Games like Lumber and Plunder
If Lumber and Plunder is your kind of game, the closest matches are Meltopia, Goat Simulator 3 and Hold Your Own — 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 Lumber and Plunder: An exploration-focused game set on a remote island said to hide a long-forgotten treasure. Scavenge resources, sell what you find, upgrade your gear, and carve your way through a mysterious forest. Uncover scattered clues, piece together a legend, and conquer the mountain- at your own pace.
Players who liked Lumber and Plunder also play
Steam players who put hours into Lumber and Plunder 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.
Meltopia
WHY THIS
Top pick for Lumber and Plunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
A minimalist game where you melt snow with a heat cannon to explore a mysterious frozen world. Uncover glacial secrets, collect valuable resources and ancient artifacts — and ultimately find and assemble the remains of an ancient Mammoth.
Goat Simulator 3
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Lumber and Plunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Lumber and Plunder.
Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.
Hold Your Own
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Lumber and Plunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Goat Simulator: Remastered
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Lumber and Plunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Lumber and Plunder.
Goat Simulator Remastered is the latest in goat simulation technology. Your favorite chaotic sandbox is back and more beautiful than ever, with updated graphics, every DLC, and more bugs that you can shake a goat at. WASD to rewrite history.
My Time at Portia
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Lumber and Plunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Slime Rancher
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Lumber and Plunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
My Time at Sandrock
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Lumber and Plunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Mon Bazou
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Lumber and Plunder fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lumber and Plunder at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Lumber and Plunder on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
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 ~60% under Lumber and Plunder on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
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 ~70% under Lumber and Plunder on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
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 ~80% under Lumber and Plunder on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lumber and Plunder.
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 ~60% under Lumber and Plunder on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Lumber and Plunder.
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 ~80% under Lumber and Plunder on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Lumber and Plunder.
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 ~80% under Lumber and Plunder on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lumber and Plunder.
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 ~60% under Lumber and Plunder on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Lumber and Plunder.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lumber and Plunder.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lumber and Plunder.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Lumber and Plunder.
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 and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
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.
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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 3
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Lumber and Plunder.
Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.
Goat Simulator: Remastered
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Lumber and Plunder.
Goat Simulator Remastered is the latest in goat simulation technology. Your favorite chaotic sandbox is back and more beautiful than ever, with updated graphics, every DLC, and more bugs that you can shake a goat at. WASD to rewrite history.
My Time at Sandrock
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Mon Bazou
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumber and Plunder.
Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?
Frequently asked about Lumber and Plunder
- How much does Lumber and Plunder cost?
- Lumber and Plunder is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lumber and Plunder?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lumber and Plunder are Meltopia, Goat Simulator 3, Hold Your Own.
- Who developed Lumber and Plunder?
- Lumber and Plunder was developed by Cozy Fox and published by Sailing Fox Studios.
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 Lumber and Plunder.
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