Games like I Only Moved My Mouse
If I Only Moved My Mouse is your kind of game, the closest matches are PLEASE STOP THE RAIN, Warriors of the End and Idle Survivor — 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 I Only Moved My Mouse: Your cursor is the blade. Never click — move the mouse and the sword cuts whatever its edge sweeps through. Take your hand off it and the blade fights on without you. Hold the core, clear endless waves, take an Awakening, then spend the shards on 100 sword tiers and a forge with no last level.
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PLEASE STOP THE RAIN
WHY THIS
Top pick for I Only Moved My Mouse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Only Moved My Mouse.
A survivor-like with no timer. Wren, an orphan of the last dry circle in a world that has rained for 31 years, learns to write weather instead of swinging a sword. Walk out for a harder run, walk back to breathe, and decide whether the Rain should stop at all.
Warriors of the End
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for I Only Moved My Mouse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!
Idle Survivor
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for I Only Moved My Mouse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Your ship is stranded and cannot move. Something out here has woken up, and it breeds faster than you can kill it. All you can do is upgrade your arsenal and fight back, wave after wave, for as long as you can hold.
Lawnpocalypse
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for I Only Moved My Mouse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Relaxing lawn care becomes thrilling horde survival! Fight, clean up, upgrade, invent game-breaking builds - and mow down hordes of enemies into neatly trimmed stripes of lawn.
Dyeversion
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for I Only Moved My Mouse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Dyeversion is a color-routing tower defense. Drag liquid hoses from color sources to your towers, mix colors to forge powerful COMBO towers, and route your pipes around the enemy path. Battle dozens of levels, earn tokens, and unlock a deep skill tree.
Book of Fei
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for I Only Moved My Mouse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Lead adorable warriors to form an adventure team to work and adventure on the computer desktop. Defeat the warriors to save the world. Rich nurturing and collection elements, idle and slack off to earn money and fight monsters!
Whack-A-Monster
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for I Only Moved My Mouse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Whack-A-Monster. An incremental game about Whacking, Smashing, Splashing & BONKING monsters. Upgrade through the skill tree and unlock new weapons to vanquish all evil from this world.
Desktop Heroes
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for I Only Moved My Mouse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Desktop Heroes is a unique idle RPG designed to be your faithful companion while you work. Set just above your taskbar, this game runs in the background, letting you build a team of courageous heroes, battle monstrous foes, and collect loot; all without disrupting your productivity.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with I Only Moved My Mouse.
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 I Only Moved My Mouse.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I Only Moved My Mouse.
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.
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 I Only Moved My Mouse.
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 I Only Moved My Mouse.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Only Moved My Mouse.
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 I Only Moved My Mouse.
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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Never Ending Hero RPG
WHY THIS
Another title from Missroot, the studio behind I Only Moved My Mouse. Shares Action and Indie with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Never Ending Hero RPG is a free-to-play idle action RPG where your hero's stats grow without limit. Explore zone maps, auto-fight monsters, upgrade gear at the Mystic Armory, and prestige for permanent bonuses. Optional gem packs. A free account enables cloud saves.
Zone Sweeper
WHY THIS
Another title from Missroot, the studio behind I Only Moved My Mouse. Shares Indie and RPG with I Only Moved My Mouse.
Zone Sweeper is a fast RPG of short runs, hand-picked stats, and levels that explode in a single fight. Sweep a risk-colored zone grid, auto-battle with crits and combos, gear up across 11 slots, and research in the Lab between runs.
PLEASE STOP THE RAIN
WHY THIS
Another title from Missroot, the studio behind I Only Moved My Mouse. Shares Action and Indie with I Only Moved My Mouse.
A survivor-like with no timer. Wren, an orphan of the last dry circle in a world that has rained for 31 years, learns to write weather instead of swinging a sword. Walk out for a harder run, walk back to breathe, and decide whether the Rain should stop at all.
Frequently asked about I Only Moved My Mouse
- What games are most similar to I Only Moved My Mouse?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I Only Moved My Mouse are PLEASE STOP THE RAIN, Warriors of the End, Idle Survivor.
- Who developed I Only Moved My Mouse?
- I Only Moved My Mouse was developed by Missroot.
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