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Games like What the Buck?!

If What the Buck?! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Decrypting Life, Scam Artist and OurClicker — 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 What the Buck?!: What the Buck?! is an incremental game about destroying money. Smash stacks of cash, upgrade your destructive power, discover game-changing skill tree upgrades, prestige and experience the dopamine of numbers exploding.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationCasualWindows · macOS · Linuxby kohlgames
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Steam players who put hours into What the Buck?! 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. Decrypting Life

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for What the Buck?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with What the Buck?!.

    Decrypting Life is a short, nostalgic incremental game where you restore corrupted files to uncover a story from the 2000s

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. Scam Artist

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for What the Buck?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with What the Buck?!.

    An idle game in which you make money by scamming people. Place down the old shell game or even rigged slot machines to make money by all means necessary and use it to turn your shabby apartment into your very own luxurious scam business.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. OurClicker

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for What the Buck?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.

    From the creators of OurLife and OurCoven, OurClicker is a brand new clicker game that puts you in charge of an up-and-coming Game Development Studio where all you do is... CLICK!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.05 USDSteam ↗
  4. Incremental Donuts

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for What the Buck?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.

    Start with one donut. End with a multidimensional bakery empire. Click, automate, expand, unlock the Research Lab, run a Storefront, and break through to the Donut Hole. A layered idle game that keeps unfolding new systems until your mouse screams for mercy.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Project: C.E.L.L.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for What the Buck?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.

    An arcade incremental where you run cellular simulations for a megacorp obsessed with immortality. Break glucose, build combos, and spend ATP across a massive skill tree. Experiment with different glucose types, proteins, and lipids from your retro terminal.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Minesweeper Inc.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for What the Buck?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.

    A Minesweeper-inspired incremental where every cell you dig pays. Run short shifts, buy upgrades between them, and work your way up a seven-floor company tower — glaciers, volcanoes, deep space, a casino on top. Mines? That's what insurance is for.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.19 USDSteam ↗
  7. A BILLION GOLD DEBT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for What the Buck?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.

    Grow your settlement, automate production, explore the surrounding lands, and trade with your neighbors to repay a debt of 1 BILLION gold!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Idle Casino Empire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for What the Buck?! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.

    An idle casino tycoon where you build the floor, then rig it. Turn casino psychology into upgrades. Play blackjack, roulette, and slots in Owner Mode. Use the Owner's Edge to cheat: nudge reels, peek at hidden cards, read marked cards. Eight venues, a prestige loop. The house is you.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What the Buck?!.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What the Buck?!.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  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 What the Buck?!.

    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 What the Buck?!.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 What the Buck?!.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about What the Buck?!

What games are most similar to What the Buck?!?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside What the Buck?! are Decrypting Life, Scam Artist, OurClicker.
Who developed What the Buck?!?
What the Buck?! was developed by kohlgames.

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 What the Buck?!.

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