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Games like Man Made

If Man Made is your kind of game, the closest matches are Russian Village Simulator 2, Sunny Reef and Moonlit Horizons — 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 Man Made: Man Made is an massive open world simulator that will challenge your skills in all aspects. Build, hunt, fish, plant and do various jobs for the residents.It's up to you how you earn and spend your money.

2024IndieSimulationEarly Access19.99 USDWindowsby Rule51
Man Made — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Man Made 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. Russian Village Simulator 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Man Made fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Man Made.

    This is a simulation of life in the Russian village, where the player will have to deal with the vegetable garden, build a house and various buildings, collect mushrooms and berries, plant your garden, breed farming, hunting and fishing, make kvass, hook up with a village girl and much, much more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Sunny Reef

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Man Made fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Man Made.

    Forget civilization. Forget comfort. Your yacht has crashed and you find yourself the sole survivor on the deceptively beautiful Sunny Reef. Snow-white beaches and crystal clear water hide a ruthless struggle for survival, where danger comes not only from nature.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Moonlit Horizons

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Man Made fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Man Made.

    After you start seeing and hearing things, you receive an invitation to the First Continent. With only a small shack, a few seeds, and a handful of coins, a new life begins. Uncover Moonlit Cove’s secrets in a farming sim with surprise elements, where no two playthroughs are the same!

    IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  4. Shorekeeper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Man Made fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Man Made.

    You washed ashore on a mysterious island. Now what? Build a shelter, find food, and explore the unknown. Or just sit by the campfire and watch the sunset. Farm, craft, and manage your new island life entirely at your own pace.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Cropia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Man Made fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Man Made.

    Cultivate crops, care for animals, fish, mine resources, and explore diverse environments while growing the local community. Invite village residents to work with you and collaborate to meet city targets, helping you achieve goals more efficiently.

    2025IndieSimulationEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sky Harvest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Man Made fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Man Made.

    Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Verdant Village

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Man Made fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Man Made.

    You've washed ashore in a foreign land. With nothing to your name other than a few tools you’ll have to learn how to live off the land. Explore, grow crops, and meet the locals. How you live is up to you. Can you create a new life for yourself in the small town of Amberglen?

    2020IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Russian Village Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Man Made fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Man Made.

    This is a simulator of life in the Russian countryside, where the player will be engaged in the garden, picking mushrooms and berries, collect firewood, hunting and fishing, brew moonshine and much, much more.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Man Made on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Man Made.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Man Made on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Man Made.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Man Made on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with Man Made.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Man Made on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Man Made.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Man Made on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Man Made.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Man Made on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Man Made.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Man Made on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Man Made.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Man Made on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Man Made.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Man Made.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Man Made

How much does Man Made cost?
Man Made is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Man Made?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Man Made are Russian Village Simulator 2, Sunny Reef, Moonlit Horizons.
Who developed Man Made?
Man Made was developed by Rule51.

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 Man Made.

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