Games like MINOS
If MINOS is your kind of game, the closest matches are KingFish, The King is Watching and Sunbreak War — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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.
Get personalized picks →About MINOS: Minos is a maze-building roguelite where you, the fabled Minotaur, must defend your sanctuary from bloodthirsty adventurers. Design and re-design deadly labyrinths, set traps, and turn every brave fool into your next victim.
Players who liked MINOS also play
Steam players who put hours into MINOS 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.
KingFish
WHY THIS
Top pick for MINOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with MINOS.
A 2-player asymmetric co-op game where a King and a giant Fish, a living island, build a city, travel between islands, and defend their kingdom together. One plans from above. The other fights on the ground. Together they stand.
The King is Watching
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense, roguelite progression, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with MINOS.
Second-strongest match for MINOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MINOS.
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Sunbreak War
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense, meta progression, indie and a challenging mood with MINOS.
Third-strongest match for MINOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with MINOS.
A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.
Quiet Bruise
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for MINOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with MINOS.
Play as dumb plushies trying to keep a collapsing factory alive in this tower defence factory automation game. Build chaotic production lines, fight off hordes of cats and crocs, survive your own terrible decisions and keep the factory running.
Layered Loop层叠环道
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for MINOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MINOS.
Layered Loop is a minimalist tower defense game built on stacking & evolution. Towers auto-level to boost damage/production, evolve via devouring key structures for new abilities or stat boosts. Stack towers with full effects retained, unlock global buffs at 5 layers.
Tiny Kings
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for MINOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with MINOS.
Tiny Kings is the whimsical medieval base builder where your dreams of building and managing a pint-sized kingdom come true! Unleash your inner ruler and build your kingdom, manage your citizens' tasks, and dominate the siege to become the ultimate ruler.
Dimension Core: Amethyst
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for MINOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with MINOS.
A Roguelite strategy tower defense game. Different towers, events, and upgrades every run. Manage resources, fight alongside your towers, and defend the Dimension Core.
Meow Tower - Doomsguard
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for MINOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with MINOS.
A defensive game that combines hero collection and base building, focusing on real - time strategy and a thrilling sense of combat. Use your wisdom to repel wave after wave of enemy attacks!
Reviewers mention these as similar to MINOS
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Orcs Must Die!
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with MINOS.
Reviewers of MINOS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with MINOS.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
Frostpunk
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with MINOS.
Reviewers of MINOS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with MINOS.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Hades
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with MINOS.
Reviewers of MINOS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with MINOS.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Dungeon Keeper™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares resource management, dark fantasy and a challenging mood with MINOS.
Reviewers of MINOS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with MINOS.
Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below MINOS at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under MINOS on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with MINOS.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under MINOS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with MINOS.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under MINOS on Steam right now. Shares Action with MINOS.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under MINOS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with MINOS.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under MINOS on Steam right now. Shares Action with MINOS.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under MINOS on Steam right now. Shares Action with MINOS.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with MINOS.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with MINOS.
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 Action and Adventure with MINOS.
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.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with MINOS.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with MINOS.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with MINOS.
『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.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Artificer, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Showgunners
WHY THIS
Another title from Artificer, the studio behind MINOS.
As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.
Sumerian Six
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with MINOS.
Another title from Artificer, the studio behind MINOS. Shares Action and Strategy with MINOS.
Lead an unlikely team of commando scientists behind enemy lines to fight Nazis, uncover arcane mysteries, and wield experimental technology to turn the tide of WWII in this real-time tactical stealth adventure.
MINOS: Home A-Labyrinth
WHY THIS
Shares trap placement, tower defense, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with MINOS.
Another title from Artificer, the studio behind MINOS. Shares Action and Strategy with MINOS.
A free MINOS spin-off inspired by everyone's favorite holiday film. Build festive traps, defend a snow-covered home from clumsy intruders, and unleash winter-grade mischief in this legally distinct seasonal homage.
Frequently asked about MINOS
- Is MINOS verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — MINOS is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does MINOS cost?
- MINOS is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to MINOS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MINOS are KingFish, The King is Watching, Sunbreak War.
- Who developed MINOS?
- MINOS was developed by Artificer and published by Devolver Digital.
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 MINOS.
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