Games like Direct
Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Direct for fans of action, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Direct also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from ToastieLabs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Direct: Direct is a fast paced score-attack game. Play to unlock cosmetic ship upgrades and increasingly more difficult game modes. Approximately a 2 hour experience to complete, but still fun and easy to jump back into during a coffee break to beat your high scores. Addictive, infuriating fun!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Direct at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Direct on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Direct.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Direct on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Direct on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Direct on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Direct on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
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 Direct.
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.
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 Direct.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Direct.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
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More from ToastieLabs
Other recommendable Steam games by ToastieLabs, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Galactic Harvester
WHY THIS
Another title from ToastieLabs, the studio behind Direct. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Earth is dying. Our sun has gone cold. Your farming skills might be humanity's last hope. Take your botany skills to another planet, establish a base, and grow a bountiful harvest.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Another title from ToastieLabs, the studio behind Direct. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
hexceed
WHY THIS
Another title from ToastieLabs, the studio behind Direct. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
A relaxing, hexagon based, puzzle game. An exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork! Use your critical thinking and our stimulating game mechanics to progress through hundreds of levels!
Who Shuffled My Shapes?
WHY THIS
Another title from ToastieLabs, the studio behind Direct. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Your shapes have been shuffled and it’s up to you to fix them! Get your 20 new puzzles back in order, it sounds simple but it’s not. With some of the simpler puzzles offering over 43 quintillion possible configurations finding the single correct one will be a challenge!
WooLoop
WHY THIS
Another title from ToastieLabs, the studio behind Direct. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Wrap, weave, and wind your wool! Build works of art strand by strand, one loop at a time, in this tranquil game of craftsmanship. Draw inspiration from the large exhibition of levels available and unwind with the soothing soundtrack.
Skystead Ranch
WHY THIS
Another title from ToastieLabs, the studio behind Direct. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Transform a desolate sky island into a vibrant sanctuary. Using your enchanted crook, cultivate your garden, befriend quirky creatures, build a home, and unlock secrets along the way. Each choice adds a personal touch to your unique Skystead Ranch!
Skystead Christmas
WHY THIS
Another title from ToastieLabs, the studio behind Direct. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
In this festive-themed hidden object game, every click costs a snowball, and every snowball requires some snow! Collect snowflakes as they are falling and try and find all 24 Skylets to win!
Coloring Voxels
WHY THIS
Another title from ToastieLabs, the studio behind Direct. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Bring vibrant worlds to life block by block! Our revolutionary blend of Voxel Art and Color-by-Numbers lets you build stunning 3D dioramas from the ground up. As the second entry in our hit Coloring genre, this game evolves the relaxing joy of 2D coloring into an immersive 3D experience!
Frequently asked about Direct
- How much does Direct cost?
- Direct is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Direct?
- Direct was developed by ToastieLabs.
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