Games like Indie Dev Simulator
If Indie Dev Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kenshi, Banished and Door Kickers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak, contemplative and dark. 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 Indie Dev Simulator: In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
Players who liked Indie Dev Simulator also play
Steam players who put hours into Indie Dev Simulator 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.
Kenshi
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Indie Dev Simulator.
Top pick for Indie Dev Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Banished
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Indie Dev Simulator.
Second-strongest match for Indie Dev Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Door Kickers
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Indie Dev Simulator.
Third-strongest match for Indie Dev Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Mini Metro
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Indie Dev Simulator.
Ranked #4 for Indie Dev Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Game Dev Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Indie Dev Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
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.
Ultimate General: Gettysburg
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Indie Dev Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.
The Escapists
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Indie Dev Simulator.
Ranked #7 for Indie Dev Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
Plebby Quest: The Crusades
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Indie Dev Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Indie Dev Simulator at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Indie Dev Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Indie Dev Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Indie Dev Simulator.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Indie Dev Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Indie Dev Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Indie Dev Simulator.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Indie Dev Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Indie Dev Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Indie Dev Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Indie Dev Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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 with Indie Dev Simulator.
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 Indie Dev Simulator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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More from Egor Magurin
Other recommendable Steam games by Egor Magurin, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
hack_me
WHY THIS
Another title from Egor Magurin, the studio behind Indie Dev Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with Indie Dev Simulator.
Hack_me is a hacker simulator game. The main objective in game – is to hack big companies's servers to show people that there is nothing in this world that protected on 100%. You’ll need to use your cmd, bruteforce, SQL-injectors and other programs to hack servers.
Numberline 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Egor Magurin, the studio behind Indie Dev Simulator. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
NumberLine 2 is the continuation of the popular (no.) puzzle. You must repeat the indicated image from the numbers. But it isn't so easy - you can create only blocks with a "1", but when you create it, the numbers on all adjacent blocks are incremented by 1.
ThinkAhead
WHY THIS
Another title from Egor Magurin, the studio behind Indie Dev Simulator. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
The concept of the game is to fill the board tiles using the knight chess piece. Levels start of simple, but become more complex leading up to the 10x10 board at the 60th level. Easy mode shows you the cells uoy can click on. It will help you to get uset to the gameplay.
Bystander
WHY THIS
Another title from Egor Magurin, the studio behind Indie Dev Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with Indie Dev Simulator.
Bystander is an opportunity to become an agent for tracking the network during totalitarianism. Your task is to search among other people's correspondence on the network those that contradict the current laws, copies of which you will receive by fax.
30 Seconds To Jail
WHY THIS
Another title from Egor Magurin, the studio behind Indie Dev Simulator. Shares Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
An indie game about cops, drugs and Bob Marley where you have 30 seconds to hide your drugs.
Red Rush
WHY THIS
Another title from Egor Magurin, the studio behind Indie Dev Simulator. Shares Strategy and Indie with Indie Dev Simulator.
Take care of restoring the economy and the status of a superpower of a once great country in one of the most difficult times for Russia.
Frequently asked about Indie Dev Simulator
- How much does Indie Dev Simulator cost?
- Indie Dev Simulator is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Indie Dev Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Indie Dev Simulator are Kenshi, Banished, Door Kickers.
- Who developed Indie Dev Simulator?
- Indie Dev Simulator was developed by Egor Magurin, Shilov and published by Indovers Studio.
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