Games like Paintey
Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to Paintey for fans of indie, simulation, early access, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Paintey also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Paintey: Paintey is a freeform do whatever you want painting simulator! You can paint everything from your face to the entire environment.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Pierhead Arcade
Top pick for Paintey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paintey.
Play in your own virtual arcade with unlimited tokens.
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Klepto
Second-strongest match for Paintey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paintey.
Welcome to Klepto where there's no place like a burglarized home. In this burglary simulation you'll explore, terrorize and loot your way to success in a variety of open-world sandbox neighborhoods. **VR is NOT required for this game.
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Spells 'n' Stuff
Ranked #4 for Paintey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Paintey.
Spells 'n' stuff is a magic arena FPS built exclusively for VR. Battle your opponents with spells fired from your trusty wand that never leaves your side. Propel yourself into battle with your wands flying ability, or POOF yourself around fast with magic potions!
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Climbey
Ranked #5 for Paintey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Paintey.
Climbey is a VR-only climbing game! The goal is to climb to the finish as fast as you can, avoiding obstacles and trying not to fall along the way.
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Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Ranked #6 for Paintey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Paintey.
Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.
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Beyond Sandbox
Ranked #7 for Paintey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paintey.
Beyond Sandbox is a multiplayer VR modding platform powered by Unreal Engine 5. With advanced physics and the creativity of our modding community, anything is possible.
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iB Cricket
Ranked #8 for Paintey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paintey.
A sport with 2.5 billion fans across the world is now in VR as iB Cricket (vSport). Step into immersive world-class stadiums with thousands cheering for you and our realistic physics makes it intuitive to learn within 10 mins. Hone your skills, compete in global tournaments & become a vSport star.
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Frequently asked about Paintey
- How much does Paintey cost?
- Paintey is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Paintey have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Paintey supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Paintey?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paintey are Pierhead Arcade, Klepto, Modbox.
- Who developed Paintey?
- Paintey was developed by Brian Lindenhof and published by ShadowBrain 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 Paintey.
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