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Games like Academia, ELDEN RING and Garry's Mod

30 games that play like them, 10 of them like more than one.

Academia : School Simulator
Academia : School Simulator
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING
Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod

Like more than one of them

10 games close to two or more of Academia : School Simulator, ELDEN RING and Garry's Mod

  1. 1

    Prison Architect

    Academia, but three times the hours

    Liked · 85%Colony Sim · City BuilderAlso like Garry's Mod

  2. 2

    Enshrouded

    Garry's Mod, but an action RPG, and open world

    Liked · 86%Building · SandboxAlso like ELDEN RING

  3. 3

    Planet Coaster

    Academia, but relaxing

    Loved · 91%Management · BuildingAlso like Garry's Mod

  4. 4

    Waterpark Simulator

    Academia, but a job sim, and co-op

    Loved · 96%Capitalism · ManagementAlso like Garry's Mod

  5. 5

    RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum!

    Academia, but real-time with pause

    Loved · 92%Management · EconomyAlso like Garry's Mod

  6. 6

    Bad Guys at School

    Garry's Mod, but a tenth of the hours

    Liked · 87%Sandbox · PhysicsAlso like ELDEN RING

  7. 7

    Two Point Campus

    Academia, but funny, and cartoony

    Liked · 88%City Builder · ManagementAlso like Garry's Mod

  8. 8

    Car Mechanic Simulator 2018

    Garry's Mod, but a job sim, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 91%Building · SandboxAlso like Academia

  9. 9

    Project Highrise

    Academia, but pixel art

    Liked · 85%Management · City BuilderAlso like Garry's Mod

  10. 10

    Supermarket Together

    Academia, but free to play, and co-op

    Loved · 94%Management · CapitalismAlso like Garry's Mod

More like Academia : School Simulator

4 games closest to Academia : School Simulator of your picks

  1. 11

    RimWorld

    Academia, but a survival game, and 13 times the hours

    Loved · 98%Colony Sim · Base Building

  2. 12

    Dwarf Fortress

    Academia, but about survival, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%Colony Sim · City Builder

  3. 13

    Oxygen Not Included

    Academia, but a survival game, and four times the hours

    Loved · 97%Colony Sim · Base Building

  4. 14

    Manor Lords

    Academia, but a real-time tactics game, and historical

    Liked · 84%City Builder · Colony Sim

More like ELDEN RING

3 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 15

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 16

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  3. 17

    Grounded

    ELDEN RING, but a survival crafting game, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 90%Souls-like · Open world

More like Garry's Mod

13 games closest to Garry's Mod of your picks

  1. 18

    Scrap Mechanic

    Garry's Mod, but a survival crafting game, and with base building

    Loved · 92%Building · Physics

  2. 19

    Space Engineers

    Garry's Mod, but a survival crafting game, and in space

    Liked · 89%Building · Sandbox

  3. 20

    Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator

    Garry's Mod, but a hobby sim, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 97%Sandbox · Physics

  4. 21

    Goat Simulator 3

    Garry's Mod, but 3D, and a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 98%Physics · Sandbox

  5. 22

    V Rising

    Garry's Mod, but about survival, and with crafting

    Liked · 89%Building · Sandbox

  6. 23

    tModLoader

    Garry's Mod, but free to play, and 2D

    Loved · 97%Sandbox · Building

  7. 24

    Fun with Ragdolls: The Game

    Garry's Mod, but 3D, and a tenth of the hours

    Liked · 88%Physics · Sandbox

  8. 25

    People Playground

    Garry's Mod, but single-player, and gorier

    Loved · 98%Physics · Sandbox

  9. 26

    Kerbal Space Program

    Garry's Mod, but a space sim, and single-player

    Loved · 96%Physics · Sandbox

  10. 27

    Core Keeper

    Garry's Mod, but pixel art, and open world

    Loved · 93%Sandbox · Building

  11. 28

    Valheim

    Garry's Mod, but about survival, and with crafting

    Loved · 94%Building · Sandbox

  12. 29

    TerraTech

    Garry's Mod, but a survival crafting game, and with robots

    Loved · 91%Building · Sandbox

  13. 30

    Terraria

    Garry's Mod, but 2D, and about survival

    Loved · 97%Sandbox · Building

How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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