Games like Scam Artist
If Scam Artist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Idle Casino Empire, Gacha The Frog and Incremental Donuts — 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 Scam Artist: Build your empire of scamming in this idle building game. Place down slot machines that never pay out, sell trading card packs that never have any hits and slowly build up your riches to upgrade your apartment until it looks like the most professional scam operation ever!
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Steam players who put hours into Scam Artist 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.
Idle Casino Empire
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Top pick for Scam Artist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scam Artist.
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.
Gacha The Frog
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Scam Artist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scam Artist.
Collect and play with cute frogs in a cozy physics simulation. Use the machine to get new frogs, play mini-games to improve the odds of getting legendary frogs and manage your space so you can keep playing. Can you complete the album?
Incremental Donuts
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scam Artist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scam Artist.
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.
More Slots More Money
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Ranked #4 for Scam Artist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scam Artist.
A short incremental casino management game where you fill the floor with slot machines and table games, hire staff, expand to new rooms, and upgrade towards the ultimate automated casino.
Popcorn Idle
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Ranked #5 for Scam Artist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scam Artist.
Popcorn Idle is a cozy idle automation game about the simple joy of popping corn. Earn money, buy upgrades, automate and turn up the heat to boost production. Grow bigger numbers, unlock flavors and combine effects. Fill the whole machine with colorful, tasty popcorn, one crunchy pop at a time.
HordeFall
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Ranked #6 for Scam Artist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scam Artist.
A bulletheaven x incremental game that runs as a desktop companion in the corner of your screen! While you work, your hero automatically fights thousands of enemies. Unlock upgrades and manage your economy, attributes, and spells. Your screen is your battlefield - minimal space, maximum progress!
Desk Top Racer
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Ranked #7 for Scam Artist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scam Artist.
Turn your desktop into a living racetrack with this idle racing management game. Acquire cars, equip parts, and compete online against other players. Win championships and expand your garage through Mastery, Collections, and new rewards.
Phonemae
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Ranked #8 for Scam Artist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scam Artist.
A short incremental about the worker that keep reality running. Extract memories from the souls on your bench, buy machines to automate production, and meet a quota that only grows. It starts cozy, only starts. No ads, no microtransactions.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scam Artist.
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?
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 Scam Artist.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scam Artist.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scam Artist.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Scam Artist.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scam Artist.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scam Artist.
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.
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Frequently asked about Scam Artist
- What games are most similar to Scam Artist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scam Artist are Idle Casino Empire, Gacha The Frog, Incremental Donuts.
- Who developed Scam Artist?
- Scam Artist was developed by greenpixels.
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