Games like Sime Returns
If Sime Returns is your kind of game, the closest matches are THE INDIE DEV, GEORGIE-YOLKIE™ Enhanced and Crude Oil — 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 Sime Returns: Sime Returns is a quirky, darkly comedic action-adventure about a fisherman, his cats, and the island that decided it no longer likes him. Rescue your cats from furious villagers, and unravel the mysteries lurking beneath the sunny shores of the Adriatic.
Players who liked Sime Returns also play
Steam players who put hours into Sime Returns 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.
THE INDIE DEV
WHY THIS
Top pick for Sime Returns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sime Returns.
THE INDIE DEV invites you, the player, to a behind-the-scenes look at one wannabe indie darling's sordid tryst with game development. Learn what it takes to be an amateur, laugh at jokes, experience plot twists, and join our rookie dev on a rollercoaster ride that's rapidly running out of track.
GEORGIE-YOLKIE™ Enhanced
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sime Returns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sime Returns.
GEORGIE-YOLKIE™ is an all-new purrfect open-world platformer and collectathon! With huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of silly characters as buddy-duo Georgie (The cat guy) and Yolkie (The yellow bird) embark on an epic, funny adventure to thwart the evil King Rattie! Now enhanced!
Crude Oil
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sime Returns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
Escape your captors as a puddle of petroleum on the run from Big Oil. Collect more oil to grow big and juicy. Bounce and slide. Operate heavy machinery. Flush polluters down the drain.
My Eyes
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Ranked #4 for Sime Returns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Use your laser vision to climb and fly your way through perilous caves and make your way back to your body. Keep in mind, it hurts to shoot lasers out of your eyes and you can only stand so much pain. It's also deadly to keep your eyes closed, as the heat from the laser builds up inside your head.
Hell Pie
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Sime Returns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Hell Pie is an obscene 3D platformer that takes bad taste to the next level! Hell Pie sees you grab the horns of Nate, the ‘Demon of Bad Taste’. He is given the honorable task of gathering the disgusting ingredients for Satan’s infamous birthday pie!
Orbo's Odyssey
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sime Returns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Hop into Orbo's shoes! Run, jump and drill around your boss's office, make some new friends, and uncover terrifying secrets about the company you work for in this comedically surreal 3D platformer!
Alice: Madness Returns
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Sime Returns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.
Another Crab's Treasure
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sime Returns fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
In a vibrant undersea kingdom on the verge of collapse, a hermit crab embarks on a treasure hunt to buy back his repossessed shell. The second game from AGGRO CRAB.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sime Returns.
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 with Sime Returns.
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 Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sime Returns.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sime Returns.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sime Returns.
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!
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More from Grande Spallone Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Grande Spallone Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sime Is Back
WHY THIS
Another title from Grande Spallone Games, the studio behind Sime Returns. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
Sime's back, celebrated by locals but tired of exploitation. Join him & his feline friend on a whimsical Adriatic journey. Armed with his fish, Sime confronts enemies, smashes crates & reclaims what's his. Dive into this charming adventure of chaos, camaraderie, & fish-flinging fun!
Sime Is Back 3D Old School
WHY THIS
Another title from Grande Spallone Games, the studio behind Sime Returns. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
Sime Is Back 3D Old School is a retro-inspired action-platformer set on the Adriatic coast. Play as Sime, an old fisherman with a heart of gold but no swimming skills, as he uses a fish to hilariously battle through obstacles, rescue his cats, and outwit greedy villagers.
Sime Is Back 18+
WHY THIS
Another title from Grande Spallone Games, the studio behind Sime Returns. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Explore a mysterious world hub temple and travel to different worlds, collect shiny diamonds and keys, and unlock new levels packed with that nostalgic charm you’ve come to love. It’s everything you’d expect from a fun, lighthearted 3D platformer… Until it isn’t.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Hell Pie
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Hell Pie is an obscene 3D platformer that takes bad taste to the next level! Hell Pie sees you grab the horns of Nate, the ‘Demon of Bad Taste’. He is given the honorable task of gathering the disgusting ingredients for Satan’s infamous birthday pie!
Orbo's Odyssey
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Hop into Orbo's shoes! Run, jump and drill around your boss's office, make some new friends, and uncover terrifying secrets about the company you work for in this comedically surreal 3D platformer!
Another Crab's Treasure
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
In a vibrant undersea kingdom on the verge of collapse, a hermit crab embarks on a treasure hunt to buy back his repossessed shell. The second game from AGGRO CRAB.
Frequently asked about Sime Returns
- What games are most similar to Sime Returns?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sime Returns are THE INDIE DEV, GEORGIE-YOLKIE™ Enhanced, Crude Oil.
- Who developed Sime Returns?
- Sime Returns was developed by Grande Spallone Games.
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