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Games like Piczle Cross: Rune Factory

If Piczle Cross: Rune Factory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Roxy Raccoon's Mancala Madness, Runi's Math Castle and The Map Is The Thing — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its farm customization feels meaningful, chill and cozy. 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 Piczle Cross: Rune Factory: Experience the character, monsters and world of the Rune Factory series through addictive nonogram logic-puzzles!

2025IndieCasual5.99 USDWindowsby Score Studios LLC
Piczle Cross: Rune Factory — Steam game cover
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Color mode adds fresh challenge to familiar puzzlesDual puzzle modes double replay valueFarm customization feels meaningfulChillCozyNostalgic

Players who liked Piczle Cross: Rune Factory also play

Steam players who put hours into Piczle Cross: Rune Factory 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. Roxy Raccoon's Mancala Madness

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Piczle Cross: Rune Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    When a Voodoo Priestess seeks vengeance upon the world, it is up to one Raccoon to stop her! Learn the basics & master the tactics of the classic board game as you prove, once and for all, that you are the true Mancala champion!

    2023StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Runi's Math Castle

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Piczle Cross: Rune Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Navigate the Math Castle and Maze solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and number matching to earn Stars unlocking Characters and Mini-Games: 3 in a row Tic-tac-toe, Memory card match, timed jumping in Spire Run, and Dance Party patterns. Come play again to beat your high score!

    2024IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Map Is The Thing

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Piczle Cross: Rune Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    The Map Is the Thing is a casual, mind-bending puzzle game. Explore a dungeon where you solve puzzles by folding your map to open new paths. Find keys to defeat barriers and find the fabled GaMuffin.

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. ToneTrek

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Piczle Cross: Rune Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    A colorful logic puzzle game where each step changes tile colors in a looping sequence. Plan your moves, recreate target patterns, and solve handcrafted levels across multiple game modes with minimalist style and relaxing flow.

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Blobun

    WHY THIS

    Shares hidden collectibles, puzzle solving, puzzle and a chill mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Ranked #5 for Piczle Cross: Rune Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    You are a blob bunny. Your goal? Touch every tile! Get your slime all over the place and overcome tricks and traps as you make your way through this casual puzzle game.

    2025IndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Gentoo Rescue

    WHY THIS

    Shares hidden collectibles, puzzle solving, puzzle and a nostalgic mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Ranked #6 for Piczle Cross: Rune Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Harmony's Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Ranked #7 for Piczle Cross: Rune Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Harmony’s Odyssey is a 3D fantasy adventure puzzle game set on mythical dioramas full of riddles, perky creatures and magic. Embark on a fantastic journey through remote fabled lands tangled by a rowdy cat and bring peace to its inhabitants.

    2022IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Yugo Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Ranked #8 for Piczle Cross: Rune Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Yugo Puzzle is a minimalist, relaxing, and satisfying puzzle game. Move jelly blocks left and right to merge them with the same color. It may sound simple, but it’s deceptively challenging. Enjoy the satisfaction of solving each puzzle.

    2021Indie5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Piczle Cross: Rune Factory

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. Rune Factory 5

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Piczle Cross: Rune Factory cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!

    2022AdventureSimulationRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons

    WHY THIS

    Shares collage puzzles, pattern recognition, casual and a chill mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Reviewers of Piczle Cross: Rune Factory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Enjoy the bucolic charm of Story of Seasons while relaxing and exercising your brain with classic Piczle Cross nonogram logic-puzzles.

    2024Casual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sudoku

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Piczle Cross: Rune Factory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Play the classic Sudoku game for everyone. Fill in the empty cells with numbers from 1 to 9.

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Piczle Cross: Rune Factory at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Piczle Cross: Rune Factory on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Score Studios LLC

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

  1. Piczle Cross Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Another title from Score Studios LLC, the studio behind Piczle Cross: Rune Factory. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Piczle Cross Adventure takes the classic nonogram logic-puzzle and turns it into something never before experienced in the genre: a story-driven, RPG-style 2D graphical adventure! Follow our heroes Score-chan, Gig and professor Matrix as they tackle their most daunting challenge yet.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Piczle Lines DX+α

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Another title from Score Studios LLC, the studio behind Piczle Cross: Rune Factory. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Super-addictive logic-puzzle hit game Piczle Lines DX finally available in its ultimate form!

    2019IndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons

    WHY THIS

    Shares collage puzzles, pattern recognition, casual and a chill mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Another title from Score Studios LLC, the studio behind Piczle Cross: Rune Factory. Shares Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Enjoy the bucolic charm of Story of Seasons while relaxing and exercising your brain with classic Piczle Cross nonogram logic-puzzles.

    2024Casual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Gentoo Rescue

    WHY THIS

    Shares hidden collectibles, puzzle solving, puzzle and a nostalgic mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Harmony's Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Harmony’s Odyssey is a 3D fantasy adventure puzzle game set on mythical dioramas full of riddles, perky creatures and magic. Embark on a fantastic journey through remote fabled lands tangled by a rowdy cat and bring peace to its inhabitants.

    2022IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Yugo Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

    Yugo Puzzle is a minimalist, relaxing, and satisfying puzzle game. Move jelly blocks left and right to merge them with the same color. It may sound simple, but it’s deceptively challenging. Enjoy the satisfaction of solving each puzzle.

    2021Indie5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Piczle Cross: Rune Factory

How much does Piczle Cross: Rune Factory cost?
Piczle Cross: Rune Factory is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Piczle Cross: Rune Factory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Piczle Cross: Rune Factory are Roxy Raccoon's Mancala Madness, Runi's Math Castle, The Map Is The Thing.
Who developed Piczle Cross: Rune Factory?
Piczle Cross: Rune Factory was developed by Score Studios LLC and published by Rainy Frog Co. Ltd..

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 Piczle Cross: Rune Factory.

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