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Games like Cats Are Money

If Cats Are Money is your kind of game, the closest matches are HarvestCo., Bottled by Bears and Lepidarium — 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 Cats Are Money: Cats are Money is a cozy idle game in the "Tamagotchi" genre where you manage a farm and collect unique cats into your collection. Take care of your pets, feed them, and play with them. Upgrade your farm, unlock new breeds and businesses.

2025SimulationCasual4.19 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby DеM Games
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Steam players who put hours into Cats Are Money 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. HarvestCo.

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cats Are Money fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    HarvestCo is a farming incremental idle game where a small field turns into an increasingly efficient money-making machine. Harvest crops, buy upgrades, grow passive income, automate production, and discover rare golden crops and strange field events.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. Bottled by Bears

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Cats Are Money fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    Join a family of bears and run the buzziest little honey farm! Collect and discover rare bees, bottle honey jars, expand your farm, and watch your flowery field bloom in this cozy idle management game.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  3. Lepidarium

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Cats Are Money fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    Relax and collect hundreds of unique butterflies and moths in this cozy idle game. Watch caterpillars transform from larva to chrysalis to winged beauty, customize lush greenhouses, and discover rare species from monarchs to atlas moths.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual6.39 USDSteam ↗
  4. Tiny Slime Farm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cats Are Money fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    A cozy desktop idle game where cute slimes bounce around your tiny farm while you work or study.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual4.79 USDSteam ↗
  5. Whimsy Koi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Cats Are Money fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cats Are Money.

    Whimsy Koi is a cozy idle game where you manage calming koi ponds. Collect various whimsical koi fish and decorate your ponds however you want. Just relax and enjoy the tranquil experience.

    SimulationSteam ↗
  6. Working Class Monsters

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Cats Are Money fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    Open packs. Collect monsters. Watch the gold pile up. A cozy incremental about a monster workforce - place goblins, undead, and abyssal horrors across tiles where the right neighbors mean bigger payouts. Grow your sleepy island into a gold printing empire and unlock hidden islands to settle on.

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  7. Milk Can Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Cats Are Money fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    Click cows, collect raw milk and gradually build your farm into an automated dairy. A relaxing idle/clicker game with upgrades, delivery orders, In-game achievements, prestige progression and no in-game purchases.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual2.39 USDSteam ↗
  8. Flower Tower

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cats Are Money fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    A short, relaxing incremental game about growing flowers, where your garden quietly thrives and blooms on its own.

    2026SimulationCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cats Are Money at current Steam store prices.

  1. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Cats Are Money on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cats Are Money.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Cats Are Money on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cats Are Money.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Cats Are Money on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Cats Are Money on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cats Are Money.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Cats Are Money on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cats Are Money.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Cats Are Money on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cats Are Money.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Cats Are Money on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cats Are Money.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~76% under Cats Are Money on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cats Are Money.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Cats Are Money.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cats Are Money

Does Cats Are Money run on Steam Deck?
Cats Are Money 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 Cats Are Money cost?
Cats Are Money is listed on Steam at 4.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cats Are Money?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cats Are Money are HarvestCo., Bottled by Bears, Lepidarium.
Who developed Cats Are Money?
Cats Are Money was developed by DеM 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 Cats Are Money.

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