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.
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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
-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
-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
-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
$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
$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
$9.99Friendly Steps
Sep 3 · KORO.GAMES
Both: Physics · Comedy
A HARDCORE physics-based 1-4 player co-op RAGE GAME about getting home after a wild night out. It was a fun night! Now grab your buddies and walk home. IF YOU REMEMBER HOW.
MultiplayerPhysicsWalking SimulatorOnline Co-OpChoices MatterAdventureDifficultComedyPlatformerCo-op👍 233
$7.99BOMBANANA!
Sep 2 · Lefto Studio
Both: Puzzle · Comedy · Time Management
Chaotic bomb disposal fun with friends & monkeys! Work together as a 3-player co-op team of blind, deaf, and mute monkeys. Each player has only part of the needed information. Communicate, solve puzzles, and race against the clock. Can you defuse the bombs before they explode?
MultiplayerTeam-BasedOnline Co-OpPuzzleParty GameCasualComedyTime ManagementIndieFunny👍 2,476
$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
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Time Management
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
$29.99Valheim
11 days ago · Iron Gate AB
Both: Crafting
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingCraftingBase BuildingExplorationCo-op👍 465,813
-10%$13.49Nightwater
2 days ago · Studio Ashty
Both: Automation · Crafting
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Open WorldAutomationResource ManagementIncrementalIdlerCraftingSandboxRelaxingSimulationStrategy
-15%$16.99TCG Card Shop Simulator
6 days ago · OPNeon Games
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
SimulationManagementEconomySingleplayerCollectathonTrading Card GameCapitalismCard GameShop KeeperTrading👍 47,485
-15%$5.94Civics Scribble
3 days ago · Nebraska Public Media
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Join Mr. Apple on a cross-country road trip across the USA! Draw lines to roll, bounce, and teleport through 9 unique worlds. Solve tricky puzzles, get to know Mr. Apple’s quirky cousins, and learn something new about civics. Feeling creative? Use the level editor to create your own levels!
CasualPuzzlePhysicsEducation2DTriviaSingleplayerRetroFamily FriendlyIndie
-15%$8.49Dewdrop
2 days ago · Second State Games
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Make music & solve puzzles with physics at the same time. Draw vines, guide dewdrops through vibrant levels, unlock new sounds, and create your own beats in a relaxing musical sandbox.
PuzzleAudio ProductionMusic-Based Procedural GenerationPhysicsRhythmLogicRelaxing2DAbstractExploration
-35%$20.79The Crust
10 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Automation
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
-30%$2.79Cats and Sushi
3 days ago · GameGameGames
Both: Time Management · Crafting
Run a cozy sushi restaurant for adorable cats. Stock up the ingredients, prepare dishes requested by customers, earn tips and unlock new recipes.
CookingSimulationTime ManagementCatsCasualCraftingJob SimulatorInventory ManagementCutePoint & Click
$2.99DAKENSHI
8 days ago · rspepe
Both: Time Management
Can you hear the bad can? Tap, listen, and reject defective cans in a sound-based inspection game. The line keeps accelerating. Three mistakes end your shift. Headphones strongly recommended.
ActionCasualArcadeIndie2DMinimalistTime ManagementCookingInvestigationAtmospheric
-20%$10.39Sniper Dan
3 days ago · Denki
Both: Puzzle · Comedy
Sniper Dan is a delightfully funny, family-friendly 3D Hidden Object game with a big twist. Use a sniper rifle to solve hundreds of low-stakes jobs across six packed locations, discover surprising secrets, snap hilarious photo ops, and unlock costumes, upgrades, office décor, collectables and more!
Hidden ObjectPuzzleComedyFunnySniperWholesomeCozyRelaxingFamily FriendlyCasual
$5.99Too Many Toys!
Aug 28 · 4ydam, Jakub T
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Too Many Toys! is a cozy organizing simulator where you'll sort 5,517 toys in a messy toy shop. Put every toy back in its correct place, complete rows to gain points, and spend them on upgrades that make organizing faster and more satisfying!
RelaxingOrganizingSimulationCollectathonHidden ObjectShop KeeperCleaningCasualPuzzlePhysics👍 275
-10%$5.39Alchemess: Tidy Up Your Potion Shop!
3 days ago · Dan Fury, Sunny;)
Both: Puzzle
A cozy first-person sorting game. 2080 hand-named, physically reacting bottles scattered across the floor. A real mess. No, wait.. A real Alchemess! Join the mesmerizing flow of clicking each potion into its individual correct position. Tidy alone, or bring a friend. Or race one. Made with love.
CasualRelaxingSimulationOrganizingCollectathonPuzzle3DMagicFantasyImmersive Sim
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2 days ago · unCurieux Studio
Both: Puzzle
2 neurons. 2 sticks. One brain has to drive both at once: yours. Guide your stray neurons through ever-more-twisted mazes — inverted controls, power cuts, memory mode — under the eye of a doctor who's in over his head.
