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Games like Evergarden

If Evergarden is your kind of game, the closest matches are Coneworks Scavenger Fleet Protocol, Farmers Market and Penguin Capitalism Simulator — 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 Evergarden: Evergarden is a relaxing idle incremental about turning a tiny barren patch into a lush, living island. Restore tiles with your shovel, let workers gather resources, meet pets, and watch the ecosystem quietly spread on its own.

2026IndieCasual3.59 USDWindowsby GridForge_Labs
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Players who liked Evergarden also play

Steam players who put hours into Evergarden 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. Coneworks Scavenger Fleet Protocol

    WHY THIS

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

    Coneworks is an autonomous swarm simulation — part idle game, part engineering diorama, part emergent playground. You watch a lone robot wake up in a procedurally generated post-industrial wasteland, salvage debris, and haul it home. Then you give it friends. Hundreds. Thousands. A million.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Farmers Market

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Evergarden fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Grow crops, outsmart a changing market, and help a village full of characters rebuild their lives. What you grow matters. When you sell matters. And every meal makes a difference.

    2026Simulation4.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. Penguin Capitalism Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Games are too stressful ... so I made one that literally plays itself

    2026IndieSimulationCasual6.15 USDSteam ↗
  4. KlikBee

    WHY THIS

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

    Build an automated bee empire with deep progression, layered prestige systems, research, mutations, dimensional exploration, and time manipulation. Start with a single flower and grow your hive into a universe-spanning production machine.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Anty Crush

    WHY THIS

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

    Lead a tiny ant colony through a giant candy world. Crush sweets, collect crumbs, unlock upgrades, grow your colony, and help the Queen evolve in this cozy incremental game.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Hollowspire

    WHY THIS

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

    A chill clicker-idle game where you dig, recruit and manage miners, and uncover buried upgrades deep underground.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. The Waking Grove

    WHY THIS

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

    A cozy incremental idle about restoring a dead garden, one tile at a time. Spread life across the seasons and let the soil remember everything you grew.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Idøle

    WHY THIS

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

    Idøle is a casual, open puzzle building game with a dark turn. Take the lead of a cult and perform rituals to gain ever-greater esoteric powers from a strange meteor that fell from the sky. Is it truely a Blessing ?

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Evergarden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evergarden.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Evergarden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evergarden.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Evergarden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evergarden.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Evergarden on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Evergarden.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Evergarden on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Evergarden.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Evergarden on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Evergarden.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Evergarden on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Evergarden.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Evergarden on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evergarden.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Evergarden.

    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 with Evergarden.

    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 Casual with Evergarden.

    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 Evergarden.

    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 Evergarden.

    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 Evergarden.

    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. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. 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 Evergarden.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Evergarden

How much does Evergarden cost?
Evergarden is listed on Steam at 3.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Evergarden?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Evergarden are Coneworks Scavenger Fleet Protocol, Farmers Market, Penguin Capitalism Simulator.
Who developed Evergarden?
Evergarden was developed by GridForge_Labs.

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 Evergarden.

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