Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Reus (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Reus on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Mini Metro, which both strategy, puzzle and relaxing.
- Reus is tagged God Game, Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Singleplayer, Sandbox, Casual, Puzzle by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 4 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
- 1
Mini Metro
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 11 player tags including Strategy, Puzzle and Simulation; released around the same time (2015).
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?
Mini Metro at a glance Released 2015 Studio Dinosaur Polo Club Player sentiment 96% positive of 16,729 Price $9.99 StrategyPuzzleSimulationIndieCasualManagementRelaxing2D
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Scribblenauts Unlimited
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Sandbox; released around the same time (2012).
The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.
Scribblenauts Unlimited at a glance Released 2012 Studio 5th Cell Media Player sentiment 94% positive of 12,381 Price $19.99 PuzzleCasualSandboxFamily Friendly2DFunnyStrategyFantasy
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Clicker Heroes
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Casual, 2D and Management; released around the same time (2015).
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Clicker Heroes at a glance Released 2015 Studio Playsaurus Player sentiment 90% positive of 62,148 Price Free Casual2DManagementIndieFunnyStrategyFantasyFamily Friendly
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Mini Motorways
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Strategy, Simulation and Casual.
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Mini Motorways at a glance Released 2021 Studio Dinosaur Polo Club Player sentiment 96% positive of 24,384 Price $9.99 StrategySimulationCasualIndieManagementPuzzleRelaxingResource Management
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Planet Zoo
Why it matched: both strategy and relaxing; shares 11 player tags including Management, Simulation and Sandbox.
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Planet Zoo at a glance Released 2019 Studio Frontier Developments Player sentiment 91% positive of 97,527 Price $44.99 ManagementSimulationSandboxNatureFamily FriendlyResource ManagementStrategyGreat Soundtrack
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Casual and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2009).
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition at a glance Released 2009 Studio PopCap Games, Inc. Player sentiment 98% positive of 155,468 Price $4.99 StrategyCasualGreat Soundtrack2DFamily FriendlyFunnyPuzzleAddictive
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Papers, Please
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Indie, Simulation and Puzzle; released around the same time (2013).
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Papers, Please at a glance Released 2013 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 80,337 Price $9.99 IndieSimulationPuzzle2DAddictiveGreat SoundtrackStrategyReplay Value
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Bejeweled 3
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Strategy; released around the same time (2010).
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.
Bejeweled 3 at a glance Released 2010 Studio PopCap Games, Inc. Player sentiment 96% positive of 8,122 Price $4.99 PuzzleCasualStrategyAddictiveRelaxingGreat SoundtrackFamily FriendlyIndie
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Prison Architect
Why it matched: both strategy and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Simulation, Sandbox and Strategy; released around the same time (2015).
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Prison Architect at a glance Released 2015 Studio Introversion Software Player sentiment 89% positive of 73,744 Price $5.99 SimulationSandboxStrategyManagement2DResource ManagementFunnyReplay Value
- 10
Dorfromantik
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Relaxing and Strategy.
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Dorfromantik at a glance Released 2022 Studio Toukana Interactive Player sentiment 96% positive of 29,565 Price $9.09 PuzzleRelaxingStrategyCasualSandboxSimulationResource ManagementFamily Friendly
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Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Fantasy and Management.
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a Dungeons & Dragons strategy management game uniting Champions from throughout the D&D multiverse into a grand adventure.
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms at a glance Released 2020 Studio Codename Entertainment Inc. Player sentiment 77% positive of 15,028 Price Free StrategyFantasyManagementIndieCasual2DPuzzleFunny
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Planet Coaster
Why it matched: both strategy and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Simulation, Management and Sandbox; released around the same time (2016).
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Planet Coaster at a glance Released 2016 Studio Frontier Developments Player sentiment 91% positive of 72,148 Price $44.99 SimulationManagementSandboxFamily FriendlyRelaxingStrategyFunnyGreat Soundtrack
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Kingdom: Classic
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Simulation and 2D; released around the same time (2015).
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Kingdom: Classic at a glance Released 2015 Studio Noio Player sentiment 91% positive of 22,707 Price Free StrategySimulation2DManagementResource ManagementFantasyCasualIndie
- 14
SpaceChem
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2011).
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
SpaceChem at a glance Released 2011 Studio Zachtronics Player sentiment 92% positive of 5,085 Price $9.99 PuzzleIndieGreat Soundtrack2DSimulationCasualAddictiveStrategy
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Peggle
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Casual, Puzzle and Addictive.
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.
Peggle at a glance Released 2007 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 98% positive of 14,434 Price $4.99 CasualPuzzleAddictive2DFamily FriendlyFunnyStrategyGreat Soundtrack
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Realm Grinder
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, 2D and Casual; released around the same time (2017).
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Realm Grinder at a glance Released 2017 Studio Divine Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 7,441 Price Free Strategy2DCasualResource ManagementSimulationIndieFantasyAddictive
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Zuma
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, 2D and Strategy.
Deep in the jungle lie hidden temples bursting with traps and trickery, and it's up to you to uncover their treasures. Fire magical balls from your stone frog idol to make matches of three or more and clear the deadly chain before it reaches the golden skull.
Zuma at a glance Released 2003 Studio Oberon Media Player sentiment 96% positive of 6,806 Price $4.99 Puzzle2DStrategyFunnyCasualFamily FriendlyReplay ValueIndie
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Youtubers Life
Why it matched: both strategy and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Management, Casual and Simulation; released around the same time (2017).
Become the most successful youtuber on the planet! Create videos, get subscribers, attend events, interact with your fans… and grow your channel. Live a youtuber’s life!
Youtubers Life at a glance Released 2017 Studio UPLAY Online Player sentiment 77% positive of 15,413 Price $9.99 ManagementCasualSimulationFamily FriendlyFunnyIndieResource ManagementStrategy
- 19
Slime Rancher
Why it matched: both fantasy and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Funny, Sandbox and Casual; released around the same time (2017).
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Slime Rancher at a glance Released 2017 Studio Monomi Park Player sentiment 98% positive of 156,780 Price $19.99 FunnySandboxCasualSimulationManagementFantasyFamily FriendlyIndie
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Craft The World
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Sandbox, Strategy and Indie; released around the same time (2014).
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Craft The World at a glance Released 2014 Studio Dekovir Entertainment Player sentiment 88% positive of 17,058 Price $18.99 SandboxStrategyIndieSimulation2DResource ManagementFantasyGod Game
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World of Goo
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Great Soundtrack.
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
World of Goo at a glance Released 2008 Studio 2D Boy Player sentiment 94% positive of 6,589 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndieGreat SoundtrackCasual2DFunnyStrategyFamily Friendly
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Two Point Hospital
Why it matched: both strategy and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Simulation, Management and Funny.
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Two Point Hospital at a glance Released 2018 Studio Two Point Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 34,935 Price $29.99 SimulationManagementFunnyStrategySandboxIndieCasualReplay Value
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Dragon Cliff
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Casual and Management.
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
Dragon Cliff at a glance Released 2018 Studio Meta Interaction Player sentiment 89% positive of 8,184 Price $1.99 StrategyCasualManagementIndieSimulation2DFantasy
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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes at a glance Released 2015 Studio Steel Crate Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 17,112 Price $14.99 PuzzleCasualIndieFamily FriendlyFunnySimulationStrategy
Common questions
What game is most like Reus?
Mini Metro, on the evidence we have. It both strategy, puzzle and relaxing. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Reus" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Reus. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.