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Games like Kindled:To The Starlight

If Kindled:To The Starlight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Moonlit Horizons, ONE (1) WORLD and Story of Leaves — 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 Kindled:To The Starlight: Kindled: To the Starlight is a life sim set in rural China during the 2015 poverty alleviation campaign. Farm, breed crops, befriend and marry NPCs, run for village director, and trade with Five Elements cards as prices follow real supply and demand. Farm, befriend, campaign, trade — all up to you.

IndieSimulationRPGWindowsby Mirage Momentum Studio
Kindled:To The Starlight — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Kindled:To The Starlight 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. Moonlit Horizons

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Kindled:To The Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    After you start seeing and hearing things, you receive an invitation to the First Continent. With only a small shack, a few seeds, and a handful of coins, a new life begins. Uncover Moonlit Cove’s secrets in a farming sim with surprise elements, where no two playthroughs are the same!

    IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  2. ONE (1) WORLD

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Kindled:To The Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Build a home on a strange audited island in this top-down pixel sandbox RPG. Mine, farm, fish, craft, fight, sail, and chart routes from road to rocket—then survive the Bureau’s stamps, storms, bosses, and very personal paperwork.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Story of Leaves

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Kindled:To The Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Start your new life! Build your dream farm, grow crops, craft, mine, fish, and forge heartfelt connections with charming townsfolk. Explore a vibrant world, uncover mysteries, and shape your own unforgettable story in this cozy farming / life sim RPG.

    2026SimulationRPGSteam ↗
  4. Island Berry

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Kindled:To The Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Dreams can take you anywhere.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Teatopia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Kindled:To The Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Immerse in Teatopia's enchanting world, a farming game steeped in Chinese culture. Clear fields, cultivate crops, and raise livestock. Master cooking and tea crafting. Experience rural life, forge bonds with pets, and unravel secrets in this captivating journey.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Aquaculture Land: Fish Farming Simulation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Kindled:To The Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Aquaculture Land is a fish farming management game. You will act as a freshwater fish farm manager to nurture different varieties of fish, produce high-quality commodities, and fulfill your customers' needs to grow your business.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sky Harvest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Kindled:To The Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Pure Farming 2018

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Kindled:To The Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Use the latest technology and state-of-the-art licensed machines to manage all aspects of modern farming. Travel between Europe, Asia, and both Americas to plant region-specific crops such as hemp, coffee beans, and olives. Farm your way thanks to three unique game modes tailored to both simulation veterans and newcomers to farming games.

    2018Simulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindled:To The Starlight.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Aircar

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Kindled:To The Starlight.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Kindled:To The Starlight

What games are most similar to Kindled:To The Starlight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kindled:To The Starlight are Moonlit Horizons, ONE (1) WORLD, Story of Leaves.
Who developed Kindled:To The Starlight?
Kindled:To The Starlight was developed by Mirage Momentum Studio and published by The Illusion Constant 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 Kindled:To The Starlight.

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