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Games like Buttons Up! 2

If Buttons Up! 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Glorpnauts, The Board is Yours and Bogosort — 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 Buttons Up! 2: Hoard Buttons and keep them safe from stealing gnomes. Get those Buttons Up by crafting buildings, trading with merchants and by travelling to weird biomes for rare resources. Unlock new skills with prestige points and become the button master in this chill survival incremental game.

2026StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Jestercraft
Buttons Up! 2 — Steam game cover

Players who liked Buttons Up! 2 also play

Steam players who put hours into Buttons Up! 2 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. Glorpnauts

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    Build it. Automate it. Watch it grow! Glorpnauts is a space incremental where you mine asteroids, expand your fleet, build an automated economy and defend it from pirates. Prestige for permanent upgrades, explore new star systems and turn a tiny base into a thriving space operation.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. The Board is Yours

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    The Board is Yours is a strategic chess-based incremental game: buy squares, unlock upgrades, and chain synergies through defended pieces. It plays as a demanding idle game where you’ll constantly reposition pieces and optimize your production until the board belongs to you.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation2.50 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bogosort

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    Bogosort.exe is an incremental idle game about chaos and sorting. Mix elements, earn resources, upgrade the system, and transform chaos into efficient growth. Discover new mechanics and optimize your progress.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Fast Food Fortune

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! Fast Food Fortune is a casual restaurant sim where you take a restaurant from the brink of financial ruin to a fast food fortune. Buy upgrades, update your restaurant, hire staff, and manage your way to the top of the fast food chain.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Vena

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    An automation roguelike where every run fits in one sitting. Place hexagonal tiles to grow a production organism, roll dice in the shop to buy new ones, and pick perks that shape your build. Survive nine phases as the Nexus's hunger outpaces you, then break the economy and do it all differently.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Idle Casino Empire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    An idle casino tycoon where you build the floor, then rig it. Turn casino psychology into upgrades. Play blackjack, roulette, and slots in Owner Mode. Use the Owner's Edge to cheat: nudge reels, peek at hidden cards, read marked cards. Eight venues, a prestige loop. The house is you.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. One More Byte

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Buttons Up! 2.

    A short incremental game where you try to download the entire universe. Just one more byte...

    2026IndieCasual3.57 USDSteam ↗
  8. Resettle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Buttons Up! 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    Resettle is a deep incremental city builder where you develop settlements on islands. Strategically place buildings to maximize resource production, explore 10 different upgrade systems, and create a thriving island city.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Buttons Up! 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Buttons Up! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    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 ~50% under Buttons Up! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    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 ~63% under Buttons Up! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    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 ~75% under Buttons Up! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Buttons Up! 2.

    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 ~50% under Buttons Up! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Buttons Up! 2.

    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 ~75% under Buttons Up! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Buttons Up! 2.

    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 ~75% under Buttons Up! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    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 ~50% under Buttons Up! 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    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. 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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Buttons Up! 2.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck 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 Buttons Up! 2.

    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 Buttons Up! 2.

    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 Buttons Up! 2.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Jestercraft

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

  1. Seeker: My Shadow

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Indie and Casual with Buttons Up! 2.

    Seeker: My Shadow is a VR adventure that utilizes the versatility and possibilities of VR, sending players of all ages to an immersive adventure! You control a Giant Spirit while assisting Kippo, a small and adorable Seeker, through various puzzle levels. Go solo or solve the levels in co-op mode!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Seeker Quest: The Creature Collector

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    Build the ultimate team by catching & hatching cute 'Seeker' creatures. Power up your collection by looting artifacts, hidden abilities and grow your village to obtain new buildings and heroes. Over 30 unique playable Seeker characters awaits! Can you 'Catch & Hatch' them all?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cats With Standards

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Indie and Casual with Buttons Up! 2.

    Horror Visual Novel where Cats claw through filth for bones and whisper lies to mirrors. Find the Hidden-Objects, obey, smile, and repeat until the lines between rule and ruin blur, and you’re left meowing into the void.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual1.04 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mining Grounds

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    A clicker where every click matters. Build chains, break limits, and automate everything. Place characters to trigger powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and scale your clicks to extreme levels. No rush. Just satisfying progression and smart strategy.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual2.24 USDSteam ↗
  5. Giant Horse Feeding

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    Giant Horse Feeding is a silly alien colony simulator where you feed a horse & collect its droppings to build an alien empire. Automate production, unlock bizarre technologies, and create an endless recycling loop where horse droppings become the foundation of your civilization.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation1.19 USDSteam ↗
  6. Incremedieval

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Buttons Up! 2. Shares Indie with Buttons Up! 2.

    An Incremental game about looting dungeons & becoming stronger

    2026ActionIndieAdventure3.74 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Buttons Up! 2

How much does Buttons Up! 2 cost?
Buttons Up! 2 is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Buttons Up! 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Buttons Up! 2 are Glorpnauts, The Board is Yours, Bogosort.
Who developed Buttons Up! 2?
Buttons Up! 2 was developed by Jestercraft.

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 Buttons Up! 2.

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