Games like Princess of the Water Lilies
If Princess of the Water Lilies is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kitty Loves Birds, Stars In The Trash and Thank Goodness You're Here! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its clever environmental puzzles, cute cat protagonist and atmospheric. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Princess of the Water Lilies: A 2D hand-painted cat platformer blending gentle puzzles with heartfelt boss encounters. Play as Princess, a flat-faced cat. Use purr — her softest gift, to heal a world caught between nature and machine.

Players who liked Princess of the Water Lilies also play
Steam players who put hours into Princess of the Water Lilies 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.
Kitty Loves Birds
WHY THIS
Top pick for Princess of the Water Lilies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Play as a curious cat exploring a colorful world in nature. Jump, catch birds, evade obstacles and animals, and solve simple puzzles in this charming adventure!
Stars In The Trash
WHY THIS
Shares chase sequences and an atmospheric mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Second-strongest match for Princess of the Water Lilies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman.
Thank Goodness You're Here!
WHY THIS
Shares slice of life and a whimsical mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Third-strongest match for Princess of the Water Lilies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…
Hoa
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and a cozy mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Ranked #4 for Princess of the Water Lilies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Hoa is a beautiful puzzle-platforming game that features breathtaking hand-painted art, lovely music, and a peaceful, relaxing atmosphere.
CATO: Buttered Cat
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Ranked #5 for Princess of the Water Lilies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!
SHEEPO
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Ranked #6 for Princess of the Water Lilies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Ranked #7 for Princess of the Water Lilies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
Blocks That Matter
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle platforming and a whimsical mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Ranked #8 for Princess of the Water Lilies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Princess of the Water Lilies at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Princess of the Water Lilies.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Princess of the Water Lilies.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam right now. Shares Action with Princess of the Water Lilies.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Princess of the Water Lilies.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam right now. Shares Action with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Princess of the Water Lilies.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Princess of the Water Lilies.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Princess of the Water Lilies.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Princess of the Water Lilies.
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 and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Princess of the Water Lilies.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Princess of the Water Lilies.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Stars In The Trash
WHY THIS
Shares chase sequences and an atmospheric mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman.
Thank Goodness You're Here!
WHY THIS
Shares slice of life and a whimsical mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…
Hoa
WHY THIS
Shares precision platforming and a cozy mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Hoa is a beautiful puzzle-platforming game that features breathtaking hand-painted art, lovely music, and a peaceful, relaxing atmosphere.
CATO: Buttered Cat
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!
SHEEPO
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Princess of the Water Lilies.
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
Frequently asked about Princess of the Water Lilies
- How much does Princess of the Water Lilies cost?
- Princess of the Water Lilies is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Princess of the Water Lilies?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Princess of the Water Lilies are Kitty Loves Birds, Stars In The Trash, Thank Goodness You're Here!.
- Who developed Princess of the Water Lilies?
- Princess of the Water Lilies was developed by Why Knot Studio, Red Dunes Games and published by Red Dunes Games.
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 Princess of the Water Lilies.
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