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Games like Goodnight, Sun

If Goodnight, Sun is your kind of game, the closest matches are ECHIDNA, Pure Idle and One More Core — 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 Goodnight, Sun: The sun is dying. One billion minds sleep below. You are HALCYON, the caretaker AI — dismantle a solar system, planet by planet, to build them an Ark. An incremental that ENDS: 4–6 hours, two endings, no infinite grind. Every world you consume stays gone. Even the Earth. Especially the Earth.

2026IndieCasualWindowsby Foxsprout Games
Goodnight, Sun — Steam game cover

Players who liked Goodnight, Sun also play

Steam players who put hours into Goodnight, Sun 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. ECHIDNA

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Goodnight, Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    A dead god drifts in the dark. Build a salvage fleet that carves it apart cell by cell, and watch a colossal carcass melt into a storm of flying debris and climbing numbers. Strip it to the bone then evolve and start again on something bigger.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Pure Idle

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Goodnight, Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    Become the right hand of the Creator in the search for lost perfection. Collect the light of billions of stars, guiding them into the heart of a black hole to find the one — Pure Idle. Technologies, production chains, and a long journey to the most beautiful star in the universe.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation0.79 USDSteam ↗
  3. One More Core

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Goodnight, Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    One More Core is a 3D incremental game where you carve through planets layer by layer with your flagship, gather resources, upgrade your fleet, and keep advancing until you capture the planet's core. Don't forget to refuel… there's one more core to go!

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Pibcremental

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Goodnight, Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    A cozy, chaotic idle-incremental clicker about growing a civilisation of tiny creatures called Pibbles in a giant tree, set in a post-human world.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. The Last Mothership

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Goodnight, Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    A short incremental game about harvesting planets to feed your mothership. Mine, manage resources, grow your fleet, and unlock upgrades to evolve your species. You are the devourer of worlds.

    2026CasualSteam ↗
  6. LUNAR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Goodnight, Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    A tiny astronaut explores the Moon in a little window on your desktop. Collect resources, send out drones, upgrade your gear, and customize your operator. A calm idle companion to keep the workday fun.

    2026CasualSteam ↗
  7. Tiny Capsule Collector

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Goodnight, Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    Run a cozy capsule shop at the bottom of your screen. Attract adorable animal customers, collect charming capsule toys, create & decorate a relaxing, ambient world. This idle sim brings you small moments of joy with cute companions while you work or study. Make your desktop a place you’d rather be.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Stellar Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Goodnight, Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Goodnight, Sun.

    Help a wizard travel across the universe in this incremental game! Expand your magical fleet, warp to planets, grow stars, and recruit spirits to automate the journey.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

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. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Goodnight, Sun.

    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 ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Goodnight, Sun.

    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. 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 Goodnight, Sun.

    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 ↗
  5. 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 Goodnight, Sun.

    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 ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Goodnight, Sun.

    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 ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    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 ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Goodnight, Sun.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Goodnight, Sun

What games are most similar to Goodnight, Sun?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Goodnight, Sun are ECHIDNA, Pure Idle, One More Core.
Who developed Goodnight, Sun?
Goodnight, Sun was developed by Foxsprout Games.

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 Goodnight, Sun.

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