Games like Jalopy
If Jalopy is your kind of game, the closest matches are My Summer Car, Alaskan Road Truckers and American Truck Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its mod support extends replayability, cozy and melancholic. 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 →Jalopy is a 2018 indie driving simulation from Minskworks set in the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Players navigate a dilapidated vehicle across Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, managing fuel, repairs and cargo while dealing with border crossings and procedural routes. The core loop centers on a car-repair system where resource management and smuggling decisions shape the journey. Reviewers highlight the low-poly visuals for evoking strong nostalgia, and players describe the experience as cozy and melancholic with surprisingly poignant storytelling. Mod support extends replayability. The game supports short-burst sessions and is marked playable on Steam Deck, priced at $14.99, with a 76% positive rating from over 4,000 Steam reviews.
About Jalopy: Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
Players who liked Jalopy also play
Steam players who put hours into Jalopy 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.
My Summer Car
WHY THIS
Top pick for Jalopy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
Alaskan Road Truckers
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Jalopy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Jalopy.
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
American Truck Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Jalopy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.
Gold Mining Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a relaxing mood with Jalopy.
Ranked #4 for Jalopy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
Bus World
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Jalopy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
Bus World is a game about passenger transportations in various conditions, starting from standard days of a bus driver and ending with rescuing people who suffered from disasters.
Bus Simulator 16
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Jalopy.
Ranked #6 for Jalopy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Jalopy.
Get behind the wheel of 13 realistic city buses licensed by known city bus manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz and MAN. Keep an eye on the traffic code and drive your passengers safely to their destinations through five characteristic city districts.
Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Jalopy.
Ranked #7 for Jalopy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Jalopy.
Ranked #8 for Jalopy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Jalopy
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The Long Drive
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Jalopy.
Reviewers of Jalopy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.
My Summer Car
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jalopy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
Road 96 🛣️
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Jalopy.
Reviewers of Jalopy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Elysium
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jalopy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Jalopy.
Reviewers of Jalopy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Jalopy.
Explore the world with our largest fleet of aircraft and take simulation to new heights while pursuing your aviation career within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Jalopy.
Reviewers of Jalopy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
My Winter Car
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Jalopy.
Reviewers of Jalopy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
My Winter Car is the ultimate challenge for project car owning, building, fixing, tuning and maintenance simulator. Sequel to My Summer Car, but with added challenge for those who can master the original game!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jalopy at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Jalopy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Jalopy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jalopy.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Jalopy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Jalopy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jalopy.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Jalopy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Jalopy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Jalopy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jalopy.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Jalopy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jalopy.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Jalopy.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jalopy.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jalopy.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jalopy.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Jalopy.
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 and Adventure with Jalopy.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jalopy.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Jalopy
- Does Jalopy run on Steam Deck?
- Jalopy is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Jalopy cost?
- Jalopy is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Jalopy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jalopy are My Summer Car, Alaskan Road Truckers, American Truck Simulator.
- Who developed Jalopy?
- Jalopy was developed by Minskworks and published by Excalibur 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 Jalopy.
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