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Games like Monkey Brain

If Monkey Brain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ballisticards, Absurdocracy and Drop Pockets — 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 Monkey Brain: Pachinko meets Billards - richochet thoughts off brain cells to help a monkey think really hard in this physics-based roguelike!

StrategyCasualWindowsby Butter By The Fish
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Players who liked Monkey Brain also play

Steam players who put hours into Monkey Brain 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. Ballisticards

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Monkey Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Monkey Brain.

    Ballisticards is a physics-based, point-chasing, deck-building roguelike where every drop counts. Drop balls onto your cards to rack up points. Power-up your deck with stickers, paint, and stamps to trigger wild chain reactions, discover powerful synergies, and score big!

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Absurdocracy

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Monkey Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Monkey Brain.

    Satirical strategy card game with a single-player Campaign and PvP Multiplayer. Absurdocracy is nothing like real life. Your strategy will most certainly make sense, and the best one will indeed win. Discover cards, build tactics and embark on a very serious quest with these totally fake characters.

    2027StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  3. Drop Pockets

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Monkey Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Monkey Brain.

    The billiards roguelike. Strategic, physics based combat against Pool Sharks who don't play by the rules. Pocket your balls and clear out your opposition in this chaotic game of pool!

    2025SportsStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. LUL inc.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Monkey Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Monkey Brain.

    LUL Inc. is a collection of 36 different microgames that will test your skills in a variety of genres. Can you beat them all and defeat the three evil machines?

    2022ActionIndieCasual2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dogpile

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Monkey Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Monkey Brain.

    Dogpile is a roguelike deck builder about merging cute dogs into bigger dogs. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special Traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS! DOGS!

    2025IndieCasual6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Wizard Balls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Monkey Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Monkey Brain.

    A game about bouncing balls. Get upgrades and unique types of balls to throw into an arena to defeat enemies. Use spells to mess with your balls in this chaotic physics sim game.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. ploink

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Monkey Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Monkey Brain.

    A chaotic plinko inspired roguelike with a focus on wacky items and creative setups. Design a board of random crap and fill the screen with balls and numbers. There are no bad items you just gotta figure out how to use them.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.69 USDSteam ↗
  8. Matchinko

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Monkey Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Monkey Brain.

    Match glowing crystals to build a pachinko board, then rain your ball loadout through it for an exploding score. A cozy winter roguelite of fairies, tiles, and fate: light every town on the climb to the boss — but miss one target and the run is over.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Monkey Brain.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Monkey Brain.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Monkey Brain.

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

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Monkey Brain.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Monkey Brain

What games are most similar to Monkey Brain?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monkey Brain are Ballisticards, Absurdocracy, Drop Pockets.
Who developed Monkey Brain?
Monkey Brain was developed by Butter By The Fish and published by Noodlecake.

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 Monkey Brain.

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