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Games like MiCROBE

If MiCROBE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sporbs, Bills Must Be Paid and Bottle Flip Inc — 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 MiCROBE: You're a microbe with an appetite problem. Eat everything. Get bigger. Repeat. Cells, planets, stars, galaxies. The whole universe is on your menu. But what happens when the menu runs out?

StrategyIndieSimulationCasualWindowsby Virtual Void
MiCROBE — Steam game cover

Players who liked MiCROBE also play

Steam players who put hours into MiCROBE 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. Sporbs

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing incremental game where you harvest resources from alien organisms. Upgrade your extraction technology, discover unique abilities, manage resources, automate a factory and unlock new areas to maximise your yield.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bills Must Be Paid

    WHY THIS

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

    You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Bottle Flip Inc

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for MiCROBE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with MiCROBE.

    An incremental game about flipping bottles, unlocking and upgrading unique abilities, and turning simple bottle flips into increasingly satisfying moments.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Cosmic Crusher

    WHY THIS

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

    Incremental game about protecting solar system. Destroy asteroids with a huge arsenal of weapons, upgrade your skills through a massive skill tree, and defend the solar system from hostile alien fleets. How far can you go?

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Guilded Fools

    WHY THIS

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

    Guilded Fools is a dark-comedy incremental game set inside a twisted stage play. Gather a cast of foolish heroes, customize their gear, channel eldritch powers and win over the crowd for a chance to escape.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  6. Protect the Pit

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for MiCROBE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with MiCROBE.

    Attack with your cursor, build towers and walls to defend your pit! An incremental clicker that combines tower defense, maze building, and large upgrade trees. Earn money, upgrade your defenses, and build winding mazes to stop the hordes of the Dark Forest.

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  7. Around The Core

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for MiCROBE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with MiCROBE.

    A space-themed incremental shooter where destruction fuels growth. Annihilate asteroids, harvest wealth, and climb a massive upgrade tree.

    2026IndieCasual3.39 USDSteam ↗
  8. Roll with Splonk

    WHY THIS

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

    Splonk lives in the corner of your screen, on top of everything else, happily rolling dice and printing money while you watch stuff, browse, or pretend to work. Roll, get rich, buy better stuff, repeat.

    2026StrategySimulationRPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. 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 MiCROBE.

    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 ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about MiCROBE

What games are most similar to MiCROBE?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MiCROBE are Sporbs, Bills Must Be Paid, Bottle Flip Inc.
Who developed MiCROBE?
MiCROBE was developed by Virtual Void.

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 MiCROBE.

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