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Games like Kanji Cats

If Kanji Cats is your kind of game, the closest matches are Learn Japanese Kana & Vocab with Sushi, Sticker Kittens and Squash and Spell : Kids Typing — 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 Kanji Cats: Tired of Anki or Duolingo? Always get confused by look-alike kanji or mix up on/kun readings? Kanji Cats is an edutainment game that teaches Japanese through cat-and-sushi-themed mini-games. Match, type, and sort kanji while learning in a cozy pixel-art sushi bar with cats!

2026IndieCasual9.94 USDWindows · macOSby The Farting Cat
Kanji Cats — Steam game cover

Players who liked Kanji Cats also play

Steam players who put hours into Kanji Cats 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. Learn Japanese Kana & Vocab with Sushi

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Kanji Cats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Kanji Cats.

    Learn Japanese With Sushi is a edutainment game that teaches Japanese through sushi-themed mini-games. Practice katakana, hiragana, and vocabulary—including kanji—by matching, typing, and sorting sushi. Unlock new words via gachapon, customize JLPT levels (N5-N3), and enjoy a pixel-art sushi bar!

    2025IndieCasual7.00 USDSteam ↗
  2. Sticker Kittens

    WHY THIS

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

    Sticker Kittens is a sudoku-like puzzle where you need to match kittens. You can also learn about how to raise and play with kittens!

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Squash and Spell : Kids Typing

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Kanji Cats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Kanji Cats.

    A fun & friendly way for children to learn about letters, words, keyboards and writing!

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. JPN Burst

    WHY THIS

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

    A typing tutorial for beginners of Hiragana and Katakana. Learn, type, and repeat in bite-sized progressively harder mini-games until you master these two Japanese kana systems.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Kanji Cats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Kanji Cats.

    A warm and cozy desktop cat companion game. Let Miino keep you company while you work or study, focus with Pomodoro, Lo-Fi, to-do lists, and white noise; collect Headgear and decorations, decorate your room, join the Online Study Room, go fishing, and build your own relaxing desktop space.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sudocats

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Kanji Cats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kanji Cats.

    Sudoku for cat people. Cats are wonderful creatures but you better not put them together without proper introduction. So, plan ahead to display them in the right order so they get along!

    2022Casual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sudokube

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Kanji Cats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Kanji Cats.

    A classic Sudoku game with a 3D twist, Sudokube provides both challenge and relaxation.

    2017IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Cat Slide Tiles

    WHY THIS

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

    Move the sliding tiles to unblock a path for the kitten to walk to the exit.

    2021IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

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

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Kanji Cats on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kanji Cats.

    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 ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Kanji Cats on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kanji Cats.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

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

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

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

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Kanji Cats.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Casual with Kanji Cats.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. 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 Kanji Cats.

    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 ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Kanji Cats.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Kanji Cats

How much does Kanji Cats cost?
Kanji Cats is listed on Steam at 9.94 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Kanji Cats?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kanji Cats are Learn Japanese Kana & Vocab with Sushi, Sticker Kittens, Squash and Spell : Kids Typing.
Who developed Kanji Cats?
Kanji Cats was developed by The Farting Cat.

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 Kanji Cats.

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