Games like From Scratch
If From Scratch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Meander, Charming Hill and Roots n Roofs — 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 From Scratch: From Scratch is a casual sandbox game where you can cut, fold, and paste cardboard to create any props you like. Choose from pre-made templates or design your own and start crafting!
Players who liked From Scratch also play
Steam players who put hours into From Scratch 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.
Meander
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Top pick for From Scratch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with From Scratch.
Draw with crochet stitches, draw new brushes to fit any aesthetic, draw little animation paths to bring your art to life! There are no goals or timers. Just a lot of options to let you relax and be creative. Fill your scrapbook with your doodles and decorate them with stickers and text! (No AI)
Charming Hill
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Second-strongest match for From Scratch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
Charming Hill is a small experimental game where creating beautiful paintings feels easy and natural. No artistic skills are needed; it’s a space to relax, paint, and discover a heartwarming story, or better yet, paint your own.
Roots n Roofs
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for From Scratch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with From Scratch.
Build whimsical homes within roots and wood, and transform an old stump into a little world. A relaxing sandbox with no pressure - just a quiet, peaceful place and your imagination.
Witch's Cottage
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Ranked #4 for From Scratch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
A cozy room building game where you design the witchy cottage of your dreams! Build cottages and decorate them with magical furnishings, with hundreds of items to choose from.
Bloomcraft
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Ranked #5 for From Scratch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
Bloomcraft is a Garden Creation Simulator. The player's goal is to create a garden that pleases the Flower Queen. The more the Flower Queen likes the garden, the more money she pays for it every second.
Graviton - The Great Sand Simulator
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Ranked #6 for From Scratch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
Graviton is a falling sand simulator in which you define your own interactive sand art. Sit back, relax, and draw from existing sand materials. Or take time to learn and create your own sands with complex rules. The possibilities are endless!
Blocks Utopia
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Ranked #7 for From Scratch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
Blocks Utopia is a block-building game with real physics simulation. Use customizable blocks freely, or wait for adorable characters to release sky lanterns that carry surprise special blocks. Build, collect, unwind. No time limits, no failures. Stack your little utopia, and let your dreams land.
miniopolis
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Ranked #8 for From Scratch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
Create, shape, and customize a miniature metropolis with intuitive and satisfying tools. Construct towering cityscapes, fine-tune their look and layout, and give every structure its own distinctive character. Build the way you want in this resource-free city-building sandbox.
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 Indie and Casual with From Scratch.
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. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
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. Shares Indie with From Scratch.
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. Shares Indie with From Scratch.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with From Scratch.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with From Scratch.
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.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with From Scratch.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about From Scratch
- What games are most similar to From Scratch?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside From Scratch are Meander, Charming Hill, Roots n Roofs.
- Who developed From Scratch?
- From Scratch was developed by DaMa.
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 From Scratch.
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