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Games like Calculate It

If Calculate It is your kind of game, the closest matches are Code Has Price, Balatro and Kanji Industry — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and contemplative. 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 Calculate It: We've made a calculator roguelike! Yes, it's not a joke. A boring device has turned into an interesting strategy, where each calculator you collect sets its own style of play. Can you count all the numbers and prove who's the king of calculations here?

2024StrategyIndieSimulationEarly Access5.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby SVGames
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Players who liked Calculate It also play

Steam players who put hours into Calculate It 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. Code Has Price

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Calculate It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Calculate It.

    Collect and buy commands. Construct program from them. Run code to get more coins and commands. Repeat.

    2024IndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a competitive mood with Calculate It.

    Second-strongest match for Calculate It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Kanji Industry

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Calculate It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    Kanji Industry is a Kanji production automation game. It is great fun to watch the production line move automatically to assemble complex kanji characters! It is also a great way to study kanji characters.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Calculate It.

    Ranked #4 for Calculate It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. MistsBook

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Calculate It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    MistsBook is a deck-building roguelike game where automatic chain reactions form the core gameplay. where you can play all the cards you draw with just one button press. You will collect patterns, symbols, and seals to uncover clues and reveal the pages of this book that has no beginning or end.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual4.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. Lucky Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Calculate It.

    Ranked #6 for Calculate It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    《Lucky Island》is a roguelite deckbuilder game about using slot machine to build your island. It combines island building and resource management. This game does not include any real world currency gambling or micro trading.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Voltage

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Calculate It.

    Ranked #7 for Calculate It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.91 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Fhtagn Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Calculate It.

    Ranked #8 for Calculate It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Calculate It

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Solitaire

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Calculate It cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The classic card game is back in a digital version that everyone can play! Enjoy a quick game or chase after points to climb up the world rankings. 4 different settings and 3 popular game modes. Quite simply, Solitaire.

    2017Casual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Minesweeper Classy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Calculate It.

    Reviewers of Calculate It cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    A modern and stylish take on a classic logic puzzle game. Play the classic minesweeper levels, beat unique level layouts and challenges, or create and share your own level designs. Features a ton of customization options.

    2020IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a competitive mood with Calculate It.

    Reviewers of Calculate It cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Calculate It at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Calculate It on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Calculate It on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Calculate It.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Calculate It on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Calculate It.

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Calculate It on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    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 ↗
  5. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Calculate It on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Calculate It on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Calculate It on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Calculate It.

    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 ↗
  8. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Calculate It on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Calculate It.

    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 ↗
  2. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    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 ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Calculate It.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from SVGames

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

  1. Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Calculate It.

    Another title from SVGames, the studio behind Calculate It. Shares Indie and Simulation with Calculate It.

    You will have to face hundreds of different doors, and decide which one you should go to in order to get to the main secret. You have to open the doors in many locations of this world, each of which is dedicated to its type of doors.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Pandora`s room

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SVGames, the studio behind Calculate It. Shares Indie and Simulation with Calculate It.

    What would happen if you were in the room, the only thing that will be inside is the mysterious red button? Nothing happened, as long as you do not press it. Your choice determines everything here, because the room is full of secrets, and each key has consequences that will determine the outcome of the game is yours.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Power of The Void

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SVGames, the studio behind Calculate It. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    Welcome to Hell! Can you help a little demon escape from hell and go to heaven? He does not want to torture sinners but wants to help lost souls. To do this, he will have to use the power of void and go through hell, purgatory, and paradise, to gain freedom. However, the devil does not intend to give up so simply.

    2017IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Golden Key

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SVGames, the studio behind Calculate It. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    Do you think that officials are greedy and corrupt fools? Congratulations, now you are one of them. You are an official whose daughter was suddenly and deadly sick and needs money for treatment. Will you save your daughter and become a hero for her, or will you be a hero for your people?

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Door2:Key

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SVGames, the studio behind Calculate It. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    Door2:Key - breathtaking and mysterious door-puzzle game in which any little thing could be a key to the solution

    2019IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Kalidazkoph

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SVGames, the studio behind Calculate It. Shares Indie with Calculate It.

    Cleaning up in your attic you find strange VHS tapes on which are recorded some experiments. Understand the secrets surrounding these tapes and understand the purpose of the dimension machine.

    2020Indie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Pillow Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SVGames, the studio behind Calculate It. Shares Indie and Simulation with Calculate It.

    Bored of sheep, flower and stone simulators? Do you want something really different? Meet the pillow simulator!

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dungen

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SVGames, the studio behind Calculate It. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    A fun roguelike with cards, which differs from the rest in one small detail: for each card you pay with your health. Who will kill you faster, the enemy or yourself?

    2021StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a competitive mood with Calculate It.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Calculate It.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rogue Voltage

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Calculate It.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Calculate It.

    The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.91 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Calculate It

Does Calculate It run on Steam Deck?
Calculate It 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 Calculate It cost?
Calculate It is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Calculate It?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Calculate It are Code Has Price, Balatro, Kanji Industry.
Who developed Calculate It?
Calculate It was developed by SVGames.

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