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Games like Life.exe

If Life.exe is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deskpet Engine, Desktop Oasis and siMarket Supermarket Simulator — 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 Life.exe: A digital life simulator. Work at your PC, earn money, pay bills, invest, build companies, or take risky paths. Money brings power, but risk leads to consequences - there are no safe choices.

2026IndieSimulationCasualWindowsby EasyDev
Life.exe — Steam game cover

Players who liked Life.exe also play

Steam players who put hours into Life.exe 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. Deskpet Engine

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Life.exe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life.exe.

    A cute pet will freely roam on your desktop, accompanying you while you work, study, and play. Pet can work or play minigame to earn money which provide its own living needs!

    2026IndieSimulationCasual1.79 USDSteam ↗
  2. Desktop Oasis

    WHY THIS

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

    Your ultimate desktop companion! Seamlessly embed a living oasis into your Windows background with ultra-low CPU usage. Type to gather inspiration, spawn interactable plants, windmills & boats! Unlock stunning aquatic ecosystems and trade rare items on the Steam Market.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  3. siMarket Supermarket Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Manage your own supermarket in siMarket! Stock shelves, handle customer transactions, and expand your store. Purchase new products, hire staff, and decorate to attract more customers. Can you turn your small shop into a thriving retail empire?

    2024IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Astral Forge: Desktop Alchemist

    WHY THIS

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

    Turn your desktop into an astral forge! A low-resource, relaxing desktop companion game. Gather stardust while you work, craft potions in your spare time, trade with global players via cross-screen caravans, and earn extremely rare, tradable Steam Inventory drops!

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  5. Discord Rich Me! Engine

    WHY THIS

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

    A complete Discord Rich Presence customizer.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Anonymous Hacker Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Life.exe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life.exe.

    Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.

    2024IndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Crypto Mining Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Life.exe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life.exe.

    Realistic Mining simulator with custom builds mechanics! A lot of GPUs, CPUs, Motherboards, RAMs, SSDs, PSUs and more! Build your dream farm with 1000+ GPUs!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Mad Games Tycoon 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

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

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Life.exe

What games are most similar to Life.exe?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Life.exe are Deskpet Engine, Desktop Oasis, siMarket Supermarket Simulator.
Who developed Life.exe?
Life.exe was developed by EasyDev.

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 Life.exe.

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