IMHO.

Games like Painting PC

If Painting PC is your kind of game, the closest matches are Meander, MakeRoom and Dressmaker — 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.

Get personalized picks →

About Painting PC: Think you've got what it takes to become a famous artist? Start with one brush and absolutely no followers. Take on commissions, gain fans, unlock new tools, and build your reputation one painting at a time. Will clients happily pay the full amount, or wonder what they've just spent their money on?

2026IndieSimulationCasual8.99 USDWindowsby Oisoi
Painting PC — Steam game cover

Players who liked Painting PC also play

Steam players who put hours into Painting PC 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. Meander

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Painting PC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Painting PC.

    From random squiggles to silly creatures, doodle anything in this cozy crochet-inspired drawing game. Save your drawings in your scrapbook and decorate them with stickers and notes. Meander lets you relax and unwind, and create fun art while you're doing it. (100% AI-free)

    SimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. MakeRoom

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Painting PC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    Build rooms, gardens, and camper vans with 1,100+ objects and the ability to make your own furniture from scratch. Learn with gentle design requests, then relax and create at your own pace.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dressmaker

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Painting PC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Painting PC.

    Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.

    2026SimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Furnish Master

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Painting PC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    Furnish Master is a relaxing game about furnishing apartments, houses, commercial estate and even outdoor territory! Realize your design dreams!

    2024IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Babbling Brook

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Painting PC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    Sculpt sand to create winding streams through lush forests and rolling meadows. Babbling Brook is a cozy & relaxing indie game about messing around with water and sand. Also, there's a flock of rubber ducks trying to escape to the open sea...

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tiny Glade

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Painting PC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hozy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Painting PC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    Restore a forgotten neighbourhood through your favourite hobby, one cozy room at a time. In Hozy, clean, paint, and decorate abandoned homes with satisfying mechanics and intuitive controls. Enjoy the little details as you interact with tools, items and furniture to bring each space back to life.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Little Corners

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Painting PC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    Peel, place, and arrange stickers across tiny windows into different worlds. Relax and unwind to lofi beats, collect unique stickers and share your cozy creations with the world.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Painting PC on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Painting PC on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Painting PC.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Painting PC on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Painting PC on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Painting PC.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Painting PC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Painting PC.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Painting PC on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Painting PC on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Painting PC.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Painting PC on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Painting PC.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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. 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 Painting PC.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Painting PC.

    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 ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Painting PC

How much does Painting PC cost?
Painting PC is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Painting PC?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Painting PC are Meander, MakeRoom, Dressmaker.
Who developed Painting PC?
Painting PC was developed by Oisoi and published by Oisoi Studio.

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 Painting PC.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.