Games like Pocket Boss
If Pocket Boss is your kind of game, the closest matches are OurLife, Be kinder and, like, be a Rewinder, dude! and Go to IT — 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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Steam players who put hours into Pocket Boss 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.
OurLife
WHY THIS
Top pick for Pocket Boss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
OurLife is a text-forward life simulator game filled with immersive, choice-driven systems that impact more than just the character you're playing. Live any life, make any choice: OurLife.
Be kinder and, like, be a Rewinder, dude!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Pocket Boss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
1995, Summer. "Get a job or you're joining the military" shouts your dad. Get your ticket to an incremental game where you'll rewind, loan, buy tapes, buy rewinders, buy food, move to better locations, hire your mates and make a mint at Planet Rewind! Video tape rentals will be around forever!
Go to IT
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Pocket Boss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Have you ever wanted to run your own software company? Go to IT is a business simulation game with a multitude of parameters to manage and meaningful choices to enjoy. Build your company and bring it to the top, surviving almost 30 years of software industry ups and downs.
Octal: Of Course They Are Linked
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Pocket Boss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Pocket Boss.
A strategy game about correlations and bending reality for profit. You’re hired to increase a company’s sales—by any means necessary. Link variables together and transform changes in the world into revenue. More penguins? Somehow, that means higher sales. Don’t question it. Optimize it.
Reality Rivals: The First Season
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Pocket Boss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Reality Rivals is the reality show you can play. Compete in challenges, form alliances, and survive the vote in this social strategy game. Every choice shapes the drama. Will you avoid Exile, and beat your Rivals?
Trolley Problem, Inc.
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Pocket Boss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Pocket Boss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Life sim set in the Ancient Roman Republic. Experience life and events in Ancient Rome through multiple generations of a family, helping them grow from lowly commoners to mighty Senators. Long live the Republic!
Wall Street Raider
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Pocket Boss fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pocket Boss at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Pocket Boss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pocket Boss.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Pocket Boss on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Pocket Boss on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pocket Boss.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Pocket Boss on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pocket Boss.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Pocket Boss on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Pocket Boss.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Pocket Boss on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pocket Boss.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Pocket Boss on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Pocket Boss on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pocket Boss.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pocket Boss.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Pocket Boss.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
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!
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Frequently asked about Pocket Boss
- Is Pocket Boss verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Pocket Boss is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Pocket Boss cost?
- Pocket Boss is listed on Steam at 3.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pocket Boss?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pocket Boss are OurLife, Be kinder and, like, be a Rewinder, dude!, Go to IT.
- Who developed Pocket Boss?
- Pocket Boss was developed by Langfilm, Mario von Rickenbach and published by Playables.
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 Pocket Boss.
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