IMHO.

Games like MewnBase

If MewnBase is your kind of game, the closest matches are Flotsam, ASTRONEER and Breathedge — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cute graphics, manually crafted progression and nostalgic gameplay loop. 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 MewnBase: MewnBase is a space-cat survival and base-building game. Scavenge around a barren planet for items to keep you fed. Explore and collect resources. Craft items and grow your base to help you survive.

2023IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · Linuxby Cairn4
MewnBase — Steam game cover
Players highlight
Cute graphicsManually crafted progressionNostalgic gameplay loopAtmosphericRelaxingBase building

Players who liked MewnBase also play

Steam players who put hours into MewnBase 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. Flotsam

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource gathering and an atmospheric mood with MewnBase.

    Top pick for MewnBase fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. ASTRONEER

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with MewnBase.

    Second-strongest match for MewnBase fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MewnBase.

    Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

    2019IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Breathedge

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building with MewnBase.

    Third-strongest match for MewnBase fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Crashlands

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building with MewnBase.

    Ranked #4 for MewnBase fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MewnBase.

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Force of Nature

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building with MewnBase.

    Ranked #5 for MewnBase fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MewnBase.

    Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

    2016ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. ICARUS

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and procedural generation with MewnBase.

    Ranked #6 for MewnBase fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with MewnBase.

    ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

    2021ActionAdventureSimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Sons Of The Forest

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MewnBase.

    Ranked #7 for MewnBase fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building with MewnBase.

    Ranked #8 for MewnBase fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under MewnBase on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under MewnBase on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

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

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under MewnBase on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MewnBase.

    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 ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under MewnBase on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

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

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under MewnBase on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Simulation with MewnBase.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 MewnBase.

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 MewnBase.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Flotsam

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource gathering and an atmospheric mood with MewnBase.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crashlands

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building with MewnBase.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with MewnBase.

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building with MewnBase.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with MewnBase.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about MewnBase

Does MewnBase run on Steam Deck?
MewnBase is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does MewnBase cost?
MewnBase is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to MewnBase?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MewnBase are Flotsam, ASTRONEER, Breathedge.
Who developed MewnBase?
MewnBase was developed by Cairn4.

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 MewnBase.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.

27 Games Like MewnBase — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run