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Games like Study Abroad Sim

If Study Abroad Sim is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chinese Newcomer, Crystal Core and PentaPip — 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 Study Abroad Sim: A life simulation game inspired by the real experiences of international students. Study, survive, pay rent, manage your mental health, and build your life in foreign cities across the world.

2026IndieSimulationCasualEarly AccessWindows · macOSby Sleepless Studio
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Players who liked Study Abroad Sim also play

Steam players who put hours into Study Abroad Sim 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. Chinese Newcomer

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Study Abroad Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Study Abroad Sim.

    "Chinese Newcomer" blends deck-building with career simulation. Players choose one of three cards to collect, manage stamina. Use "Legacy Points" to grant Five-Elements talents to descendants, rectifying past regrets. Make choices along paths and embarking on a multi-generational journey.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.00 USDSteam ↗
  2. Crystal Core

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Study Abroad Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Study Abroad Sim.

    Crystal Core is a first-person roguelike deckbuilder where every card becomes an action in battle. Build your deck, choose your hero, and descend through the cursed Crystal Caves, battling monsters and growing stronger with every encounter. Can you survive the depths and destroy the Crystal Core?

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. PentaPip

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Study Abroad Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Study Abroad Sim.

    Roll, hold, score and break the rules. Build powerful synergies across five scorecards, outplay bosses that change the game, and take on seeded challenges solo, in Daily Runs, or in competitive multiplayer.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. God, Save the Queens!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Study Abroad Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Study Abroad Sim.

    You are God. The king’s five daughters have been taken. Fight thousands of enemies, unlock powerful skills, and defeat the evil wizard Zaharad in this brutal 2.5D roguelike!

    2026ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. The Long Way Up

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Study Abroad Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with Study Abroad Sim.

    A text-forward cultivation roguelite. Climb a tower of one thousand floors that never repeats the same climb for every new soul. Falling is not death, it is tuition: keep your realm, lose your altitude, and climb again with Moye, a sword spirit who remembers every fall you take.

    2026Early Access5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Bankshot!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Study Abroad Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Study Abroad Sim.

    Real Physics, where every shot matters. Real pool with Roguelike progression with an expansive meta-progression. Create your build with powerful items and charms, adapt to every table, and earn your place in The Hustle. Or play it Old-school and enjoy the real physics and custom tuned opponents

    2026SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Kardiya: The Winds of Fate

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Study Abroad Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Rogue-lite RPG Dicebuilding game. Roll the dice, choose your companions, organize your gear, explore all of Kardia, and die. Then try again! Try again and again. Experience a different story each time. Until you find The Winds of Fate.

  8. Vonkelveld

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Study Abroad Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Study Abroad Sim.

    Kindle a world where every light is a living soul. Shape it — never command it — then fall from the heavens to a single life and follow it. Ask why about anything and get the real causal chain. The stakes always win; how long and how brightly your world burns is the score.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation12.74 USDSteam ↗

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 Study Abroad Sim.

    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 and Simulation with Study Abroad Sim.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Study Abroad Sim.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. 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 Study Abroad Sim.

    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 and Casual with Study Abroad Sim.

    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 Study Abroad Sim

What games are most similar to Study Abroad Sim?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Study Abroad Sim are Chinese Newcomer, Crystal Core, PentaPip.
Who developed Study Abroad Sim?
Study Abroad Sim was developed by Sleepless Studio.

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 Study Abroad Sim.

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