Games like Needle In A Haystack - A Time For Goats
by Red Key Games
Find the Needle. Honor the Goat. Dig through the haystack with an array of tools and machines to find the mythical needle and unlock the ultimate reward.
View on Steam · $5.39 →
Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
$17.99Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
Jun 11 · Biotech Gameworks
Both: Physics · Time Management
Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!
CookingMultiplayerSimulationManagementPhysicsSandboxFunnyTime ManagementImmersive SimBuilding👍 7,017
-20%$7.99The Farmer Was Replaced
Oct 10 · Timon Herzog
Both: Automation · Puzzle
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
ProgrammingAutomationEducationIdlerLogicPuzzleText-BasedFarming SimMinimalistResource Management👍 9,155
$28.99Scrap Mechanic
Jul 24 · Axolot Games
Both: Physics · Crafting
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
BuildingSandboxMultiplayerSurvivalOpen WorldPhysicsCraftingBase BuildingCo-opAdventure👍 109,480
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
6 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Automation · Puzzle · Crafting
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSandboxPuzzleCraftingRobotsBase BuildingStrategy2D👍 643
$9.99DRYER DRAMA
May 28 · Curly Flipper
Both: Puzzle · Time Management
Throw as many balls in the dryer as possible for the highest score as it spins unpredictably but be careful to manage them because if one of those balls touches the edge of the drum, the dryer will jam and explode!
IndieActionPuzzleArcadeStrategyCozyCasual3DTime ManagementFamily Friendly
$14.99Sandustry
Aug 13 · Lantto Games
Both: Crafting · Automation
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
SandboxCraftingAutomationOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingExplorationSurvivalAdventureSimulation👍 4,847
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Automation
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Automation · Crafting
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
$5.99购物车管理员
Oct 10 · Jack Li
Both: Physics · Puzzle · Comedy
Experience the supermarket version of Grand Theft "Shopping Cart"! Find missing shopping carts, earn money to buy powerful weapons, defeat the customers who come to cause trouble. This is not a simple game. I deliberately made the control of the cart difficult just to make your blood pressure rise!
PhysicsDifficultIntentionally Awkward ControlsSandboxPuzzleFunnyComedyExplorationSimulationWalking Simulator
$17.99Farlands
Jul 16 · JanduSoft, Eric Rodríguez
Both: Crafting
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
Farming SimBuildingCraftingAgricultureExplorationLife SimEarly AccessCuteIndieFishing👍 1,628
-35%$9.74Necesse
Oct 16 · Fair Games ApS
Both: Crafting
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Open World Survival CraftPixel GraphicsMultiplayerOpen WorldSandboxSurvivalCraftingAdventureIndieRPG👍 24,443
-10%$8.09No Emergency: Pestilence
2 days ago · 20 July
Both: Time Management · Crafting
No Emergency: Pestilence plunges players into the epicenter of a mysterious epidemic, where every arriving patient could be carrying a mutating pathogen, and a single mistake in a prescription turns the cure into poison.
SimulationRoguelikeMedical SimOutbreak SimTime Management3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericManagementCrafting
$19.99Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Jul 4 · RUST LTD.
Both: Physics
Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.
SandboxVRShooterPhysicsFPSSimulationGun CustomizationFirst-PersonFunnyModdable👍 22,782
$29.99Palworld
Jul 9 · Pocketpair
Both: Crafting
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Open WorldSurvivalCreature CollectorMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpCraftingIndieCo-opAdventure👍 412,343
$11.99Orb of Creation
Jun 23 · MarpleGames
Both: Puzzle · Crafting
Orb of Creation is a non-idle incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
IncrementalMagicCasualStrategyResource ManagementPuzzleIndieMinimalistSingleplayerCrafting👍 2,170
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Automation
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
-10%$4.49Gridmax
2 days ago · Dream Gears
Both: Crafting · Automation
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
Base BuildingSurvivalManagementColony SimBuildingCraftingSandboxAutomationSimulation2D
$11.99Deep Corp
May 26 · KishMish Games
Both: Time Management
Dig mines, extract resources, and produce goods to restore order to the state. Become a successful businessman and an effective state governor in the late Wild West era!
