Games like Recursive
If Recursive is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rejected Draft, Kingdom Inc. and Factory Time — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, relaxing and crafting system. 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 Recursive 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.
Rejected Draft
WHY THIS
Top pick for Recursive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recursive.
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.
Kingdom Inc.
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Recursive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recursive.
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!
Factory Time
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Recursive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recursive.
A factory automation incremental game at the end of the universe. Start crafting by hand, automate production, and build the Chronoforge to escape.
Hug Factory
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Recursive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recursive.
Hug people to generate electricity to sell for money to upgrade your hugging skills to hug people to generate electricity to sell for money to upgrade your hugging skills to hug people to generate electricity to sell for money to upgrade your hugging skills to hug people to generate...
OUTWORKS
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Recursive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recursive.
Build a towering 3D fortress and hold the line. Stack floors, raise walls, and place turrets by altitude to survive escalating swarms of ground and flying machines closing on your core — then watch one collapsing tower take everything with it. A lean, neon, code-built base-defense roguelite.
Decrypting Life
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Recursive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Recursive.
Decrypting Life is a short, nostalgic incremental game where you restore corrupted files to uncover a story from the 2000s
IDLEPUNK - Ghost Link
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Recursive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recursive.
Set in the cyberpunk corpo-state of NewHaven, IDLEPUNK is a story-driven idle management RPG. Recruit and equip a crew of operatives, take on contracts across a hostile city, build your reputation, and uncover the stories behind the people working for you.
Quintillion Quest
WHY THIS
Shares idle progression, skill tree progression, indie and a challenging mood with Recursive.
Ranked #8 for Recursive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recursive.
A non-linear active incremental game. Press buttons, make numbers go bigger. And even bigger. Will you fail the run or reach a quintillion?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Recursive at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Recursive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Recursive.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Recursive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Recursive.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Recursive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Recursive.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Recursive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Recursive.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Recursive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Recursive.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Recursive on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Recursive.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Recursive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Recursive.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Recursive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Recursive.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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.
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 Recursive.
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 Recursive.
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 Recursive.
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 and Casual with Recursive.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Recursive.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Recursive.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Recursive.
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!
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Frequently asked about Recursive
- How much does Recursive cost?
- Recursive is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Recursive?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Recursive are Rejected Draft, Kingdom Inc., Factory Time.
- Who developed Recursive?
- Recursive was developed by Xero.
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