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Games like PlanckMan

If PlanckMan is your kind of game, the closest matches are Block Buster Billy, Chroma Jump and Hexograph — 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 PlanckMan: PlanckMan is a grid based puzzle game that tests your skill at maintaining your tail, one step at a time. Eat red pellets to regain your tail, and yellow pellets to grow. Do not hit or lose your tail, or else you will lose the game! How high can you get? Includes extra benefits for purchasing.

2025StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDWindowsby bl3i
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Steam players who put hours into PlanckMan 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. Block Buster Billy

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for PlanckMan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PlanckMan.

    An alien family had a picnic on Billy's island. They had to leave in a hurry, causing Junior to forget his cubes. Can you help Billy figure out the mind-boggling alien puzzles?

    2023StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Chroma Jump

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for PlanckMan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with PlanckMan.

    Chroma Jump is a 2D hardcore platformer where you overcome obstacles by changing your character's color in real-time. Push your physical and mental limits through traps that are completely unforgiving... well, mostly. Will you be able to safely reach the goal and escape?

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Hexograph

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for PlanckMan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PlanckMan.

    Hexograph is a hexagonal twist on nonogram puzzles. Use logic to solve handcrafted multi-color grids, read clues across three directions, untangle special hint rules, and reveal colorful hidden pictures.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Perplexicube

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for PlanckMan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with PlanckMan.

    Perplexicube is a challenging isometric puzzler where you must work together with your past and future selves. You'll have to think ahead as you create loops backwards in time to set your futures selves up for success.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Congruence

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for PlanckMan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PlanckMan.

    A simple, yet difficult puzzle game. Manipulate two pairs of pentominoes to form combined shapes with the same outline. There are 513 different solutions.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. RETRIS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for PlanckMan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PlanckMan.

    A fresh take on the the falling block puzzle genre. Embrace imperfection with glitches and broken pieces to overcome this new challenge. Chase high scores or learn new techniques in a puzzle mode with over 50 handcrafted puzzles.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Catch the Light

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for PlanckMan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with PlanckMan.

    Catch the Light is a gentle home practice for vision and reading. Short daily sessions help develop attention, perception, and visual habits. Suitable for people with visual field differences such as scotoma or hemianopia. Not a medical or diagnostic app.

    2026CasualSteam ↗
  8. Coupling

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for PlanckMan fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with PlanckMan.

    Coupling is an abstract style puzzle game where the only thing you can do is move around.

    2025IndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PlanckMan on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PlanckMan.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PlanckMan on Steam right now. Shares Casual with PlanckMan.

    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. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PlanckMan on Steam right now. Shares Casual with PlanckMan.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PlanckMan on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with PlanckMan.

    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 ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PlanckMan on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PlanckMan.

    "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 ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PlanckMan on Steam right now. Shares Casual with PlanckMan.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PlanckMan on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with PlanckMan.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PlanckMan on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with PlanckMan.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Indie with PlanckMan.

    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. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with PlanckMan.

    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 ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with PlanckMan.

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about PlanckMan

How much does PlanckMan cost?
PlanckMan is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to PlanckMan?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PlanckMan are Block Buster Billy, Chroma Jump, Hexograph.
Who developed PlanckMan?
PlanckMan was developed by bl3i.

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 PlanckMan.

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