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Games like Pennies 12

If Pennies 12 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Charon's Obol, Cupiclaw and CloverPit — 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 Pennies 12: Play with an old coin flipping machine in this arcade-y rogue-like. Experiment with 160 unique coins, buy machine upgrades, play rule-bending game modes, and ZAP coins to break the odds.

2026Strategy4.99 USDWindowsby Whatdog
Pennies 12 — Steam game cover

Players who liked Pennies 12 also play

Steam players who put hours into Pennies 12 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. Charon's Obol

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pennies 12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Challenge Death himself in a coin-flipping roguelike across the Greek Underworld. Build a tableau of mythic coins, discover unexpected synergies, and wield the powers of Olympus to bend fate in your favor.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Cupiclaw

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pennies 12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Cupiclaw is a cute & frantic claw machine roguelike deckbuilder. Grab unique prizes, build powerful combos, face chaotic machines… and claw back your relationship!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. CloverPit

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pennies 12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

    2025ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slots & Daggers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pennies 12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Insider Trading

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pennies 12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Synergize perks, manipulate stock prices, and trade wisely or risk pricing yourself out.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual10.31 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Scritchy Scratchy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pennies 12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?

    2026IndieSimulationCasual5.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pennies 12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Buy low, sell high, and short an entire universe of babies in this arcade stock market sim set in the world of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator.

    2026Simulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Drop Pockets

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pennies 12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    The billiards roguelike. Strategic, physics based combat against Pool Sharks who don't play by the rules. Pocket your balls and clear out your opposition in this chaotic game of pool!

    2025SportsStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pennies 12 at current Steam store prices.

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Pennies 12 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    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 ↗
  2. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Pennies 12 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    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 ↗
  3. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Pennies 12 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Majesty Gold HD

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Pennies 12 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!

    2009StrategySimulation2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bomber Crew

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Pennies 12 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

    2017StrategySimulation2.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Turmoil

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Pennies 12 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation2.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Pennies 12 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.

    2006Strategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Party Hard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Pennies 12 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Cupiclaw

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    Cupiclaw is a cute & frantic claw machine roguelike deckbuilder. Grab unique prizes, build powerful combos, face chaotic machines… and claw back your relationship!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. CloverPit

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

    2025ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slots & Daggers

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Buy low, sell high, and short an entire universe of babies in this arcade stock market sim set in the world of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator.

    2026Simulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Drop Pockets

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Pennies 12.

    The billiards roguelike. Strategic, physics based combat against Pool Sharks who don't play by the rules. Pocket your balls and clear out your opposition in this chaotic game of pool!

    2025SportsStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pennies 12

How much does Pennies 12 cost?
Pennies 12 is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Pennies 12?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pennies 12 are Charon's Obol, Cupiclaw, CloverPit.
Who developed Pennies 12?
Pennies 12 was developed by Whatdog.

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 Pennies 12.

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