Games like Categories
If Categories is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wordy Online - Classic Word Games, Paperback Vol. 2 and Miplet Plaza — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Categories: Think fast or get sabotaged! Categories is a chaotic party game for up to 12 players. Use game-changing power-ups to ruin your friends, crush rivals in mini-games, and create your own custom categories. Fast, unpredictable, and endlessly replayable—can you handle the chaos?
Players who liked Categories also play
Steam players who put hours into Categories 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.
Wordy Online - Classic Word Games
WHY THIS
Top pick for Categories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Categories.
Rediscover the fun of wordplay in this modern, colorful collection of popular games with fresh ideas! Play through the campaign or a huge dictionary of words: learn, earn rewards, track your progress, and even climb the leaderboards — play solo, with friends, and with players worldwide!
Paperback Vol. 2
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Second-strongest match for Categories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Categories.
Word-building meets deck-building in the unique game Paperback Vol. 2
Miplet Plaza
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Categories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Categories.
Miplet Plaza is a minimalist social sanctuary for up to 8 players. No chores, no noise—just a bright, interactive world built for the joy of being together. Zip around in bumper cars, jump into minigames, or just hang out. A growing world for you and your friends.
The Prison of Infinity Code – Krylosis
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Ranked #4 for Categories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Categories.
The Prison of Infinity Code is a typing game where players must type code quickly and accurately to defeat Krylosis, the evil artificial intelligence that rules the digital world.
Donboz Jailbreak
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Ranked #5 for Categories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Categories.
Donboz Jailbreak is a cartoonish multiplayer jailbreak sandbox where Cops and Prisoners compete, cooperate, or rebel. With 25+ minigames and player-driven gameplay, creativity turns every match into a new social experience.
City Party Tycoon
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Ranked #6 for Categories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Categories.
City Party Tycoon is a fast-paced board party game where each match takes under 10 minutes. Play solo, team up with a friend to clear stages, or join ranked matches against other players. Roll dice, buy properties, use cards, trigger events, and enjoy chaotic turnarounds.
Singulier
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Ranked #7 for Categories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Categories.
The party game where you must never say the same thing as the others. Find the unique answer, dodge the duplicates, survive the rounds… and just one friend buys it, the whole table plays: your buddies join for free from their browser!
Drop 4
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Ranked #8 for Categories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Categories.
Cause chaos with bombs to stop your opponents from winning as you plan your next move in this classic game with a twist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Categories.
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 Casual with Categories.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Categories.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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 Categories.
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.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Categories.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Categories.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Categories
- Does Categories have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Categories supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Categories?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Categories are Wordy Online - Classic Word Games, Paperback Vol. 2, Miplet Plaza.
- Who developed Categories?
- Categories was developed by Jonas Hörner.
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 Categories.
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