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Games like Loop Alchemist

If Loop Alchemist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rejected Draft, Nightwater and Factory Time — 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 Loop Alchemist: You wake up in an unknown land. Again. Use the experience from every past life and your ever-growing knowledge of alchemy to extend each life through a robust alchemical system. Explore, break through and uncover all the world has to offer in this minimalist RPG distilled down to its purest form

StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGCasualWindowsby Mackdumbler
Loop Alchemist — Steam game cover

Players who liked Loop Alchemist also play

Steam players who put hours into Loop Alchemist 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. Rejected Draft

    WHY THIS

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

    You are a flawed doodle thrown in the trash. Battle rival sketches in an idle climb for revenge. Every enemy is drawn by community artists, with alternate versions and direct credits. In an unusual twist on builds, choose which enemies appear in your world, then defeat them to absorb their powers.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Nightwater

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Loop Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Loop Alchemist.

    Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Factory Time

    WHY THIS

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

    A factory automation incremental game at the end of the universe. Start crafting by hand, automate production, and build the Chronoforge to escape.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Huebound

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Loop Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Loop Alchemist.

    Mix light. Discover color. Idle forever. Place geometric nodes, connect them, and watch colored orbs flow through your factory. Combine primaries to create 256 named colors — each one waiting to be discovered.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual2.69 USDSteam ↗
  5. Kingdom Inc.

    WHY THIS

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

    A minimalist factory / city builder. Design your workflow by harvesting resources, building equipment, outfitting your adventurers, and sending them on dangerous missions. Recover lost territory and unravel the plot that threatens to destroy your kingdom!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. It's Fine

    WHY THIS

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

    Idle / Incremental about developing a game with your dog Joe. Unlock unique mechanics, evolve with multi-layered prestige, find secrets, beat all alt endings, and deliver your game on time!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Mining and Dwarves

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Loop Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Loop Alchemist.

    An incremental game where you mine rocks, gather ore, and recruit dwarves. Play actively for maximum gains, or idle and let the dwarves do the work.

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Into the Planet's Flesh

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Loop Alchemist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Loop Alchemist.

    These parasites hunger to grow their colony. No sentient alien planet will stand in their way! Hatch workers, mutate organs, automate a grotesque economy, and overrun the planet with your flesh-and-bug constructions.

    SimulationSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Loop Alchemist.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Simulation with Loop Alchemist.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 Loop Alchemist.

    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. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Loop Alchemist

What games are most similar to Loop Alchemist?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Loop Alchemist are Rejected Draft, Nightwater, Factory Time.
Who developed Loop Alchemist?
Loop Alchemist was developed by Mackdumbler.

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 Loop Alchemist.

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