Games like The Little Crane That Could
If The Little Crane That Could is your kind of game, the closest matches are Goat Simulator, The Precinct and Beasts of Bermuda — 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Little Crane That Could: The Little Crane is back! And it brought its friends to play in the dirt. Driving and operating heavy machinery is a blast! Test your operating skills in this simulator game with a diverse set of challenges. Use the crane to load an unload, the bulldozer to shape the terrain, and an excavator to dig up the terrain.
Players who liked The Little Crane That Could also play
Steam players who put hours into The Little Crane That Could 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.
Goat Simulator
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Little Crane That Could fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
The Precinct
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Little Crane That Could fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.
Beasts of Bermuda
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Little Crane That Could fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Play as a dinosaur and become part of a player-created ecosystem! Beasts of Bermuda is a multiplayer game where players endure catastrophic storms and fearsome foes while growing to monstrous sizes. Do you have what it takes to survive in the Bermuda Triangle?
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Little Crane That Could fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.
State of Decay
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Little Crane That Could fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
PANELKI
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Little Crane That Could fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Little Crane That Could fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Little Crane That Could fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Little Crane That Could at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Little Crane That Could on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Little Crane That Could on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Little Crane That Could.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under The Little Crane That Could on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Little Crane That Could.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Little Crane That Could on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Little Crane That Could on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Little Crane That Could.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under The Little Crane That Could on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Little Crane That Could.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Little Crane That Could on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Little Crane That Could on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Little Crane That Could.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Little Crane That Could.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
Moonbase Alpha
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
NASA has once again landed on the lunar surface with the goal of colonization, research, and further exploration. Shortly after the return to the Moon, NASA has established a small outpost on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha.
Endless Sky
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service Beta
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Little Crane That Could.
Welcome to Totally Reliable Open Beta! Totally Reliable is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to deliver packages...or try to at least!
Rock Life: The Rock Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Built from the ground up, Rock Life is the next generation of immersion and simulations. Live, do, and experience what it is like to truly become one with nature... as a rock!
CHKN
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Little Crane That Could.
Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc.
Other recommendable Steam games by Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Imhotep, Pyramid Builder
WHY THIS
Another title from Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc., the studio behind The Little Crane That Could. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Do you like watching others do all the work?Cats do!In this unique game (AVX req'd) you plan, direct and oversee the construction of a Pyramid in Ancient Egypt.Organize agriculture, plan the village, direct the building and watch thousands of workers on screen, in real time.Build it, stone by stone!
Children of Orc
WHY THIS
Another title from Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc., the studio behind The Little Crane That Could.
Lead your civilization of Orc Children, stranded on a planet. Build infrastructure, explore continents, and instruct your peers. Children of Orc mixes the point-and-click adventure game with real-time-strategy. You control one single Orc and will have to instruct your tribe on how to explore and exploit your habitat.
Flank That Tank!
WHY THIS
Another title from Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc., the studio behind The Little Crane That Could.
Twin Stick Shooter where everything breaks!Smash through walls, punch through obstacles, every thing is possible in the game with procedural destruction.In 22 fun-packed levels, you crash through anything to mop up all opponents.
Hexa Trains
WHY THIS
Another title from Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc., the studio behind The Little Crane That Could. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Lay the tracks, schedule the trains, and let the planet's economy thrive. Are you the infrastructure-hero that has the chops to manage inter-global transport? Find out in... Hexa Trains!
Ring Miner
WHY THIS
Another title from Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc., the studio behind The Little Crane That Could. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
An open world space mining game. Explore a vast planetary ring where every spot on every rock can be mined for minerals. Use your transport ship to drop off the mining rover, anywhere in the ring system, and start digging! Your capable 6-wheeled rover can climb many obstacles.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Goat Simulator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
The Precinct
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.
State of Decay
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Frequently asked about The Little Crane That Could
- How much does The Little Crane That Could cost?
- The Little Crane That Could is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Little Crane That Could?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Little Crane That Could are Goat Simulator, The Precinct, Beasts of Bermuda.
- Who developed The Little Crane That Could?
- The Little Crane That Could was developed by Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc..
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