Games like a monkey
If a monkey is your kind of game, the closest matches are Maiden Covenant: The Infernal Citadel, POKOR and Sunken Stones — 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 a monkey: AMonkey: A fast-paced 2D deck-building roguelike set in Journey to the West. As a Monkey , battle through randomly generated journeys, strategically combining 60+ cards to build unique decks (e.g., Burst, Combo, Defense). Unlock 10+ powerful artifacts and challenge over 10 unique bosses.
Players who liked a monkey also play
Steam players who put hours into a monkey 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.
Maiden Covenant: The Infernal Citadel
WHY THIS
Top pick for a monkey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with a monkey.
A solo rogue-lite combining deckbuilding and board tactics. Build a deck and play cards governed by movement and combat rules. Seize Magic Ore, manage resources, and face relentless foes. Lead allies across four territories, challenge the Infernal Citadel, and restore order to a shattered world!
POKOR
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for a monkey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with a monkey.
POKOR is a story-driven roguelike tactical turn-based card RPG. Players take on the role of Heart, commanding a deck of playing card soldiers to engage in turn-based battles against enemies as they venture deeper into a vast, pale, and ever-changing palace to uncover the truth and the true self.
Sunken Stones
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for a monkey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with a monkey.
A turn based Puzzle-Strategy game about pirates and cursed treasure. Choose a captain, gather your crew and defeat monsters by strategically placing units on a 5x5 grid.
Elemental Lands
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for a monkey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with a monkey.
Turn-based tactical card battler with roguelite upgrades. Lead your growing party of heroes to capture objectives in grid-based combat with spell draw combos. Strategically control a campaign map, gather resources & cast siege spells to push back elemental factions overwhelming your lands!
Re:Night
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for a monkey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with a monkey.
Re:Night is a strategy game that blends turn based tactics with roguelike deckbuilding. In each run, build your deck, plan your tactics, and experiment with countless 3-character team combinations. Journey to a mysterious town, break the endless cycle of night, and bring dawn back to the world.
Super Bullet Break
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for a monkey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with a monkey.
Save the world of online multiplayer games from a rogue AI in this deck-building strategy roguelite! Collect more than 160 cute and colourful Bullets as you move through maps based on iconic game genres and defeat enemies in challenging turn-based combat.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for a monkey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with a monkey.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
Deck of Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for a monkey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with a monkey.
Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below a monkey at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under a monkey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with a monkey.
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?
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under a monkey on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with a monkey.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under a monkey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with a monkey.
"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!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under a monkey on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with a monkey.
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.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under a monkey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with a monkey.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under a monkey on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with a monkey.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under a monkey on Steam right now. Shares Indie with a monkey.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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 with a monkey.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with a monkey.
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?
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 a monkey.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with a monkey.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with a monkey.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with a monkey.
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.
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Frequently asked about a monkey
- How much does a monkey cost?
- a monkey is listed on Steam at 1.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to a monkey?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside a monkey are Maiden Covenant: The Infernal Citadel, POKOR, Sunken Stones.
- Who developed a monkey?
- a monkey was developed by toolArt.
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 a monkey.
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