ActionPuzzleDifficultArcade2DSingleplayerControllerScienceFunnyMinimalist
-10%$8.99Dig & Deal
3 days ago · ToYa Games
Dig & Deal is a game where you dig underground to find valuable items and bargain with customers to sell what you find. Upgrade your tools, grow your shop, and make the best deals to build your fortune.
SimulationExplorationEconomyChoices MatterTradingMiningUndergroundSandboxCasual3D
$4.99POWDR
2 days ago · SUBLIMINAL SOFTWARE
Both: Physics
POWDR is a high performance interactive particle sandbox featuring realistic fluids, sands, solids, interactions, and more! Every pixel is simulated. Every material interacts. Every experiment can become a catastrophe.
SimulationCasualSandboxPhysicsImmersive SimDestructionPixel GraphicsAbstractGod GameColorful
$19.99Spirit Animal Survival
7 days ago · TRUEFX GAMES
Both: Crafting
SAS is an Open World Multiplayer PVP and CO-OP Survival Game. Set in a vast environment that features Building, Crafting, Taming, Riding, Flying and Exploring Wildlife, Dinos and Dragons as well as Horrific Creatures and Instances with the ability to Morph into Spirit Animals.
SurvivalOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingNudityMultiplayerCraftingExplorationSandboxOnline Co-Op
$24.99Anymaker
2 days ago · Geometa
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
$4.99BRINKSTACK
Sep 2 · Palm Tree Studio
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Stack blocks on an unstable semicircular base in a turn-based physics game where every material, angle, and tap matters. Build alone, pass the controls in local matches for 2–4 players, or face a rival online through Steam.
CasualPuzzleBoard GameFalling Blocks3DPhysicsMultiplayerSimulationIndieSingleplayer
$2.99Sticks & Strings
Aug 30 · Y-Axis Games LLC
Draw, aim, and duel up to 7 other players with bows, explosive arrows, and 15 powerups. Satisfying shots, fluid movement, and multiplayer chaos. Grab your friends and prove your archery superiority!
CasualMultiplayerArena ShooterFPSActionPvPShooterParty Game3DFirst-Person
-10%$21.15Huglings
3 days ago · Cuddlecados
Both: Crafting
Huglings is a cozy adventure for 1-4 players where you can help the huglings restore their village, which was damaged by the goblins. Create peace as you farm, craft, and decorate your dream home. No pressure, just a peaceful world to explore and a heartwarming journey of friendship and helpfulness!
CasualOpen WorldAdventureCraftingCharacter CustomizationCozyCuteMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-Op
-10%$1.79100 Goldmine Cats
2 days ago · 100 Cozy Games, Cats
Both: Puzzle
🐾 Join the cutest adventure in themed locations full of cats! 😻 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of special places and try to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🐈🕵️♂️ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈
CasualCatsHidden ObjectIndiePoint & ClickPuzzleCozyWholesomeRelaxingCute
-30%$3.49Runner Gunner
2 days ago · JoyForge Games
Race through the streets in this third-person action runner, dodging obstacles or shooting them out of your way. Collect points, purchase powerful upgrades, and optimize your run to beat your high score. Can you make it to the top of the leaderboard?
ActionCasualShooterRunnerOn-Rails Shooter3DStylizedThird PersonAtmosphericCyberpunk
-20%$5.59United Heist: Facility Zero
3 days ago · No more Sleep
Both: Puzzle
A co-op puzzle heist for two. One of you breaks into a secret bunker. The other sits in the observation office, watching the bunker. A walkie-talkie is your only link. Talk to each other and find out how good your teamwork really is.
Co-opCo-op CampaignEscape RoomPuzzleAdventureCasualMysteryMultiple EndingsAbstractStylized
-10%$10.79Medieval Juice Crafter
5 days ago · Timeless Rush
Both: Crafting
Craft your special recipe juices and sell them in medieval villages. Expand your business with new recipes, machines, properties, and workers. Play online with your friend or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your business.
CraftingLife SimOnline Co-OpMedievalSimulationManagementNatureBase BuildingCharacter CustomizationOpen World
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3 days ago · FaintVeil Games
Both: Crafting
A cozy multiplayer building sandbox where every world is shared and persistent. Place and break blocks, farm crops, fish, craft gear, and decorate your space alongside other players. No combat, no death penalty, just building at your own pace.
Side Scroller2D PlatformerSandboxBuildingCasualSimulationCraftingAgricultureMassively MultiplayerEconomy
-15%$12.74Backlot: Hollywood Studio Tycoon
3 days ago · Goodpunk Studios
Both: Time Management · Crafting
A deep Hollywood studio simulation, 1930 to the streaming age. A back lot, a million dollars and no pictures. Commission scripts, sign stars to seven-year contracts, book dates against rival studios, and survive television, home video and everything else that came for the movies.
