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Games like Villainville

If Villainville is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hammer & Harvest: Dwarven Roots, ONE (1) WORLD and Frog Island — 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.

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About Villainville: Join the outcasts of Villainville in this cozy farming sim adventure where Stardew Valley meets Shrek. Grow magic crops, tame the tiny unicorns, sneak into the night market, and befriend misfit fairy tale characters. Bonus? Find the misery mushroom plague saboteur and redeem the irredeemable.

2028AdventureSimulationCasualWindowsby Flaming Acorn Games
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Steam players who put hours into Villainville also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Hammer & Harvest: Dwarven Roots

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Villainville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Villainville.

    A dwarf farm sim! The days of dragons'-fire have ended, and now the Dwarf King has commissioned you to reclaim the ancient halls. Grow crops, harvest crystals, mine ores, and craft works of awe & wonder. Enrich your home beneath the mountains before the Dwarf King returns to judge your progress...

    IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  2. ONE (1) WORLD

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Villainville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Villainville.

    Build a home on a strange audited island in this top-down pixel sandbox RPG. Mine, farm, fish, craft, fight, sail, and chart routes from road to rocket—then survive the Bureau’s stamps, storms, bosses, and very personal paperwork.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Frog Island

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Villainville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Villainville.

    Start your new life as a caretaker for an island of frogs in this cozy creature-collector! Build your dream island, discover magical wildlife, and uncover the island's many hidden secrets, to try and piece together the past life you've somehow forgotten.

    2026IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  4. Venture Pals

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Villainville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Villainville.

    Choose your own Pal and venture out to grind skills and gather loot right from your desktop. Forge powerful gear, cook and brew invigorating meals and potions, and discover rare cosmetics. Manage energy, cleanliness, and training to grow... or go AFK and risk Pal-Death!

    2026IndieRPGCasualSteam ↗
  5. Shin'ai Rewritten

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Villainville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Villainville.

    Run off to the Japanese countryside to connect with your Grandfather. Breathe new life into your grandmother's garden, and get to know the locals of a rural Japanese town in this cozy life sim rpg.

    SimulationRPGCasualSteam ↗
  6. Luma Island

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Villainville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Villainville.

    Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Farm to Restaurant Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Villainville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Villainville.

    Grow crops on your farm, cook delicious meals, and manage your own restaurant in this relaxing farm-to-restaurant simulation game.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  8. My Party Needs An Alchemist

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Villainville fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Villainville.

    Gather herbs and brew powerful potions as you travel a magical world and forge a party of intriguing companions to defeat the demon lord in this cozy fantasy adventure game!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Villainville.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Villainville.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Villainville.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Villainville.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Villainville.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Villainville.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with Villainville.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Villainville

What games are most similar to Villainville?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Villainville are Hammer & Harvest: Dwarven Roots, ONE (1) WORLD, Frog Island.
Who developed Villainville?
Villainville was developed by Flaming Acorn 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 Villainville.

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