Games like My Mates
If My Mates is your kind of game, the closest matches are Spirit Rancher, Forklore and Alawon: Life of a Game Composer — 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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Spirit Rancher
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Top pick for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Mates.
In this creature-collecting farming sim, your crops are alive! Catch spirits, battle alongside them, use their powers to gather resources and interact with the world, and build a farm that would keep them happy and productive – a place they'll call home!
Forklore
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for My Mates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Mates.
Escape to the charming village of Clementine and breathe new life into your best friend's old, run-down restaurant. With hard work, creativity, and a little help from the locals, you can transform it into a thriving business!
Alawon: Life of a Game Composer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match 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 ↗K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut
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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.
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 #5 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.
Pact Between Us
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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.
"Pact between us" is a FMV. After the loss parents, you and your younger sister become siblings who only have each other. You must tenderly care for her daily life.What kind of woman will your sister grow into? Every arrangement you implement during her upbringing carries profound weight.
Call of Boba
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Ranked #7 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!
Dynopunk
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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.
An ironic adventure with cyberpunk aesthetics set in a world where humans have been replaced by dinosaurs. Become a top-notch repair shop mechanic: fix gadgets, have heart-to-heart talks, and offer drinks to your customers — everything to fulfill your ultimate dream.
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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 Spirit Rancher, Forklore, Alawon: Life of a Game Composer.
- 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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