Games like Author Sim
If Author Sim is your kind of game, the closest matches are Treasure Beach, Sushi On Wheels and Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — 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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Steam players who put hours into Author Sim 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.
Treasure Beach
WHY THIS
Top pick for Author Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Author Sim.
Scavenge the beach and run a cozy trinket shop by the sea! Find hidden treasures or trash, clean and repair your finds, put them up for sale, and upgrade your workshop. Dig deeper and faster to make more money and buy back the beach from the greedy hotel.
Sushi On Wheels
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Author Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Author Sim.
Sushi On Wheels is a cozy management game where you run your dream sushi truck business in a Japanese setting inspired by the real life Izu Peninsula. Prep ingredients, customize your truck, and serve handmade sushi to hungry locals as you travel around Japan and complete your grandmother’s dream!
Pup & Mole: Gold Rush
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Author Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Author Sim.
Join Pup & Mole on a cozy mining adventure across 7 historical areas. Hop into your minecart, build rail tracks, and dig deeper for hidden artifacts. Upgrade your gear, unlock new tools, and complete your collection while earning money by selling gold and rare treasures.
Burger Smash
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Author Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Author Sim.
Plan your kitchen, grill burgers, and keep orders flowing in this fast-paced singleplayer cooking game. Design efficient layouts, prepare and serve orders under pressure, unlock unique playable characters with unique perks, and adapt to demanding customers.
Let It Chill
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Author Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Author Sim.
Manage a tiny ice cream business, organize and upgrade your inventory, discover favorite flavors of each new location, buy new ice-cream carts.
Churrasco: Trying to Cook in Peace
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Author Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Author Sim.
Be the family BBQ master and try to grill in peace while your chaotic relatives turn everything upside down. Manage the grill, handle food orders, complete quests, and capture memories.
MyBiz: Pomodoro Desk Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Author Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Author Sim.
A cozy pixel-art office sim powered by your real Pomodoros. Focus sessions earn cash + XP — decorate, hire staff, level up. Music, ambience, break-time minigames. Productivity tool by day, tycoon by every minute.
Kennel Chaos: Daycare Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Author Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Author Sim.
You and your friends run a dog daycare. It goes badly. Feed them, wash them, walk them, and scoop what they leave behind, before somebody props a gate open and eleven dogs discover the front door. Co-op chaos with very good pups.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Author Sim at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Author Sim on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Author Sim.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Author Sim on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Author Sim.
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!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under Author Sim on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Author Sim.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Author Sim on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Author Sim.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Author Sim on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Author Sim.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Author Sim on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Author Sim.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Author Sim on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Author Sim.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Author Sim on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Author Sim.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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 and Casual with Author Sim.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Author Sim.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Author Sim.
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 and Simulation with Author Sim.
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 Indie with Author Sim.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Author Sim.
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.
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Frequently asked about Author Sim
- How much does Author Sim cost?
- Author Sim is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Author Sim?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Author Sim are Treasure Beach, Sushi On Wheels, Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
- Who developed Author Sim?
- Author Sim was developed by EssyTheSlug.
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 Author Sim.
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