Games like POPS
If POPS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tileshire, Plonkers - totally bonkers plinko and PinRogue — 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 POPS: POPS is a physics-based puzzle roguelike about managing limited moves and building broken synergies. Pop potions, hit massive score quotas, and draft passive skills to create game-breaking chain reactions.
Players who liked POPS also play
Steam players who put hours into POPS 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.
Tileshire
WHY THIS
Top pick for POPS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with POPS.
Draw tiles, connect the land, and chase bigger scoring clusters in this tile-placement roguelike deckbuilder. Small tiles, big scores, in a calm, hand-drawn world.
Plonkers - totally bonkers plinko
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for POPS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with POPS.
Plonkers an incremental Plinko roguelike featuring 70 abilities, 41 permanent upgrades, 14 unique ball types, 100 arcade levels, and 500 collectible skins. Build absurd combos, unlock permanent progression, and turn a simple Plinko board into complete chaos.
PinRogue
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for POPS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with POPS.
PinRogue is a pinball roguelike. Build up points and multiplier by hitting bumpers, score satisfying combos, purchase powerful upgrades in the shop and create game-breaking builds!
Matchinko
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for POPS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with POPS.
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.
Overflower
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for POPS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with POPS.
Strategically merge flowers in the pot to score more points, but be careful to keep the balance in check!
Rogue Curling
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for POPS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with POPS.
Balatro-like roguelike curling where physics-based skill matters no less than a solid build. Combine synergies and precision, or just break the rules!
Cats and Hats
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for POPS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with POPS.
Stack Hats on adorable Cats. A cozy roguelike memory deckbuilder where you flip tiles, build multis, and stack hats on a variety of oddly compliant cats.
Flick Party
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for POPS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with POPS.
Flick Party is a roguelike deckbuilder based on the mechanics of carrom and French billiards. Flick your way around the table and chain creative combination shots to complete each frame. Build your rack of discs and modify the rules of the game as you go along.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with POPS.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with POPS.
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?
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 Casual with POPS.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with POPS.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with POPS.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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 POPS.
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.
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Frequently asked about POPS
- What games are most similar to POPS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POPS are Tileshire, Plonkers - totally bonkers plinko, PinRogue.
- Who developed POPS?
- POPS was developed by bedrifa.
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 POPS.
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