Games like Make it indie!
Below are 21 hand-picked alternatives to Make it indie! for fans of indie, adventure, simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Make it indie! also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Sometimes You. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Make it indie! at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Make it indie! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Make it indie! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Make it indie!.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Make it indie! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Make it indie! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Make it indie!.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Make it indie! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Make it indie!.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Emily is Away
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
slime feet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.
Don't Make Love
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Make it indie!.
Assume the role of a praying mantis in a relationship dilemma. Torn between their mutual love and the instinct to have sex – which could lead to the male mantis’s death – the couple is on the verge of making a decision. Type anything you want in response to your partner during this life-changing conversation.
How We Got Here
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.
Project Homecoming Haven
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
Embark on a heartwarming journey as a home cleaning specialist.
Durka Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Make it indie!.
A visual novel set in a universe where the orderlies are trying to take over our planet.
Silk Roads: Caravan Kings
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
In Silk Roads: Caravan Kings you follow in the footsteps of the legendary Marco Polo on a journey into Cathay in search of riches and adventure.
My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
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Retention
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Make it indie!.
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Make it indie!. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make it indie!.
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Bacteria
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Make it indie!.
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Make it indie!. Shares Indie with Make it indie!.
'Bacteria' - A relaxing puzzle game based on the rules of the cellular automaton ‘Life’ devised by John Horton Conway in 1970.
Energy Balance
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Make it indie!.
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Make it indie!. Shares Indie with Make it indie!.
Energy Balance is a number puzzle. You have to swap power units in such a way that their sums form correct chains both vertically and horizontally. The game is easy to learn, but very hard to master. So, are you ready to peep under the hood of an alien spaceship?
Energy Cycle
WHY THIS
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Make it indie!. Shares Indie with Make it indie!.
'Energy Cycle' – new puzzle game from the developers of ‘Energy Balance’. When you click each cell on the game field - it changes color, and the colors of adjacent cells horizontally and vertically. Your task to bring all the cells to the same color. Sounds pretty easy, but try to do it!
Energy Invasion
WHY THIS
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Make it indie!. Shares Indie with Make it indie!.
Energy Invasion - an arcade game inspired by the classic Breakout. Unlike the original game, your ball does not break blocks on its own, but can launch missiles in a chosen direction.
Frequently asked about Make it indie!
- Does Make it indie! run on Steam Deck?
- Make it indie! 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 Make it indie! cost?
- Make it indie! is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Make it indie!?
- Make it indie! was developed by Sometimes You.
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