Games like My Mates
If My Mates is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alawon: Life of a Game Composer, Ritualis: Summoner Simulator and Carbon Compliance — 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.
Get personalized picks →About My Mates: Forget about real-life worries and dive into student life: settle into your rented apartment, keep up with your studies, and, of course, make close friends among your new classmates.
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Alawon: Life of a Game Composer
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Top pick for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with My Mates.
Alawon is a life sim where you manage a game composer career. Rise from game jams to AAA, balancing life and work. Make money, make friends, make love, and make music in Alawon's Digital Audio Workstation — then export and share your creations to make your mother very proud.
SimulationSteam ↗Ritualis: Summoner Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Mates.
An ancient town needs your magic of summoning. Summon bizarre items and creatures to fulfill townsfolk requests. Earn coins and uncover the strange secrets of the locals. Oh, and try to cure your sudden amnesia. It might just save your life!
Carbon Compliance
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Mates.
A simulation game about experiencing the very mundane job of a government official, rummaging through paperwork. Make sure all the paperwork is free of any errors. Deny applications that are not up to the specified requirements. Bored of working, play mini-games to relieve stress.
Queen of the Community
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Ranked #4 for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Mates.
Tackle the challenge of raising a little girl into adulthood under the harsh conditions of a Brazilian favela. Be the girl's adoptive father or mother! Buy her clothes, furniture and other objects, change her haircut and more! She can befriend several kids! Your choices will define her future!
Spirit Rancher
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Ranked #5 for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Mates.
Spirit Rancher is a farming sim with a twist, all your crops are alive! Every aspect of nature has a spirit that you can capture. Use them to fight, craft intricate ecosystems, and build a self-sustaining ranch. Explore the land of Spirit Rancher and paint life back into the world!
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut
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Ranked #6 for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Mates.
The ultimate crossover between K-pop and Life Simulation! Step into the role of manager and build your dream idol group by scouting talent, managing schedules, choosing outfits, planning social media, and organizing the perfect album. Can you make it to debut?
Nivalis Nights
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Ranked #7 for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with My Mates.
Grow your business, manage restaurants and nightclubs, make friends and enemies, buy and decorate apartments, go fishing and maybe even find love in a cyberpunk city that stretches from the ocean to the clouds.
Call of Boba
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Ranked #8 for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Mates.
A cozy pixel art adventure about saving a struggling Boba Tea shop. Brew up tasty drinks, battle enemies for inspiration, make friends with customers, and much much more, on your quest to serve up the best tea in town!
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Frequently asked about My Mates
- Is My Mates free to play?
- Yes — My Mates is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to My Mates?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside My Mates are Alawon: Life of a Game Composer, Ritualis: Summoner Simulator, Carbon Compliance.
- Who developed My Mates?
- My Mates was developed by Almost Kind Games.
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 My Mates.
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