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Games like Bars and Balance

If Bars and Balance is your kind of game, the closest matches are Balls and Magnets, Arko and Long Tail — 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 Bars and Balance: Relaxing physics puzzle game with minimalist design.

2017IndieCasual1.99 USDWindowsby Mykhail Konokh
Bars and Balance — Steam game cover

Players who liked Bars and Balance also play

Steam players who put hours into Bars and Balance 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. Balls and Magnets

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Bars and Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    Relaxing physics puzzle game with minimalist design.

    2018IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Arko

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Bars and Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    Relax with this minimalist puzzle game.

    2020IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Long Tail

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Bars and Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Bars and Balance.

    Long Tail is a combination of classic snake game with puzzle game based on route planning. Find the best way to collect all coins scattered on the board. Bounce from your own tail, avoid spikes, use portals... No time pressure or failure punishments - anytime you can undo any move!

    2021Casual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. CANNON

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Bars and Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Bars and Balance.

    CANNON is a minimalist puzzle game made with cannons that shoot balls to destroy cubes. Activate the cannons in the right order to destroy all number cubes in the scene.

    2021Casual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Blokker: Orange

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Bars and Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    Move the blocks strategically until the balls find the targets. Simple yet challenging! This is Blokker.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Blokker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Bars and Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    Move the blocks strategically until the balls find the targets. Simple yet challenging! This is Blokker.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. One Line

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Bars and Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    One Line is a minimalist puzzle game where the objective is to draw a single line filling the entire board. Different mechanics will challenge your mind in this game that is easy to learn but hard to solve. Can you find the correct path?

    2021IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Schematic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Bars and Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Bars and Balance.

    Casual inventive puzzle with original solution and optional smart challenge that need thinking.

    2021Casual1.39 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bars and Balance at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Bars and Balance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Bars and Balance on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Bars and Balance.

    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 ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Bars and Balance on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Bars and Balance.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Bars and Balance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Bars and Balance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Bars and Balance on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Bars and Balance.

    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.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Bars and Balance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Bars and Balance on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Bars and Balance.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Bars and Balance.

    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.

    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 with Bars and Balance.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Bars and Balance.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Bars and Balance.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from Mykhail Konokh

Other recommendable Steam games by Mykhail Konokh, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Fly in the House

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mykhail Konokh, the studio behind Bars and Balance. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    There’s a fly in your apartment! Hunt it down and squish it! Damn, that fly is fast! If a fly swat won’t get it, use furniture. If that doesn’t work, use anything you can find… just squish it! The more you smash, the more points you earn.

    2015ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Inside The Gear

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mykhail Konokh, the studio behind Bars and Balance. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    A physics puzzle game like no other! You are inside the big old machine. There are rusty gears and shafts all around you, along with interactive objects such as planks and cubes. Use each object and place the wheel on the platform – easy!

    2014IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Somewhere on Zibylon

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mykhail Konokh, the studio behind Bars and Balance. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    The game is filled to the brim with the atmosphere of cold space and zero gravity, features unusual game mechanics with a lot of puzzles, exploration, stealth, resource extraction, crafting, fights with alien forces and seizing space stations!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Elbub

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mykhail Konokh, the studio behind Bars and Balance. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    You are a bubble, flying among other bubbles. Relax and go on a journey!

    2017IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Balls and Magnets

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mykhail Konokh, the studio behind Bars and Balance. Shares Indie and Casual with Bars and Balance.

    Relaxing physics puzzle game with minimalist design.

    2018IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Pixelpunk XL

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mykhail Konokh, the studio behind Bars and Balance. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    Pixelpunk XL is a pixelated old school first person shooter with rogue-like game mechanics set in sci-fi environment.

    2018ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Smile'N'Slide

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mykhail Konokh, the studio behind Bars and Balance. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    A fun and colorful game about a little dude who loves to play the ape in his day-to-day life by sliding on inclined surfaces.

    2018ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Zibbs - Alien Survival

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mykhail Konokh, the studio behind Bars and Balance. Shares Indie with Bars and Balance.

    Zibbs - Alien Survival is an open world game where you play as an alien trying to survive on the unknown planet - Earth.

    2020ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Bars and Balance

How much does Bars and Balance cost?
Bars and Balance is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Bars and Balance?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bars and Balance are Balls and Magnets, Arko, Long Tail.
Who developed Bars and Balance?
Bars and Balance was developed by Mykhail Konokh.

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 Bars and Balance.

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