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Games like Unchest

If Unchest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Farming & Supermarket: Clicker, Dark Web and Food Idle — 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 Unchest: A mouse-only management game with a bit of tower defense. Restock goods, trade with customers and craft gear for the nighttime—if the monsters reach your shop, they’ll plunder your hard-earned gold.

2026IndieSimulationCasualWindowsby Ling
Unchest — Steam game cover

Players who liked Unchest also play

Steam players who put hours into Unchest 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. Farming & Supermarket: Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Unchest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Unchest.

    Click, harvest, and build your own retail empire! In Farming & Supermarket: Clicker, process raw crops into valuable goods, design your store, and sell to customers. Start with a simple click and grow into a massive supermarket tycoon!

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. Dark Web

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Unchest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Unchest.

    Start a cartel from your basement in this dark web incremental sim. Grow weed, sell exotic tigers, hire hitmen, and scam sweet, innocent old ladies. Trade meme coins, gamble crypto on blackjack, outsmart the Feds, sell stolen data, and blackmail grannies to bake weed brownies for your empire!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie2.69 USDSteam ↗
  3. Food Idle

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Unchest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Unchest.

    In Food Idle, build the ultimate automated kitchen! Discover over 2000 ingredients and dishes as you level up, earn gold, and expand your operation!

    2026IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Supermarket Simulator: Idle Tycoon Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Unchest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Unchest.

    Start with a small market and build a huge supermarket empire! In Supermarket Simulator: Idle Tycoon Clicker, fill your shelves, satisfy your customers, make upgrades, increase your income, and grow your store. Click, manage, earn, and reach the top!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure0.84 USDSteam ↗
  5. CRUFT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Unchest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Unchest.

    A cozy crafter with tons of things to create, sell, or just have fun making. Every recipe always makes a bit of CRUFT too, so you should probably clean up after yourself!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Alchemist's Garden

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Unchest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Unchest.

    Alchemist's Garden is a cozy and relaxing incremental crafting game. Forage to uncover hidden ingredients across mystical lands. Experiment with them at your crucible to discover potions and items, stock your shop's shelves, and watch your potion shop grow!

    2026IndieCasual3.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Pocket Racer Shop Sim

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Unchest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Unchest.

    Run a Pocket Racer hobby shop by day, then unleash custom built cars on handcrafted tracks during race nights with friends.

    SimulationCasualRacingSteam ↗
  8. Cauldron Cartel

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Unchest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Unchest.

    Run a cozy potion shop that is absolutely, definitely not a criminal front. Brew forbidden potions, hire goblins, dodge the inspector, and grow one bubbling cauldron into a full-blown cartel.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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.

    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 Unchest.

    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 Unchest.

    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 Unchest.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Unchest.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Unchest.

    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 ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Unchest

What games are most similar to Unchest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Unchest are Farming & Supermarket: Clicker, Dark Web, Food Idle.
Who developed Unchest?
Unchest was developed by Ling.

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 Unchest.

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