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Games like This Is You

If This Is You is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alpha Lyrae Discovery, MEGACITY and Digital Civilization: Evolution — 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 This Is You: A strategy survival game made for beginners, by a beginner indie developer. Try to keep a small village alive in a world where time moves fast. Clear land, build houses and barns, set up fields, plant crops, and manage your resources carefully.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationCasualEarly Access2.99 USDWindowsby Borz Games
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Steam players who put hours into This Is You 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. Alpha Lyrae Discovery

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for This Is You fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.

    Alpha Lyrae (Vega) is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. You were sent to Alpha Lyrae system, and your first object is to discover and to transmit data back. The last and only message from the previous team: "It is a rich and soft planet. They are everywhere."

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. MEGACITY

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for This Is You fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.

    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.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Digital Civilization: Evolution

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for This Is You fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with This Is You.

    Build your own empire! Evolve from a primitive civilization and rise to become the strongest and greatest empire of all! Manage resources, construct buildings, and engage in diplomacy with other nations, as you grow your civilization step by step into an unstoppable powerhouse.

    2026StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  4. Summer of Hengyang in 1944

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for This Is You fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.

    The game is set in the summer of 1944 during the defense of Hengyang, China. General Fang leads the Tenth Army with 17000 soldiers to resist 110000 Japanese soldiers for 47 days.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Idle Together

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for This Is You fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.

    A resource management and collaboration game where you gather, build, and progress through a unique constellation-based upgrade system. Accessible, relaxing, and endless—perfect for playing with family or friends.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Seven Wonders

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for This Is You fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.

    Seven Wonders is an ancient city-building game. It brings you back to ancient times, where you have to build the seven wonders of the ancient world. You have to manage resources and labor to build the wonders.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sandbox Skyline

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for This Is You fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with This Is You.

    Build impressive skyscrapers pixel-by-pixel, and protect them from the harsh realities of nature. Each pixel is physically simulated to interact with earthquakes, firestorms, blizzards, and tsunamis. Protect your skyline and expand your territory in this relaxing (yet challenging) sandbox builder.

    2024StrategySimulationCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Templar Castle Builder

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for This Is You fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with This Is You.

    Besiege and conquer the castles and towns of your enemies. Build siege machines and train your army to assault the fortified cities but do not neglect your defence system. Change the course of history, and do not let the Templar Order fall.

    ActionStrategyAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below This Is You at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under This Is You on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This Is You.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under This Is You on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This Is You.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under This Is You on Steam right now. Shares Casual with This Is You.

    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 ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under This Is You on Steam right now. Shares Casual with This Is You.

    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 ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under This Is You on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.

    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 ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under This Is You on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Is You.

    "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 ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under This Is You on Steam right now. Shares Casual with This Is You.

    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 ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under This Is You on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with This Is You.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This Is You.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This Is You.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. 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 This Is You.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This Is You.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 This Is You.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about This Is You

How much does This Is You cost?
This Is You is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to This Is You?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside This Is You are Alpha Lyrae Discovery, MEGACITY, Digital Civilization: Evolution.
Who developed This Is You?
This Is You was developed by Borz 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 This Is You.

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