Games like Tessera
If Tessera is your kind of game, the closest matches are SPLASH - Paintball, Grand Chess Manager: Road to Grandmaster and Tennis Manager 26 — 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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Players who liked Tessera also play
Steam players who put hours into Tessera 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.
SPLASH - Paintball
WHY THIS
Top pick for Tessera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Tessera.
SPLASH-Paintball delivers an authentic FPS paintball experience with licensed gear from real brands, true-to-life ballistics, and detailed tournament and scenario maps. Play Speedball, Capture the Flag, or Arcade, solo or online with friends. Regular updates from community feedback keep it fresh.
Grand Chess Manager: Road to Grandmaster
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tessera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Tessera.
Create your chess player, build and manage your own club, train your squad, scout new talent, handle transfers and finances, and fight your way from local tournaments to the grandmaster title.
Tennis Manager 26
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tessera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Tessera.
Step into the most advanced tennis management experience ever. Run your academy, develop top talent, upgrade your staff and facilities, and dominate the junior and pro circuits. A new chapter begins, are you ready to take control?
ShotCaller 26
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tessera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Tessera.
Build a Counter-Strike inspired esports org from a scrappy team of five into the world #1. Sign players, train stars, negotiate sponsorships, design your merch, and call the shots on Match Day - all from a living team house where everyone has an opinion and your inbox runs the whole operation.
Rush B: Esports Manager
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tessera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Tessera.
Take control of a fps esports team and lead them from underdogs to world champions. Scout talent, develop players, manage personalities, and adapt your strategy in a deep, realism-driven management sim. Are you ready to break records and leave your mark on the esports world?
Pro Basketball Manager 2027
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tessera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Tessera.
Take charge of a basketball club and oversee every aspect of its development. Build your roster, discover emerging talent, develop future stars, and implement the tactical vision that will define your team's identity.
SkyInFlames
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tessera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Tessera.
Command drones, deploy mobile air defense systems and conduct tactical aerial operations. Choose your side - Ukrainian or Russian forces - and protect critical infrastructure in a realistic military simulation on a detailed map.
International Basketball Manager 23
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tessera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Tessera.
Become the basketball manager of the moment and leave your mark by leading your own dynasty. Control all the management tools that International Basketball Manager 23 puts at your fingertips to take your team to the top. Manager, your time has come!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tessera at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Tessera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tessera.
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 ~57% under Tessera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tessera.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~40% under Tessera on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Tessera.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Tessera on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tessera.
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!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Tessera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tessera.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Tessera on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tessera.
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 ~57% under Tessera on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tessera.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Tessera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tessera.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Tessera.
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 Tessera.
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?
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 Tessera.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Tessera.
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.
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 Tessera.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tessera.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tessera.
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!
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Frequently asked about Tessera
- How much does Tessera cost?
- Tessera is listed on Steam at 11.69 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tessera?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tessera are SPLASH - Paintball, Grand Chess Manager: Road to Grandmaster, Tennis Manager 26.
- Who developed Tessera?
- Tessera was developed by MUGI 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 Tessera.
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