Games like Ballad
If Ballad is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bonk'd Audio Visualizer, SONGBOY: Play Music and Musicasa — 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 Ballad: Ballad is a toy box for melodies: pick one, tweak it or write your own, then get mesmerized by what it looks like, play it, fiddle with it, and share a clip if you want. Compose, visualize, play, record.
Players who liked Ballad also play
Steam players who put hours into Ballad 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.
Bonk'd Audio Visualizer
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ballad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballad.
Lightweight 3D audio visualizer with a minimalist, modern design.
SONGBOY: Play Music
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ballad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Ballad.
SONGBOY is a musical sandbox. There are no built-in rules. We give you the keys and leave you to play.
SimulationSteam ↗Musicasa
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ballad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ballad.
Unbox tiny instruments, arrange them on your desk, and connect them to bring your space to life with sound. A story unfolds through the strangers who write to you: read their letters, answer with songs, and watch every reply shape what comes next. Get closer to the truth, one letter at a time.
Illusion Remix
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ballad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballad.
Design optical illusions, animate them, and decide exactly how your music controls them. Start instantly with handcrafted presets or deeply customize your visuals, then play them full-screen, export videos, create live wallpapers, and display them in your own museum.
OFFBEAT
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ballad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ballad.
OFFBEAT is a music-tycoon game where you build the recording studio of your dreams. Collect and upgrade increasingly strange musical objects, complete jobs for cash, and record real, actual music.
Dewdrop
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ballad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ballad.
Make music & solve puzzles with physics at the same time. Draw vines, guide dewdrops through vibrant levels, unlock new sounds, and create your own beats in a relaxing musical sandbox.
GrooveDeck
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ballad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ballad.
GrooveDeck is inspired by hardware grooveboxes and excellent with controllers. Sequence beats, program melodies, and shape your sound live. Pick it up, press play, and make your next banger.
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 and Simulation with Ballad.
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 Simulation with Ballad.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Ballad.
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.
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 Ballad.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ballad.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ballad.
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!
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 Ballad.
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!
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More from Part Time Monkey
Other recommendable Steam games by Part Time Monkey, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ball Grabbers
WHY THIS
Another title from Part Time Monkey, the studio behind Ballad. Shares Indie with Ballad.
Two-player Arcade mayhem in tight arenas - Toss the ball to your opponent's goal before they get the chance!
It's All Over
WHY THIS
Another title from Part Time Monkey, the studio behind Ballad. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballad.
The world ended, but you still gotta survive. An incremental arena shooter in a comic-book style wasteland. Gear up, kill everything that shows up, loot what's left and bring it home to buy bigger guns.
5 Minutes Until Self-Destruction
WHY THIS
Another title from Part Time Monkey, the studio behind Ballad. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballad.
The self-destruction sequence has been activated. You have 5 minutes to solve your way out of a high-stakes, escape room-style disaster.
Warena
WHY THIS
Another title from Part Time Monkey, the studio behind Ballad. Shares Indie with Ballad.
Warena is a real-time card battler with tactical depth. Deploy troops, cast spells, and push toward the enemy castle as your opponent pushes back. 1v1 PvP and single-player campaign.
Dirtnap
WHY THIS
Another title from Part Time Monkey, the studio behind Ballad. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballad.
Dig, fly and fight through fully destructible maps in multiple game modes. Every character has its own unique ability, every biome its own hazards, and the weapon arsenal runs from machine guns to banana bombs to airstrikes. Play with friends, strangers, bots, or all of them.
Jono
WHY THIS
Another title from Part Time Monkey, the studio behind Ballad. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballad.
Work together to complete one million levels, one player at a time. Continue where the previous left off. Chat with others while you wait for your turn. How long will it take?
Frequently asked about Ballad
- What games are most similar to Ballad?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ballad are Bonk'd Audio Visualizer, SONGBOY: Play Music, Musicasa.
- Who developed Ballad?
- Ballad was developed by Part Time Monkey.
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 Ballad.
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