Games like Spirit
If Spirit is your kind of game, the closest matches are Braid, Game Dev Tycoon and Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — 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 Spirit: Shape an empty island into a wacky ecosystem. The game puts you in the role as a stranded spirit, with the power to give and take life. Play trough the sandbox Free Mode, or 9 casual Adventure missions.
Players who liked Spirit also play
Steam players who put hours into Spirit 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.
Braid
WHY THIS
Top pick for Spirit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Game Dev Tycoon
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Spirit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Spirit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Spirit.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Spirit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
Dungeons of Dredmor
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Spirit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Spirit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Tooth and Tail
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Spirit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!
Goat Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Spirit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spirit at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spirit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spirit.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spirit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spirit.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spirit on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Spirit.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spirit on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Spirit.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spirit on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spirit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spirit.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spirit on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Spirit.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Spirit.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spirit.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Braid
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Goat Simulator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
Frequently asked about Spirit
- How much does Spirit cost?
- Spirit is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Spirit?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spirit are Braid, Game Dev Tycoon, Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine.
- Who developed Spirit?
- Spirit was developed by Nylund 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 Spirit.
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