Games like stepbystep
If stepbystep is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slay the Spire, Into the Breach and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — 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 stepbystep: stepbystep is a minimalistic programming puzzle platformer with experimental turn-based mechanics where you must write a command sequence to complete the levels that will be run automatically.

Players who liked stepbystep also play
Steam players who put hours into stepbystep 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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Top pick for stepbystep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Into the Breach
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for stepbystep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for stepbystep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Insurgency
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for stepbystep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
Orcs Must Die! 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for stepbystep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
The Banner Saga
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for stepbystep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
The Escapists 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for stepbystep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
Pit People®
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for stepbystep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below stepbystep at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under stepbystep on Steam right now. Shares Indie with stepbystep.
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 stepbystep on Steam right now. Shares Indie with stepbystep.
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 stepbystep on Steam right now. Shares Indie with stepbystep.
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 stepbystep on Steam right now. Shares Indie with stepbystep.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under stepbystep on Steam right now. Shares Indie with stepbystep.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
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 stepbystep.
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 stepbystep.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Into the Breach
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
The Banner Saga
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Pit People®
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with stepbystep.
In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.
Frequently asked about stepbystep
- How much does stepbystep cost?
- stepbystep is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to stepbystep?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside stepbystep are Slay the Spire, Into the Breach, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
- Who developed stepbystep?
- stepbystep was developed by Evgeny Petrov and published by Not a Prototype 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 stepbystep.
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