Games like Unlucky Day
If Unlucky Day is your kind of game, the closest matches are IT Outage Desk, Be kinder and, like, be a Rewinder, dude! and Idle Monkey Theorem — 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 Unlucky Day: A clicker game about surviving a day that hates you. Starting with terrible odds, can Mika make it through ten disasters in a row and meet her friend at the bar?
Players who liked Unlucky Day also play
Steam players who put hours into Unlucky Day 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.
IT Outage Desk
WHY THIS
Top pick for Unlucky Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Start as a help desk technician and build your way to the top. Resolve tickets, hire staff, automate your department, and survive the increasingly absurd chaos of corporate IT in this humorous incremental clicker.
Be kinder and, like, be a Rewinder, dude!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Unlucky Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
1995, Summer. "Get a job or you're joining the military" shouts your dad. Get your ticket to an incremental game where you'll rewind, loan, buy tapes, buy rewinders, buy food, move to better locations, hire your mates and make a mint at Planet Rewind! Video tape rentals will be around forever!
Idle Monkey Theorem
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Unlucky Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Hire adorable typing monkeys and watch them randomly recreate the complete works of Shakespeare, one word at a time. Upgrade your monkey army, unlock powerful skills, and prove the Infinite Monkey Theorem right in this charming idle clicker.
Working Class Monsters
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Unlucky Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Open packs. Collect monsters. Watch the gold pile up. A cozy incremental about a monster workforce - place goblins, undead, and abyssal horrors across tiles where the right neighbors mean bigger payouts. Grow your sleepy island into a gold printing empire and unlock hidden islands to settle on.
Pocket Boss
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Unlucky Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Who says that work and play don’t mix? Not us! Play Pocket Boss, the game where you handle lots of fun data and one not-so-fun boss.
Buerokratie Idler: Germany
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Unlucky Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Process forms, stamp paperwork, and turn a tiny office into an absurd bureaucracy machine. A satirical idle/clicker game about fictional German-style administration - absolutely not official.
Brainrotting
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Unlucky Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Brainrotting is a "scroller" desktop simulator about doomscrolling or solving minigames, getting upgrades and eventually automating your dopamine generation.
Popping Bubbles in Space
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Unlucky Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Pop bubbles to escape your fate in this psychological horror clicker incremental game experience.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Unlucky Day at current Steam store prices.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unlucky Day on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unlucky Day on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unlucky Day on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unlucky Day on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unlucky Day on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unlucky Day on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Zuma Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unlucky Day on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Deep in the jungle lie hidden temples bursting with traps and trickery, and it's up to you to uncover their treasures. Fire magical balls from your stone frog idol to make matches of three or more and clear the deadly chain before it reaches the golden skull.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Unlucky Day.
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.
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Frequently asked about Unlucky Day
- How much does Unlucky Day cost?
- Unlucky Day is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Unlucky Day?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Unlucky Day are IT Outage Desk, Be kinder and, like, be a Rewinder, dude!, Idle Monkey Theorem.
- Who developed Unlucky Day?
- Unlucky Day was developed by Maple Teach.
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