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Games like Gathera

If Gathera is your kind of game, the closest matches are 流浪荒岛, Core Keeper and Nytherra — 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 Gathera: Gather materials to craft and craft to gather more materials! Open new locations to explore the world, build a cozy home and decorate it with your collections. Build manufacture to optimize gathering and crafting. Survive against the monster raids if you want!

2026IndieAdventureSimulationEarly AccessWindowsby Catris Games
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Players who liked Gathera also play

Steam players who put hours into Gathera 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. 流浪荒岛

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gathera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Gathera.

    Wandering is a pixel-style sandbox action-adventure where you play as a drifting desert island adventurer trying to survive on a pristine desert island. You can explore unknown islands on a raft and get unique resources and treasures. Conquer powerful enemies and acquire rare equipment.

    2023ActionAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Core Keeper

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gathera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Nytherra

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gathera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    A cozy 2D adventure where you explore, gather resources, turn them into profit, craft, and battle enemies to save a fading world before time runs out.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Elixir of Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gathera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    Fight, loot, craft equipment, collect your heroes and defeat evil! While doing all these, grow crops on your farm, feed your animals, make friends with the towns people, cook food, discover mysteries!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Nightwater

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Gathera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Welcome to Elderfield

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gathera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    Welcome to Elderfield is a spooky farming RPG. You can farm, fish, mine, cook, craft, befriend townsfolk, beseech the old gods, investigate mysteries, watch unsettling news programs, get lost in the dead mall, die in your sleep and more. There's lots to do in Elderfield!

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. AETHUS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gathera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Return from Core

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Gathera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure10.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Gathera.

    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 ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gathera.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gathera.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gathera

What games are most similar to Gathera?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gathera are 流浪荒岛, Core Keeper, Nytherra.
Who developed Gathera?
Gathera was developed by Catris Games.

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 Gathera.

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