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Games like MiCROBE

If MiCROBE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sporbs, Grind 'Em All and Sunder Siege — 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: A short incremental game where you start as a microscopic organism and grow until you consume entire galaxies. Destroy enemies. Collect Mass. Upgrade 300+ skill nodes. Evolve from a microbe to planetary predator to something far beyond and discover what happens when there's nothing left to consume.

StrategyIndieSimulationCasualWindowsby Virtual Void
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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. Grind 'Em All

    WHY THIS

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

    Grind 'em all! Experience the ultimate satisfaction of shredding monsters and growing stronger in this intense incremental game.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sunder Siege

    WHY THIS

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

    A short incremental physics game. Swing a wrecking ball to smash monsters before they reach your home! Upgrade your ball and your home for more smashy goodness!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Planet No More

    WHY THIS

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

    An arcade-incremental game where you DESTROY planets! Build a fleet, upgrade weapons, max out your skill tree and destroy your target slowly. You'll advance deep into the galaxy, strategically shattering planets to their cores to unlock the next celestial.

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  5. Space Vampires

    WHY THIS

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

    Build a vampire space station, trap humans, and farm blood in this incremental idler. Choose your path to the apocalypse and take revenge on humanity.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Infinity Bounce

    WHY THIS

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

    Turn the galaxy into a chaotic pinball machine to feed a voracious space cat in this physics-based incremental game. Expand and upgrade your arsenal of various celestial bodies and stuff the cat to the brink of a big bang.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Wake the Beacon

    WHY THIS

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

    A short incremental game about firing bouncing shots, crushing geometric swarms, and upgrading your beacon to send its signal farther and farther.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Ore Legacy

    WHY THIS

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

    A retro CRT-style idle mining game set in deep space. Expand your station, automate extraction fleets, harvest stars, and pay down an impossible debt.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

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, Grind 'Em All, Sunder Siege.
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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