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Games like Field Notes

If Field Notes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Goeland: Seagull Adventure, Toxic place and Shepherd — 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 Field Notes: Field Notes is a sci-fi exploration game where you play as a curious alien researcher on a mission to document life across our solar system.

IndieAdventureSimulationCasualEarly AccessWindowsby Iron Harbor Games
Field Notes — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Field Notes 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. Goeland: Seagull Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Field Notes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Field Notes.

    Be a chaotic seagull in a reactive sandbox world. Mess with everything, solve things your way, and create absurd moments worth sharing.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Toxic place

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Field Notes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Field Notes.

    Toxic Place, an exciting story in the form of a soul like game, combined with a sandbox for you to experience adventure. In a world full of pollution and monsters that have been affected have mutated into terrifying creatures. Will you be able to survive this cruel world?

    2024ActionAdventureSimulation12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Shepherd

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Field Notes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Field Notes.

    Lead a small herd of sheep through the desert. Ensure their survival by managing their needs. Protect and save them from various environmental hazards, as well as their own silly decisions. Bond with them over the course of your journey by fulfilling their wishes, and be their Shepherd.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Capybaria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Field Notes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Field Notes.

    The coziest yet craziest game about capybara! Chill in hot springs, build architectural masterpieces, and start a family... then get behind the wheel, fly to space, or decide whether to let the President detonate a nuclear bomb. Your karma decides the fate of this world!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. In the Wild

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Field Notes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Field Notes.

    Play as wild animals in a relaxing open-world island. Discover hundreds of glowing orbs that teach you real-world facts about the animals you control. With dynamic weather, day/night cycles, and narrated facts, In the Wild is a peaceful way to explore and learn.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Tree Simulator 2023

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Field Notes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Field Notes.

    It's exactly what it sounds like! Have you ever wanted to be a tree? Do you like odd numbers? How about multiplayer, weather, seasons and more!? Well then this is the game for you! Come on down to a place where you will never want to leaf. Relax and be the best tree you can be. 1-250 players.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Ornelia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Field Notes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Field Notes.

    A cozy village-builder and benevolent god game where you build freely, guide the Kinous, and spread kindness to bring your valley back to life.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Farewell North

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Field Notes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Field Notes.

    Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 and Simulation with Field Notes.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Field Notes.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Field Notes.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. 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 Field Notes.

    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 ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Field Notes

What games are most similar to Field Notes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Field Notes are Goeland: Seagull Adventure, Toxic place, Shepherd.
Who developed Field Notes?
Field Notes was developed by Iron Harbor Games.

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 Field Notes.

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