Rank 01Why this
Shares upgrade trees and combo based combat with Max Manos.
- $5.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Games like Max Manos
- 27 games
- Updated Sep 29, 2026
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The closest matches to Max Manos: Max Manos 2, Nodebuster, Piñata Go Boom, Loot Loop, and Antivirus PROTOCOL. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares combo based combat and skill tree progression with Max Manos.
- $2.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
Rank 03Why this
Shares upgrade trees and prestige system with Max Manos.
- $3.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Rank 04 
Loot Loop
Why this: Shares prestige system and skill tree progression with Max Manos.
Rank 05 
Antivirus PROTOCOL
Why this: Shares incremental progression and skill tree progression with Max Manos.
Rank 06 
GLONK
Why this: Shares upgrade trees and incremental progression with Max Manos.
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Trainatic
Why this: Shares upgrade trees and upgrade system with Max Manos.
Rank 08 
Smash Hit Museum
Why this: Also Clicker and Loot, like Max Manos.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Max Manos
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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- 5Antivirus PROTOCOL
Shares incremental progression and skill tree progression with Max Manos.
- 86% of 211 reviews
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- 10Idle Gumball Machine
Shares upgrade trees and skill tree progression with Max Manos.
- 94% of 115 reviews
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- 14Maktala: Slime Lootfest
Shares skill tree progression and upgrade system with Max Manos.
- 80% of 464 reviews
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- 16Click and Conquer
Shares incremental progression and upgrade system with Max Manos.
- 93% of 1,338 reviews
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- Released: 2025
- Developer: Max Manos
- Price: $5.99checked Nov 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 94% of 342 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Affordable indie with surprising depth
- Chain reaction mechanics and build optimization
- Chain reactions drive progression
- Atmospheric
- Chill
- Relaxing
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Why this: Shares prestige system with Max Manos.
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Why this: Shares upgrade system with Max Manos.
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Why this: Shares incremental progression with Max Manos.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
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Max Manos 2
Why this: Shares upgrade trees and combo based combat with Max Manos.
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Why this: Shares upgrade trees and prestige system with Max Manos.
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Why this: Shares incremental progression and skill tree progression with Max Manos.
About Max Manos
The closest matches to Max Manos: Max Manos 2, Nodebuster, Piñata Go Boom, Loot Loop, and Antivirus PROTOCOL. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Max Manos is your kind of game, the closest matches are Max Manos 2, Nodebuster and Piñata Go Boom — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, chill and relaxing, and single out its boss fights and chain reactions. 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.
About Max Manos: Max Manos is an incremental destruction game where you play as a powerful hand, known as Max Manos, eliminating shapes. Chain explosive reactions, collect shards, and upgrade your abilities to destroy shapes even faster.
Is Max Manos worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 94% of 342 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $5.99 (checked Nov 3).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 7 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Affordable indie with surprising depth
- Chain reaction mechanics and build optimization
- Chain reactions drive progression
- Different gameplay styles per prestige loop
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game has some ideas but ends up feeling more like a chore than a shortcremental. The game forces you to do five full prestiges, each one rebooting you back to square one with only slight changes, and having to repeat the same grind…”
“Game starts strong but ends up being a boring "wave around your mouse to collect money simulator". I think it needs either a late game upgrade that let you collect dropped money atuomatically on the whole screen instead of around your…”
People who play it also play: Max Manos 2, Nodebuster, Piñata Go Boom
Frequently asked about Max Manos
Can I run it?
Does Max Manos run on Steam Deck?
Max Manos is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Max Manos cost?
Max Manos is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Max Manos?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Max Manos are Max Manos 2, Nodebuster, Piñata Go Boom.
Who developed Max Manos?
Max Manos was developed by Max Manos.