Games like The Long Drift
If The Long Drift is your kind of game, the closest matches are MORS, D.R.I.F.T. and Gaia Beyond — 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 The Long Drift 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.
MORS
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Long Drift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
Build an automated factory on a true-scale Mars streamed from real NASA terrain. Mine, smelt and belt resources, run trains between outposts, master chemistry, and grow from a lone lander into a planet-spanning industry while the real Martian weather does its worst.
D.R.I.F.T.
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Long Drift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.
Gaia Beyond
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Long Drift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
Belt Colony
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Long Drift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
The year is 2040. You, an ex-sergeant, have signed a contract with a large mining corporation in the Belt. Mine ore, build out your outpost, travel to nearby asteroids and collaborate with other belters.
Utopia Colony
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Long Drift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you.
Wubbo: PuterPal
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Long Drift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
Meet Wubbo, your cozy desktop companion! Fish, cook, craft, and more together in this relaxing idle RPG for your screen.
MEMORY DEALER
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Long Drift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Long Drift.
You are a memory trafficker. Harvest stolen memories from captive minds and sell them to BRN CORP. Buy neural implants with your credits, but don't get addicted to your own supply, or you'll lose those memories forever. A shady cyberpunk idle game on your desktop.
Surviving Mars: Pioneer
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Long Drift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Long Drift.
The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. Surviving Mars: Pioneer is the first made-for-VR entry in the Surviving Mars universe, challenging you to carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Long Drift at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Long Drift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Long Drift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
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 ~63% under The Long Drift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
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 ~75% under The Long Drift on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Long Drift.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Long Drift on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Long Drift.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Long Drift on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Long Drift.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Long Drift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Drift.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Long Drift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Drift.
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?
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 The Long Drift.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Drift.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Drift.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Long Drift.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Long Drift.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Frequently asked about The Long Drift
- How much does The Long Drift cost?
- The Long Drift is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Long Drift?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Long Drift are MORS, D.R.I.F.T., Gaia Beyond.
- Who developed The Long Drift?
- The Long Drift was developed by GOGOIO Games.
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 The Long Drift.
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