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Games like NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story

If NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pact Between Us, Aethris: Into The Unknown and My Fair Cat: Snow — 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 NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story: She came to you at six. Twelve years later, who she becomes depends on every choice you make. 15 endings, 61 events, and a letter only the two of you will ever read.

2026IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDWindowsby Chen Liang Yu
NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story 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. Pact Between Us

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    "Pact between us" is a FMV. After the loss parents, you and your younger sister become siblings who only have each other. You must tenderly care for her daily life.What kind of woman will your sister grow into? Every arrangement you implement during her upbringing carries profound weight.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Aethris: Into The Unknown

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    One day, you are thrown into an unknown world – Aethris. Lead your own adventure. Hunt for clues in dialogues with diverse characters. Choose what to doubt or trust. Forge a path between chaotic reality and illusory sanctuary.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. My Fair Cat: Snow

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Dive into a feel-good adventure of love, laughter, and cat companionship. For anyone who has ever smiled at the thought of making a cat's day!

    2024IndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Magical Princess

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Raise your daughter while she attends a magical academy. Choose which classes she attends, jobs she does, training she undergoes, and more in a character raising sim packed full of story and over 50 endings to reach. How she grows up to be the world's cutest princess depends on you!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Office Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?

    2024StrategySimulationRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Volcano Princess

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Stardom 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    *** This game is only available in Chinese *** 《明星志愿3》融合模拟、养成、冒险与益智,玩家扮演经纪人,处于旗下艺人被挖角、父亲心脏病发、公司负债上千万即将倒闭等困境,必须发掘培养出具潜质的明日之星来力挽狂澜。身为经纪人的玩家除了替明星安排行程、充当保姆跟着艺人跑通告之外,还必须辛苦地在游戏中的大小场景东奔西走,找寻新人、替艺人争取曝光的机会。

    2022SimulationCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 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 with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    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. Shares Adventure with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    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 and Adventure with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    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 NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    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 NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    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 ↗

More from Chen Liang Yu

Other recommendable Steam games by Chen Liang Yu, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Logical Cat Logistics

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chen Liang Yu, the studio behind NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story. Shares Indie with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    A turn-based puzzle game about a cat working the night shift in a cozy warehouse. Every move you make updates the whole floor at once—conveyor belts, doors, and crates all move together. Push boxes to their goals, avoid jams, and solve one-step-at-a-time logic puzzles.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Soul Link - End and Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chen Liang Yu, the studio behind NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story. Shares Indie with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    An offline turn-based RPG of card-framed battles, party growth, and a two-act story. Unlock memory fragments, face trials, and choose among three finales. No energy gates or daily login chores—buy once and play through.

    IndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Stinky Tofu: Kitchen Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Chen Liang Yu, the studio behind NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story. Shares Indie with NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

    A chaotic kitchen action-roguelite where you play as stinky tofu, auto-aim through hordes of mutant ingredients, fuse kitchen weapons, mutate mid-run, and fight to stay fresh before you spoil.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story

How much does NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story cost?
NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story are Pact Between Us, Aethris: Into The Unknown, My Fair Cat: Snow.
Who developed NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story?
NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story was developed by Chen Liang Yu.

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 NEKO MAKER: Catgirl Raising Story.

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