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Games like Milkmaid of the Milky Way

If Milkmaid of the Milky Way is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Charnel House Trilogy, What Remains of Edith Finch and Lume — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, cozy and melancholic. 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 Milkmaid of the Milky Way: Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

2017IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDMetacritic 74Windows · macOS · Linuxby Mattis Folkestad
Milkmaid of the Milky Way — Steam game cover
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Charming sci fi twist on folkloreRetro pixel art maximizes visual charmRhyming dialogue feels like poetryAtmosphericCozyMelancholic

Players who liked Milkmaid of the Milky Way also play

Steam players who put hours into Milkmaid of the Milky Way 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. The Charnel House Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Top pick for Milkmaid of the Milky Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.

    2015IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. What Remains of Edith Finch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Second-strongest match for Milkmaid of the Milky Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lume

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Third-strongest match for Milkmaid of the Milky Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    With a set built entirely out of paper and cardboard, and sumptuously filmed, Lume is a game with a style unlike any other.

    2011IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. A Juggler's Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Ranked #4 for Milkmaid of the Milky Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Ranked #5 for Milkmaid of the Milky Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

    2020IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Procession to Calvary

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Ranked #6 for Milkmaid of the Milky Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.

    2020IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cleo - a pirate's tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Ranked #7 for Milkmaid of the Milky Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Shivah

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Ranked #8 for Milkmaid of the Milky Way fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.

    2013IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Milkmaid of the Milky Way

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Space Quest™ Collection

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Milkmaid of the Milky Way cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection.

    2009Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. To the Moon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Reviewers of Milkmaid of the Milky Way cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

    2012IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Milkmaid of the Milky Way cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.

    2018Adventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. DIG THE GROUND

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Milkmaid of the Milky Way cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Casual with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Dig the Ground is a unique Match3 puzzler in which you have to match gems of the same color and use all sorts of tools to clear the ground tiles beneath you.

    2020Casual5.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Return to Monkey Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Reviewers of Milkmaid of the Milky Way cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.

    2022AdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Milkmaid of the Milky Way at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Milkmaid of the Milky Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Milkmaid of the Milky Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Milkmaid of the Milky Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Milkmaid of the Milky Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Milkmaid of the Milky Way on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Milkmaid of the Milky Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Milkmaid of the Milky Way on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Milkmaid of the Milky Way on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. What Remains of Edith Finch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. A Juggler's Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

    2020IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Procession to Calvary

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.

    2020IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cleo - a pirate's tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Shivah

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

    Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.

    2013IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Milkmaid of the Milky Way

How much does Milkmaid of the Milky Way cost?
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Milkmaid of the Milky Way?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Milkmaid of the Milky Way are The Charnel House Trilogy, What Remains of Edith Finch, Lume.
Who developed Milkmaid of the Milky Way?
Milkmaid of the Milky Way was developed by Mattis Folkestad and published by machineboy.

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 Milkmaid of the Milky Way.

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