderboard

    2020IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Only Kick

    WHY THIS

    Another title from JinCycle, the studio behind Glow up 1. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    It's a kick damage simulation game! The physical animation of the characters can be enjoyed only with back and forth movement and kicks. Aim at the enemy's weakest point. If you update your maximum damage and KO... It will be sent to the Steam leaderboard

    2024ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fission

    WHY THIS

    Another title from JinCycle, the studio behind Glow up 1. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    When the ball hits a fungus, the fungus disappears and the ball bounces back. The game is completed when all the fungi on the screen disappear by repeating this process. When the fungus disappears, a capsule that fission the ball may be dropped. There are 9 stages in total.

    2024IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Android Who Dreams of Stars

    WHY THIS

    Another title from JinCycle, the studio behind Glow up 1. Shares Indie and Casual with Glow up 1.

    A short sci-fi visual novel with 15 scenes and 4 endings. Eve Nova's future branches through your choices, and following each ending leads toward unlocking achievements.

    2026IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Glow up 1

How much does Glow up 1 cost?
Glow up 1 is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Glow up 1?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Glow up 1 are MANA, Open The Gate: Just A Little, Hollowspire.
Who developed Glow up 1?
Glow up 1 was developed by JinCycle.

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 Glow up 1.

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