StrategyMiningRTSManagementUndergroundResource ManagementSandboxExplorationWesternTime Management👍 367
-15%$5.09Master Of Pottery
10 days ago · AZGames
Both: Crafting
Master of Pottery is a pottery-themed creation + simulation game. Make pottery, open exhibitions, complete orders, train apprentices, run your own showroom and start a relaxing pottery journey.
SimulationCasualIndieCraftingRelaxingSingleplayerRealisticEarly AccessAtmospheric👍 2,744
$19.99Mars First Logistics
Sep 25 · Shape Shop
Both: Physics · Puzzle
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
StylizedMarsCo-op3DBuildingSandboxPhysicsPuzzleTransportationRobots👍 3,498
-30%$4.89Mining Merchant
May 1 · Delayed Victory
Both: Crafting
Mining Merchant is a relaxing mining and shopkeeping adventure game. Mine by day to uncover rare ores and gems, then craft jewelry to sell in your shop by night. Rebuild your uncle’s business solo or in co-op and uncover the mystery behind the nightly earthquakes.
Online Co-OpSide ScrollerSandbox2DMiningCasualCraftingShop KeeperRelaxingUnderground👍 412
$19.99Cozy Caravan
Jan 7 · 5 Lives Studios
Both: Crafting
Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!
CozyCuteExplorationCraftingOpen WorldIndieTradingStory RichColorful3D👍 1,251
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Crafting
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
$29.99Pax Dei
Oct 16 · Mainframe Industries
Both: Crafting
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
MMORPGSandboxOpen WorldMedievalCraftingBase BuildingRPGExplorationPvPPvE👍 7,166
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
5 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Crafting
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
Both: Physics
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
$9.99DREAMOUT
Oct 20 · Game Dynasty
Both: Puzzle · Comedy
Explore a surreal world with a drunken alpaca! Solve puzzles, fish out the most unusual items from rivers, fight watermelon thugs, and uncover all the secrets of this world!
CuteAdventureAction-Adventure2DSurrealExplorationFunnyPuzzleComedyFantasy
$29.99Soulmask
Apr 9 · CampFire Studio
Both: Crafting
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
SurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingPvEPvPHuntingSandboxAdventureSingleplayer👍 18,451
$4.99Mall: Tidy Up Together
Aug 21 · Games Together
Both: Puzzle
Shelve the products, unlock new skills, and use your unique methods to tidy up the mall. Enjoy the online co-op and online PvP with your friends, or go solo! Fill up the shelves and experience a sense of relief and satisfaction.
CasualSimulationCollectathonOrganizingOnline Co-OpPuzzleRelaxingPvPSandboxRealistic👍 258
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
6 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: Crafting
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
FreeReign of Guilds
Nov 26 · Atlant Games ltd
Both: Crafting
Reign of Guilds — the spiritual successor to the old-school fantasy where steel, magic, and skill decide your fate. Inspired by the legacy of Ultima Online and EverQuest.
RPGOpen WorldMedievalMultiplayerPvPFantasyCraftingExplorationAdventureMMORPG👍 533
-43%$11.39Survival Machine
Jun 12 · Grape Pickers
Both: Crafting
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingOnline Co-OpZombiesResource ManagementCraftingCombatExplorationThird Person👍 692
$9.99Cyber Farmer
Aug 3 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Automation · Crafting
Cyber Farmer is a crazy farming simulator where old meets new! Take over your grandpa Kazimierz's farm in a post-apocalyptic world☢️, using cyber tech🤖, modified plants🌾, and even cyber pigs🐷. It’s full of laughs, weird surprises, and quirky farming fun. Farm the future, laugh through the past!
Farming SimAgricultureAutomationFuturisticSci-fiSandboxSimulationBuildingCraftingManagement
$4.99TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Aug 27 · AZAMATIKA
Both: Comedy
A challenging trading and combat game with a story and quests, where goods have unique properties, and the more you carry, the more dangerous the journey becomes.
ExplorationComedySide Scroller2DPixel GraphicsSandboxAuto BattlerTradingOpen WorldWalking Simulator👍 1,533
$12.99Island Market Simulator
Sep 3 · Zentium Studio
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
SimulationOnline Co-OpManagementCasualMultiplayerLife SimStrategyEconomyBuildingSingleplayer👍 171
