Games like Hideko
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to Hideko for fans of indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Hideko also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from Sokpop Collective. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Hideko: A short mystery game about nature. ☀️☁️🍃 Explore the rules of a small sandbox world 🔎 Combine elements to create new forms of life! ❤️
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Hungrities
Top pick for Hideko fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
In Hungrities, you will take care of small and adorable creatures while attracting new visitors who will explore your farm! Play and interact with your cute creatures: drag them, squeeze them, or stop them if they start fighting each other. Have fun while expanding your collection!
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Quack my Duck
Second-strongest match for Hideko fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hideko.
Caution, we've lost our ducks! Help John find all the ducks scattered around the city. An exciting hidden object adventure game for all ages.
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Heliopedia
Third-strongest match for Hideko fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hideko.
A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets. Find new species and make beautiful ecosystems . . . or breed destruction with volcanos, lightning storms and wildfires!
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Loafing Town
Ranked #4 for Hideko fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hideko.
A relaxing and humorous idle god simulator that stays at the bottom of your screen or on a second monitor while you do other things. With physics-based dragging interactions, it feels just like playing with desk toys.
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ToriDori
Ranked #6 for Hideko fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hideko.
ToriDori is a world at the intersection of time. Take on the role of a mystical ship captain and set out to search for differences and temporal paradoxes. A relaxing adventure suitable for all ages awaits you. Pet the cat and set sail!
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Sandboxels
Ranked #7 for Hideko fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hideko.
Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.
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Bugtopia
Ranked #8 for Hideko fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hideko.
300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐
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Stacklands
Another title from Sokpop Collective, the studio behind Hideko. Shares Indie with Hideko.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
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Simmiland
Another title from Sokpop Collective, the studio behind Hideko. Shares Indie with Hideko.
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
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Grunn
Another title from Sokpop Collective, the studio behind Hideko. Shares Indie with Hideko.
A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?
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clickyland
Another title from Sokpop Collective, the studio behind Hideko.
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
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White Lavender
Another title from Sokpop Collective, the studio behind Hideko. Shares Indie with Hideko.
A challenging adventure game with RPG-elements. Be a bug, fight other critters with swords and magic, collect powerful items such as pencils and teaspoons, meet cool characters, and up your fashion game on a journey to brew a special tea!
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Frequently asked about Hideko
- How much does Hideko cost?
- Hideko is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hideko?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hideko are Hungrities, Quack my Duck, Heliopedia.
- Who developed Hideko?
- Hideko was developed by Sokpop Collective.
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 Hideko.
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