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Games like Sticks and Stones

If Sticks and Stones is your kind of game, the closest matches are Before I Turn: Survival Auto Battler, Live Hard, Die Hard and Stock:Retail investors — 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 Sticks and Stones: Post-apocalyptic survival simulator set after an asteroid impact.

2027ActionIndieAdventureSimulationRPGWindowsby DiveDev
Sticks and Stones — Steam game cover

Players who liked Sticks and Stones also play

Steam players who put hours into Sticks and Stones 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. Before I Turn: Survival Auto Battler

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Sticks and Stones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sticks and Stones.

    You've been bitten. Hours before you turn. All you have left: a clock running out and a deserted hospital lab. Identify the virus, synthesize your antiviral, and test it. But every win teaches it to resist you. Before I Turn blends survival, auto battler and simulation into one experience.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Live Hard, Die Hard

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Sticks and Stones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sticks and Stones.

    Busy but Addictive! This BATTLE x MEDICAL Counter-Invasion Real-Time Strategy is like nothing you've ever seen! An army of aliens is here to invade the Earth! Show the Earth-style greeting to those unwanted visitors who lounge around our grounds! Lead your troops to extinguish zillions of aliens!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Stock:Retail investors

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Sticks and Stones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sticks and Stones.

    If you have ideas about stocks, you should buy this game. Before you use real money to verify your ideas, come here to verify them. It provides 1-minute data for nearly 20 years of mainstream markets, as well as conditional order functions. There is also unrealistic simulated stock trading.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Farming Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sticks and Stones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sticks and Stones.

    The Farming Frontier is a farming adventure game with a sandbox economy and a linear story. Grow crops, raise cattle, go fishing, master crafting, and battle enemies as you build your frontier.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Real Zombie War Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sticks and Stones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sticks and Stones.

    Destroy all zombies with sniper or other gun in this zombie game.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Il Sole e la Luna 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sticks and Stones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sticks and Stones.

    Embark on an epic fantasy RPG adventure! Engage in spectacular turn-based battles across a fully explorable open world. Level up, customize your gear, and uncover hidden secrets. Choose your class and shape your destiny in a realm filled with magic and mystery.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Sons Of The Dream Forest

    WHY THIS

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

    The beautiful and cruel wilderness requires you to learn survival skills, such as building campsites, making tools, hunting, and gathering. You can cut down trees, fish, plant crops, and even collaborate with other players to tackle environmental challenges together

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Ninja Village

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sticks and Stones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sticks and Stones.

    Lead a ninja clan in the war to unify feudal Japan!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.41 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

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

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. No Results Found

    WHY THIS

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

    Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sticks and Stones

What games are most similar to Sticks and Stones?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sticks and Stones are Before I Turn: Survival Auto Battler, Live Hard, Die Hard, Stock:Retail investors.
Who developed Sticks and Stones?
Sticks and Stones was developed by DiveDev.

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 Sticks and Stones.

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16 Games Like Sticks and Stones — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run