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Games like Popup.exe

If Popup.exe is your kind of game, the closest matches are Popcorn Idle, Piggy Bang and Flower Tower — 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 Popup.exe: A chill idle game in the corner of your screen. Popups spawn. Close them. Earn money. Buy upgrades. Repeat.

2026IndieCasual1.79 USDWindowsby Monu
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Players who liked Popup.exe also play

Steam players who put hours into Popup.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. Popcorn Idle

    WHY THIS

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

    Popcorn Idle is a cozy idle automation game about the simple joy of popping corn. Earn money, buy upgrades, automate and turn up the heat to boost production. Grow bigger numbers, unlock flavors and combine effects. Fill the whole machine with colorful, tasty popcorn, one crunchy pop at a time.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Piggy Bang

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Popup.exe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Popup.exe.

    Piggy Bang is a short and satisfying incremental game where you smash piggy banks to earn coins and gems, upgrade your hammer, and build your fortune. Can you expand your bank-breaking operation just in time to pay rent this month?

    2026CasualSteam ↗
  3. Flower Tower

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Popup.exe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Popup.exe.

    A short, relaxing incremental game about growing flowers, where your garden quietly thrives and blooms on its own.

    2026SimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Shattermine Idle

    WHY THIS

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

    An incremental mining game built around powerful, upgradeable abilities. Break ores, automate your mine with workers, prestige for permanent upgrades, and turn abilities into increasingly devastating tools as your operation grows.

  5. Slots & Diapers

    WHY THIS

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

    Absurd incremental game where you turn even liquid assets into financial glory! Spin for jackpots and hire veteran gamblers to automate the madness. Use permanent upgrades and 'mishaps' to accelerate your progress! Simple. Messy. Addictive.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation4.89 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Infinite Ruins

    WHY THIS

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

    An incremental mining game where you manage golems, destroy blocks, unlock upgrades, and descend infinitely in search of ever more valuable resources.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Garbage Growth

    WHY THIS

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

    Garbage Growth is a short incremental trash game about collecting people's trash, bananas and even babies, to make money and pollute the world even more. Hire rats, grow your pollution, and make everything worse!

    2026IndieSimulationCasual4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sludgineers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Popup.exe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Popup.exe.

    Clean, mine and refine pollution in this active incremental game. Cruise through the countryside earning cash and resources, build a refinery, process materials, upgrade equipment, unlock new areas and complete quests.

    2026SimulationCasual5.59 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Popup.exe at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Popup.exe on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Popup.exe.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Popup.exe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Popup.exe.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Popup.exe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Popup.exe.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Popup.exe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Popup.exe.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Popup.exe on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Popup.exe.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Popup.exe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Popup.exe.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Popup.exe on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Popup.exe.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Popup.exe on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Popup.exe.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 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 Popup.exe.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. 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 Casual with Popup.exe.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Popup.exe.

    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 ↗
  5. 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 Popup.exe.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Monu

Other recommendable Steam games by Monu, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Deep Space Cache

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Monu, the studio behind Popup.exe. Shares Indie and Casual with Popup.exe.

    Deep Space Cache is a short & simple semi-idle bullet heaven incremental asteroid miner game.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Keyclash

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Monu, the studio behind Popup.exe. Shares Indie with Popup.exe.

    Keyclash is a simple tower defense roguelike about building on keyboard keys and surviving as long as possible.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Pipplop's Tiny Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Monu, the studio behind Popup.exe. Shares Indie and Casual with Popup.exe.

    A compact precision-puzzle platformer where you enter circles to launch Pipplop and solve miniature stages involving movement puzzles.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  4. A Game About Scoring 1,000,000,000,000 Points

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Monu, the studio behind Popup.exe. Shares Indie and Casual with Popup.exe.

    A compact incremental basketball game about turning one beach-court basket into 1,000,000,000,000 points. Time your shots, spend points on ratings and court upgrades, unlock powerful automatic powers, and prestige the court and do it faster.

    2026SportsIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Popup.exe

How much does Popup.exe cost?
Popup.exe is listed on Steam at 1.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Popup.exe?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Popup.exe are Popcorn Idle, Piggy Bang, Flower Tower.
Who developed Popup.exe?
Popup.exe was developed by Monu.

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 Popup.exe.

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