Games like Hot Wax
If Hot Wax is your kind of game, the closest matches are High Rollers: Dice Drop Duel, Veccol and Jupiter Junkworks — 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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Steam players who put hours into Hot Wax 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.
High Rollers: Dice Drop Duel
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hot Wax fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Challenge your friends to high stakes arcade puzzle action in High Rollers: Dice Drop Duel! There's something for all types of players with a variety of solo, multiplayer and online modes.
Veccol
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hot Wax fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Blocks of different size and color falls from the top, rearrange the colors and place the blocks to match three or more of one color in any direction. Set up cascading line-clears for extra points.
Jupiter Junkworks
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hot Wax fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Jupiter Junkworks delivers fast-paced arcade puzzle action! Complete contracts to earn resources and rebuild a run-down spaceship junkyard. Dive into a sci-fi narrative campaign where an unlikely trio of travelers must learn to work together. But unknown to them, something awaits beyond the vault.
Verto
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hot Wax fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Drop blocks, match colors, rotate everything. This puzzle game adds mind-bending board rotation to classic gameplay. Choose from timed challenges or endless modes, and compete for high scores. Easy to learn, impossible to master.
Rowfall
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hot Wax fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Skillfully arrange falling rows of colored stones so that at least 3 of the same color touch and explode in breathtaking effects. Move all stones simultaneously to create new combinations, upgrade special stones and master random events that will change the game experience. Enjoy Rowfall!
Neo-Node
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hot Wax fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Build charged 2x2 Neo-Nodes, trigger explosive chain reactions, and chase the global leaderboard in a fast neon arcade puzzle game where one perfect move can save the run.
Mixolumia
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hot Wax fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Mixolumia is an entrancing musical arcade puzzler where diamond blocks slide together on a gem-shaped board and explode in glittering chain reactions.
Poosh XL
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hot Wax fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Poosh XL is a neon-infused, one-button arcade score chaser where precision and timing are everything. Launch yourself past obstacles, collect powerups, and climb the leaderboards in this fast-paced, endlessly challenging game. Simple to learn, hard to master, perfect for quick, addictive gameplay!
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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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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More from PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Other recommendable Steam games by PUNKCAKE Delicieux, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
WHY THIS
Another title from PUNKCAKE Delicieux, the studio behind Hot Wax. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
The Wratch's Den
WHY THIS
Another title from PUNKCAKE Delicieux, the studio behind Hot Wax. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
A byte-sized Dungeon Keeping roguelike: dig out your lair, populate it with monsters and protect the Wratch from heroes come for easy prestige.
MOONPONG: Tales of Epic Lunacy
WHY THIS
Another title from PUNKCAKE Delicieux, the studio behind Hot Wax. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
Psychedelic Roguelite Pong 'em up where you go to bring back the Moon. A crazy, addictive, and hilarious arcade-action game based on the granddad of all video games.
Spectrum Forces
WHY THIS
Another title from PUNKCAKE Delicieux, the studio behind Hot Wax.
Make up your squads out of 9 unique spaceships and go clear 3 planets from hordes of robots in not-so-classic horizontal shoot-em-up style!
Scavenger of Dunomini
WHY THIS
Another title from PUNKCAKE Delicieux, the studio behind Hot Wax. Shares Indie with Hot Wax.
The world's first match-3 trash pile defender! Protect and manage your pile of garbage while recycling it into deadly defenses against thieving drones.
Rush for the Ages
WHY THIS
Another title from PUNKCAKE Delicieux, the studio behind Hot Wax.
Remake history and race your opponents for a complete and glorious timeline in this lightning-fast card game.
Frequently asked about Hot Wax
- What games are most similar to Hot Wax?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hot Wax are High Rollers: Dice Drop Duel, Veccol, Jupiter Junkworks.
- Who developed Hot Wax?
- Hot Wax was developed by PUNKCAKE Delicieux.
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 Wax.
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