Choose Your Own AdventureTime ManagementStrategyReal Time TacticsSandboxSimulationEconomyCapitalismManagementCrafting
-10%$4.49Hoodie Havoc
4 days ago · KJames
Both: Physics
Hoodie Havoc is a physics party brawler where tiny characters slip, grab, and throw each other off the stage. 2–8 players battle in fast 2-minute rounds — survive random gimmicks and supply drops, and be the last one standing!
MultiplayerCasualCo-opFunnyPvPBattle RoyaleParty GameColorfulPartyPhysics
-15%$15.29Shiba Sweet
3 days ago · Maowoo
Woof! You step into the paws of a novice Shiba chef who inherits a dessert shop from your retired grandma. You'll buy ingredients, bake desserts, and sell them in bento boxes. Use your earnings to upgrade the kitchen, decorate the shop, and unlock new recipes to create the best bakery ever!
CasualSimulationRPGImmersive Sim3DCookingCartoonCartoonyCuteHand-drawn
-15%$6.79Between Adventures IDLE
12 days ago · Loop Forge
A visual Idle RPG where you hunt creatures for rare loot, enchant your equipment, and build your hero. Master 11 skills, trade with merchants, and progress even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.
Early AccessStrategyIdlerRPGLootInventory ManagementStrategy RPGMedievalMagicFantasy👍 331
$1.99Word Sylla
2 days ago · Pixel Panda Games
Both: Puzzle
Hexa Word Sylla Word Submit Puzzle offers a dynamic gameplay experience that will keep you hooked for hours. Delve into the depths of your vocabulary and logic skills as you unravel syllabic mysteries and unlock the full potential of the English language.
CasualPuzzleTriviaWord GameSpelling3DIsometricSnowSingleplayer
$0.99Neighbor Fight
3 days ago · CHICKEN SODA GAMES
Both: Physics
Multiplayer first person strategy game with lots of destruction. Destroy the house of your neighbor(s) by throwing furniture and build a business by selling weed! Or team up with your neighbor(s) to survive the revolution of the no longer enslaved Oonky civilization.
First-PersonPvPDestructionResource ManagementStrategyPhysicsAction3DMultiplayerColorful
$15.99Gladio Mori
4 days ago · Plebeian Studio
Both: Physics
Gladio Mori is a physics-driven gladiator fighting game with no health bars. Stab on arteries, pierce vital organs and cut off limbs. Build your own movesets, paint your fighter and battle friends online with cross-play.
PhysicsSwordplayGoreMedievalModdableRealisticHistoricalHack and SlashMartial Arts3D Fighter👍 1,177
$8.99Powdertron
5 days ago · SalE
Both: Physics
A physics sandbox built on real chemistry. Drop 674 materials into a falling-sand world and watch them react, burn, freeze and explode. Then wire circuits, test wings in a wind tunnel, or split light through lenses — alone or with friends online.
SandboxSimulationBuildingSciencePhysicsTutorial2DCasualRelaxingColorful
$4.99Frog It Up
3 days ago · Starfall Games
Frog It Up is an incremental clicker game where you lure frogs to a pond and help them build their own cozy little city. As the pond grows, you’ll decide which upgrades to unlock, shaping how the city expands over time and steering progress in the direction you prefer.
IncrementalIdlerCasualCuteColorfulCartoonyScore AttackEconomyManagementStrategy
-15%$5.09Cards Everywhere!
3 days ago · Armed Chicken
Both: Puzzle
Cards Everywhere! is a cozy organizing game where you sort through 2,000 scattered cards, collect over 1,500 unique ones, and place them in your collection album. Discover dozens of unique sets and unlock helpful abilities as your collection grows.
CasualOrganizingCollectathonSimulationRelaxingCozyHidden ObjectCleaningPuzzleInventory Management
-40%$14.99CONVRGENCE
3 days ago · Monkey-With-a-Bomb
CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.
VRAtmosphericPost-apocalypticShooterExtraction ShooterLooter ShooterLootSurvival HorrorSurvivalHorror👍 1,588
-20%$3.19Snap Chess
2 days ago · Big Ice Games
Both: Puzzle
A small transparent chessboard that sits in the corner of your desktop. Solve a puzzle when you have a minute, or play a game against Stockfish. While you work, the board fades and stays out of the way. Difficulty adjusts on its own.
ChessPuzzleRelaxingProgrammingCasualMinimalistStrategySingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyIdler
-20%$5.59Cooking Crusade
3 days ago · toogaryn, zeydean
Both: Time Management
A cosy cooking time-management game set in a medieval tavern. Brew pottage, pour ale and slice snacks for a queue of impatient guests. Reinvest your coin to upgrade the kitchen, and collect a dozen legendary regulars who each break the rules their own way.
SimulationCookingCasualCozyMedievalCuteHand-drawnAtmosphericTime ManagementArcade



