Games like Metal Detector Island
If Metal Detector Island is your kind of game, the closest matches are Doomsday Dealer, Northern Waters - Fishing & Restaurant Simulator and HAUL — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Metal Detector Island: A cozy first-person metal-detecting adventure where you explore an island, follow signals, dig up buried chests, sell or collect your finds, upgrade your gear and unlock new areas in search of rarer treasures.
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Doomsday Dealer
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Top pick for Metal Detector Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Step into the role of a shopkeeper in a world ravaged by the zombie apocalypse. You’ll manage a haven of hope amidst the ruins, providing essential survival items to the struggling remnants of humanity. Can you build a thriving business and help your community rise from the ashes?
Northern Waters - Fishing & Restaurant Simulator
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Second-strongest match for Metal Detector Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Metal Detector Island.
Run your own restaurant in the snowy Alaskan town of Northpointis Bay and experience an immersive fishing and restaurant simulator. Catch fish in first-person, manage your restaurant, cook and sell your catch, and become the town’s top angler and restaurateur.
HAUL
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Third-strongest match for Metal Detector Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Metal Detector Island.
From broke and jobless to full-time flipper — source, clean, and resell your way through thrift stores, blue bins, and sketchy meetups in a small-town hustle sim.
Scrapman Simulator
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Ranked #4 for Metal Detector Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Metal Detector Island.
Start by collecting cardboard from the streets, turn scrap metal into cash, upgrade your home and vehicle, and grow your business. Build your own recycling empire by playing solo or with your friends in a living city inspired by Istanbul.
Traders Life Together
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Ranked #5 for Metal Detector Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Metal Detector Island.
Start your supermarket business and make your own trading Journey! With Co-op support Play solo or team up with friends, featuring over 300 items you can make your dream store, the enjoy it with your friends!
Fairwind
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Ranked #6 for Metal Detector Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Metal Detector Island.
FAIRWIND is a open-world co-op sailing game about delivering cargo to distant ports. Deliver cargo, trade with merchants, upgrade your ship and discover new islands as you build trade routes across a vast archipelago. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op!
Supermarket Simulator
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Ranked #7 for Metal Detector Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Metal Detector Island.
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Rent A Car Simulator 24
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Ranked #8 for Metal Detector Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Metal Detector Island.
Rent A Car Simulator. Start by renting your first car. Expand your rental car fleet by purchasing different vehicles and grow your car rental business. Drive your cars and get them fixed when they break down. Find new customers. You can also develop your Rent A Car business by playing Co-Op.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Metal Detector Island.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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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.
The Looker
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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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Metal Detector Island.
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!
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Metal Detector Island.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Metal Detector Island
- Does Metal Detector Island have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Metal Detector Island supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Metal Detector Island?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Metal Detector Island are Doomsday Dealer, Northern Waters - Fishing & Restaurant Simulator, HAUL.
- Who developed Metal Detector Island?
- Metal Detector Island was developed by BetDev.
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 Metal Detector Island.
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