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Games like Inch by Inch

If Inch by Inch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Battle Simulator, Linelight and Moss — 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 Inch by Inch: You play a shrinking scientist in a race against time: Can you find all necessary formulas and ingredients to produce the antidote and stop shrinking, before you are too small to operate the life-saving lab equipment?

2018ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDWindowsby LevelXProject, Dare Looks
Inch by Inch — Steam game cover

Players who liked Inch by Inch also play

Steam players who put hours into Inch by Inch 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. Battle Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Soldier to the assault! Deploy your troops and destroy the enemy army!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Linelight

    WHY THIS

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

    Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Moss

    WHY THIS

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

    Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Pikuniku

    WHY THIS

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

    Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Lair of the Clockwork God

    WHY THIS

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

    A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Rochard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Inch by Inch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    Fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity

    2011ActionIndieCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Tumblestone

    WHY THIS

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

    Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Semblance

    WHY THIS

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

    Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Inch by Inch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Inch by Inch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Inch by Inch.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Inch by Inch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Inch by Inch.

    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 ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Inch by Inch on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Inch by Inch.

    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 ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Inch by Inch on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Inch by Inch.

    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 ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Inch by Inch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    "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 ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Inch by Inch on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Inch by Inch.

    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 ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Inch by Inch on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Inch by Inch.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Inch by Inch.

    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 ↗
  2. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Trick & Treat

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Transformice

    WHY THIS

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

    Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!

    2015IndieMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

    WHY THIS

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

    A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina

    2015IndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. BEEP

    WHY THIS

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

    A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.

    2011IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Bendy: Secrets of the Machine

    WHY THIS

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

    Some things are better left forgotten.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Linelight

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Pikuniku

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lair of the Clockwork God

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Rochard

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    Fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity

    2011ActionIndieCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Tumblestone

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Semblance

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Inch by Inch.

    Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Inch by Inch

How much does Inch by Inch cost?
Inch by Inch is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Inch by Inch?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Inch by Inch are Battle Simulator, Linelight, Moss.
Who developed Inch by Inch?
Inch by Inch was developed by LevelXProject, Dare Looks and published by Dare Looks.

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 Inch by Inch.

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