Games like Grow Home
If Grow Home is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grow Up, Nekour and To The Sky — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming graphics, progressive level design and serene atmosphere. 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 →Grow Home is a 2015 indie adventure that tasks players with guiding BUD, a small robot on a mission to save his dying planet by cultivating a giant climbing plant toward the stars. The gameplay centers on exploration and a collectathon structure, with players using physics-based climbing mechanics to navigate an alien world in whatever order they choose. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and relaxing, with reviewers highlighting charming graphics and progressive level design that unlocks new abilities as the plant grows. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and supports short play sessions suited to its chill difficulty. Currently priced at $7.99, it holds a 94% positive rating from over 2,800 Steam reviews.
About Grow Home: Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
Players who liked Grow Home also play
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Grow Up
WHY THIS
Shares physics based climbing and a relaxing mood with Grow Home.
Top pick for Grow Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.
To The Sky
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Third-strongest match for Grow Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
To the Sky is an exhilarating action-adventure game where your goal is to reach the sky by overcoming obstacles and scaling towering walls. Be prepared to start anew if you fall while ascending. Challenge yourself, ascend higher, and uncover the mysteries above the clouds in To the Sky.
Only go up™
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Ranked #4 for Grow Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
Get up there to avoid the rising water! It's scary, but you have to step up. It's up to you to adapt to reality or struggle.
Spider Fox
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Ranked #5 for Grow Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
Leap, swing, and spin webs in a casual 3D adventure! Play as Spider Fox, rescue bizarre animals from a mad scientist, and uncover colorful worlds packed with secrets.
Only an Alien Going Up!
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Ranked #6 for Grow Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
"Only an Alien Going Up!" is a difficult 3D platformer where your only goal is to climb to the top, without checkpoints.
Ragdoll Chimps
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Ranked #7 for Grow Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
Ragdoll Chimps is a Physics-Based Sandbox with a Huge Open World, and Tons of Activities. Farming, Mining, Fishing, Collectibles, Quests, Customization, Fighting, Racing, Mini-Games, and More! Enjoy it in Singleplayer, or Split-Screen Co-op and PVP modes.
Rolling Splat!
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Ranked #8 for Grow Home fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
A cute, chaotic, and physics-based adventure game! Join forces with your friends to embark on a heartwarming yet thrilling journey through a massive, bizarre world. Starting from the very bottom of the universe, you are determined to climb to the peak. Roll, jump to reach the ultimate end.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Grow Home at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Grow Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Grow Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grow Home.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under Grow Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Grow Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Grow Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Grow Home on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grow Home.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Grow Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Grow Home.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and a relaxing mood with Grow Home.
Priced ~50% under Grow Home on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 Grow Home.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Grow Home.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grow Home.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Grow Home.
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 Grow Home.
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 Grow Home.
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 Indie and Adventure with Grow Home.
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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Frequently asked about Grow Home
- Is Grow Home verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Grow Home 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 Grow Home cost?
- Grow Home is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Grow Home?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Grow Home are Grow Up, Nekour, To The Sky.
- Who developed Grow Home?
- Grow Home was developed by Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio and published by Infogrames, Atari.
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 Grow Home.
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