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Games like Pet Cross

If Pet Cross is your kind of game, the closest matches are Steps To The Stars, A Little to the Left and Daymark — 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 Pet Cross: Pet Cross is a chill, pet-themed puzzle game where you break blocks to make pictures, inspired by Picross/Nonograms. Use the numbered hints to solve the puzzles at your own pace and reveal the picture underneath! Unlock animal buddies who cheer you on and give you hints.

IndieCasualWindows · macOSby Sano Games
Pet Cross — Steam game cover

Players who liked Pet Cross also play

Steam players who put hours into Pet Cross 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. Steps To The Stars

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pet Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pet Cross.

    A single player puzzle game following the journey of two stars as they climb to return to the constellation from which they have fallen.

    2027IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  2. A Little to the Left

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pet Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pet Cross.

    A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.

    2022IndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Daymark

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pet Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Pet Cross.

    Let your Steam friends see which app you're using, what you're listening to, or whatever is on your mind. Choose a desktop companion to join you while you work, create, listen to music, and leave Marks—turning life beyond games into a shared journey you can build on, revisit, and remember.

    2026Casual2.09 USDSteam ↗
  4. Tents and Trees

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pet Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pet Cross.

    Think strategically to place tents in the peaceful universe of Tents and Trees, a chill puzzle game with Picross vibes!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Primrows

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pet Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pet Cross.

    A challenging game of logic, luck, and pattern recognition that adds a twist of chance to sudoku mechanics. Tend to a whimsical garden with organic sounds and visuals while you unearth new weekly challenges that introduce special mechanics.

    2025IndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Cutie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pet Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Pet Cross.

    Plunged into a land of cuteness, you have to collect coins and become a cutie millionaire!

    2026StrategyIndieCasual2.70 USDSteam ↗
  7. Nonogram Art

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pet Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Pet Cross.

    Nonogram Puzzle + Knowledge Collection

    CasualSteam ↗
  8. 6-Sided Stories

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pet Cross fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Pet Cross.

    A short and cozy puzzler with chill lofi beats: flip the puzzle pieces and colour them correctly to reveal the full picture! Discover how each image leads into the next, following a crew of adorable animals as they make friends and have wholesome adventures.

    2024Casual4.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Pet Cross.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Casual with Pet Cross.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Pet Cross.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 Pet Cross.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Pet Cross

What games are most similar to Pet Cross?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pet Cross are Steps To The Stars, A Little to the Left, Daymark.
Who developed Pet Cross?
Pet Cross was developed by Sano 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 Pet Cross.

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