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Games like Idol Manager: Virtual Venture

If Idol Manager: Virtual Venture is your kind of game, the closest matches are Idol Manager, Keeping Up and Cat's Vote — 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 Idol Manager: Virtual Venture: The management simulation game Idol Manager depicted the good and bad sides of the idol industry... another entry in the series is here! This time, the focus is on virtual streamers! Manage a new streaming agency and raise your staff to become the best agency in the industry.

2027StrategyIndieSimulationEarly AccessWindows · macOSby Glitch Pitch
Idol Manager: Virtual Venture — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Idol Manager: Virtual Venture 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. Idol Manager

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Idol Manager: Virtual Venture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Keeping Up

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Idol Manager: Virtual Venture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Three jobs. One life. Zero savings. A satirical British life sim, spiritual successor to Jones in the Fast Lane. Move your marble token around a city of 16 buildings. Take jobs, study, eat, save, and dodge the weekly Algorithm. See how far you can climb!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cat's Vote

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Idol Manager: Virtual Venture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Balance happiness and survival in Cat's Vote, a whimsical pastel-colored resource management game where you juggle your family's needs and vote in unpredictable feline elections. Shape your story, customize your cat family, and decide if those campaign promises are worth the risk!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Malware Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Idol Manager: Virtual Venture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Step back to the era of dial-up and WinGoals SP. As a black-hat developer, manage the delicate balance of detection probability versus payout potential. Will you build a silent botnet for profit or a worm designed to destroy? Avoid the feds and conquer the web in this nostalgic management sim.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation8.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Love M01

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Idol Manager: Virtual Venture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Who will you choose among twelve datable college girls while managing classes, clubs, work, and rest?

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Club Naughty

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Idol Manager: Virtual Venture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Build a Club Naughty empire! Build your club, manage staff, take care of your customers, complete mini games, unlock achievements, and level up a variety of club owners. Are you Naughty enough to succeed?

    2016ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dōkyūsei: Bangin' Summer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Idol Manager: Virtual Venture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Dōkyūsei is a seminal classic of the dating sim genre that first blew Japan's mind in 1992. This updated remake adds HD art, optional modern features, and for the first time ever, a global release.

    2022AdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Football Life Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Idol Manager: Virtual Venture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Live the life of a professional footballer both on and off the field. Train, play matches, manage your social life, climb the career ladder, and spend your earned money. Decorate your life with luxury while managing your relationships and finances.

    2025SportsIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    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. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    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 with Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

    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 Idol Manager: Virtual Venture

What games are most similar to Idol Manager: Virtual Venture?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Idol Manager: Virtual Venture are Idol Manager, Keeping Up, Cat's Vote.
Who developed Idol Manager: Virtual Venture?
Idol Manager: Virtual Venture was developed by Glitch Pitch and published by PLAYISM.

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 Idol Manager: Virtual Venture.

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