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Games like You Are Vacuum

Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to You Are Vacuum for fans of simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in You Are Vacuum also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About You Are Vacuum: A short incremental game about a robot vacuum. Pick up dirt and clean up floors! Purchase upgrades to move faster, increase suction, and increase battery life.

SimulationWindowsby rosay
You Are Vacuum — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Click & Mine — Steam game cover

    Click & Mine

    Top pick for You Are Vacuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    Click & Mine is a relaxing incremental mining game. Mine various resources and use them to buy upgrades, allowing you to descend deeper and deeper while unlocking new biomes, ores and skills.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
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    Hydra Heli 2 — Steam game cover

    Hydra Heli 2

    Second-strongest match for You Are Vacuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    Hydra Heli 2 is a relaxing incremental game about sinking battleships with an overpowered helicopter. Control a swarm of unstoppable weapons, annihilate armadas, collect shards, and utilize the Depot to boost damage, increase firepower, and unlock new regions.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
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    Crystal Ascend — Steam game cover

    Crystal Ascend

    Third-strongest match for You Are Vacuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    A simple incremental game where you nurture crystal elementals by destroying floating crystals and harvesting aether. Upgrade the skill tree, unlock new abilities to gather resources faster, and build your ultimate crystal companions.

    2026SimulationCasualSteam ↗
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    Protect the Pit — Steam game cover

    Protect the Pit

    Ranked #4 for You Are Vacuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    A short incremental clicker game that blends the strategy of tower defense with the depth of sprawling upgrade trees. Build your own winding mazes to repel the oncoming hordes!

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
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    Buerokratie Idler: Germany — Steam game cover

    Buerokratie Idler: Germany

    Ranked #5 for You Are Vacuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    Process forms, stamp paperwork, and turn a tiny office into an absurd bureaucracy machine. A satirical idle/clicker game about fictional German-style administration - absolutely not official.

    2026SimulationCasualSteam ↗
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    Massage With Benefits — Steam game cover

    Massage With Benefits

    Ranked #6 for You Are Vacuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    Step into the role of an exclusive private massage therapist operating right from your own home. When a stunning "Young Wife" arrives seeking relief from her daily aches, it’s your job to provide a touch she’ll never forget. Transition from soothing her muscles to make her yours!

    StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
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    Save Our Queen — Steam game cover

    Save Our Queen

    Ranked #7 for You Are Vacuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    A incremental clicker game where you defeat monsters and protect the Queen's Tower.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
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    SideDrop — Steam game cover

    SideDrop

    Ranked #8 for You Are Vacuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A block breaking idle game at the side of your screen. Break through progressively harder rows of blocks as you buy upgrades and unlock special ball types.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    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 ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    missed messages. — Steam game cover

    missed messages.

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    NGU IDLE — Steam game cover

    NGU IDLE

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    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 ↗
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    A Date with Death — Steam game cover

    A Date with Death

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Virtual Cottage — Steam game cover

    Virtual Cottage

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    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 ↗
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    Steam Engine Simulator — Steam game cover

    Steam Engine Simulator

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

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

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Magic Archery — Steam game cover

    Magic Archery

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with You Are Vacuum.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about You Are Vacuum

What games are most similar to You Are Vacuum?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside You Are Vacuum are Click & Mine, Hydra Heli 2, Crystal Ascend.
Who developed You Are Vacuum?
You Are Vacuum was developed by rosay.

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 You Are Vacuum.

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