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Games like Lines Must Cross

If Lines Must Cross is your kind of game, the closest matches are PUROMA, Rejected Draft and MEGACITY — 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 Lines Must Cross: Lines Must Cross is an incremental graph game about firing mathematical functions and earning progress when they intersect. Click to spawn lines, unlock new function types, and grow a living coordinate system.

2027IndieSimulationCasualWindows · macOSby Kami
Lines Must Cross — Steam game cover

Players who liked Lines Must Cross also play

Steam players who put hours into Lines Must Cross 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. PUROMA

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Lines Must Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Lines Must Cross.

    You are a prisoner of your own bedroom. Unable to leave. Their eyes are everywhere. Somewhere below the layers of filth lies the true heart of reality. You must dig.

    SimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. Rejected Draft

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. MEGACITY

    WHY THIS

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

    Govern a post-collapse megacity of 1,000,000+ citizens. 300+ districts. 10+ factions. 520+ technologies. 836+ commodities. 2000+ events. Everything is on fire, the budget is imaginary, and a vending machine just filed for union representation. Idle/strategy/sandbox/city builder.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ascended Snake

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Lines Must Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.

    Ascended Snake is an incremental game based on the gameplay of the classic Snake. Earn points in your games to buy upgrades!

    ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. What the Buck?!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Lines Must Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.

    What the Buck?! is an incremental game about destroying money. Smash stacks of cash, upgrade your destructive power, discover game-changing skill tree upgrades, prestige and experience the dopamine of numbers exploding.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Random Horse Derby

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Lines Must Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.

    A minimalist and automatic horse racing game. Choose between 5 horses to get as many victories as possible in order to climb the world leaderboard.

    2026SportsIndieSimulation0.89 USDSteam ↗
  7. Decrypting Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Lines Must Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Lines Must Cross.

    Decrypting Life is a short, nostalgic incremental game where you restore corrupted files to uncover a story from the 2000s

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Azimuth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Lines Must Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.

    Construct colossal megastructures in this industrial, retro-futuristic idle game. Manage grid-based modules, explore exotic star systems, and unlock the secrets of reality through exploitation and optimization.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Lines Must Cross.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck 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 Lines Must Cross.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Lines Must Cross.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lines Must Cross

What games are most similar to Lines Must Cross?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lines Must Cross are PUROMA, Rejected Draft, MEGACITY.
Who developed Lines Must Cross?
Lines Must Cross was developed by Kami.

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 Lines Must Cross.

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