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Games like Taskbar Syndicate

If Taskbar Syndicate is your kind of game, the closest matches are If You Build It, Everyone Dies!, Gamblers Table and Black Hole Fishing — 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 Taskbar Syndicate: Run a tiny crime empire from your taskbar. Assign crooks to jobs, launder dirty money, manage heat, survive audits, and make terrible decisions while pretending to work.

2026StrategySimulationCasual4.49 USDWindowsby Low Signal Games
Taskbar Syndicate — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Taskbar Syndicate 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. If You Build It, Everyone Dies!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Taskbar Syndicate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    Play as the "Techno King" of a thriving Silicon Valley startup in this active incremental game. Fulfill contracts, harvest data, fabricate supply chains, manufacture consent, bio-integrate with humans, and transcend space and time itself in a dark satire of the retro-futuristic Brave New World.

    2026StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Gamblers Table

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Taskbar Syndicate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Black Hole Fishing

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Taskbar Syndicate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

    Black Hole Fishing is an absurd incremental game about catching, breeding, and perfecting SO MANY fish. Catch a fish, optimize its traits, then stock your pond with it as you pour fish and science into an endless singularity!

    2026IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Military Incremental Complex

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Taskbar Syndicate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.

    2025StrategySimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Ravenous Devils

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Taskbar Syndicate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

    A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.

    2022IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Incredicer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Taskbar Syndicate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Miseria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Taskbar Syndicate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

    Miseria is a dark fantasy idle incremental game in which you lead a party of damned souls through the depths of the world.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Your Big, Cute Monster Farm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Taskbar Syndicate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Taskbar Syndicate at current Steam store prices.

  1. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Taskbar Syndicate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Taskbar Syndicate on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Taskbar Syndicate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Taskbar Syndicate on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Taskbar Syndicate on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Taskbar Syndicate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Taskbar Syndicate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Taskbar Syndicate on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    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. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Taskbar Syndicate.

    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. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Taskbar Syndicate.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 ↗

Frequently asked about Taskbar Syndicate

How much does Taskbar Syndicate cost?
Taskbar Syndicate is listed on Steam at 4.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Taskbar Syndicate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Taskbar Syndicate are If You Build It, Everyone Dies!, Gamblers Table, Black Hole Fishing.
Who developed Taskbar Syndicate?
Taskbar Syndicate was developed by Low Signal 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 Taskbar Syndicate.

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