How to find games that really suit you, what terms like soulslike or cozy mean, and how Playalike does the maths.
Enter one to five games you enjoyed on the home page. Playalike compares them with more than 16,425 games and shows you the best matches, each with a reason for what they have in common. Many well-known games have ready-made pages, such as games like Elden Ring, Stardew Valley or Rocket League.
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Take the games you enjoyed most recently and get matching suggestions. With a linked Steam library, Playalike uses your most-played games and also shows games you own but have barely played under “Already owned”. No idea at all? The game dice on the home page draws a well-matching game from a topic of your choice.
You name games you enjoyed and Playalike suggests games that hit the same spot, each with a reason why they fit. Instead of thinking in genre boxes, we compare what makes a game what it is.
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Soulslikes follow the Dark Souls series: demanding fights where timing, dodging and parrying matter, little hand-holding, and rest points where you pick up again after dying. Well-known examples are Elden Ring, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Lies of P.
In a roguelike everything starts over after you die, and the levels are rebuilt on every run. A roguelite keeps part of your progress between runs, such as unlocked abilities or weapons, as in Hades or Dead Cells.
Cozy games are relaxed games without time pressure: farming, building, decorating or collecting, often with friendly visuals. Typical examples are Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing and Unpacking.
The co-op page collects games you play together, online or on the same screen. As with every topic, the list can be filtered by platform, such as PlayStation or Nintendo Switch only.
Every game shows Steam’s rating: verified or playable. On the home page and on new releases you can pick Steam Deck like a platform; with an account you set it once as a preference and it applies everywhere.
The new releases page shows what has just come out and what is coming in the next months, with date, trailer and countdown. With an account it highlights the games that suit your taste.
Every game is described by 20 traits, such as combat system, story, atmosphere, difficulty or multiplayer. We compare the traits of your favourite games with the whole catalogue. Genre and tags are added and, where there is enough data, which games other players often like together.
The match shows how well a game fits your selection. From 80 % the stamp turns gold: a bullseye. The number says nothing about the game’s quality; the Steam rating next to it does that.
We rated some games by hand. Most are rated by an AI based on description and genres, on the same scale as the hand-picked ones. Newly added games get their traits gradually in the background; until then, recommendations for them are provisional.
Just search for it. If our catalogue doesn’t know it yet, we look it up in the IGDB game database and add it. It then gets its traits in the background.
Give it a thumbs down. We count thumbs per pair of games, without any link to you, and they feed into future recommendations. If something is fundamentally off, we’d love to hear from you.
Prices, discounts and ratings come from Steam (Germany) and are updated regularly, as is the Steam Deck rating (verified or playable). Catalogue, covers and release dates come from IGDB.
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An account is free. You can save favourite games, bookmark games, mark them as played or hide them, link your Steam library and set preferences for platform and rating that then apply on every page. The home page shows personal recommendations, and the release radar lets you know when something suitable comes out.
Sign-in happens on Steam’s site; we only receive your Steam ID. We then fetch your profile name, your avatar and, if your game details are public on Steam, your games with playtime. Your most-played games then shape your taste. You can unlink Steam in your account at any time.
The radar shows upcoming games that suit your taste. If you like, you get them by email, at most one email a week. You need a confirmed email address for that; you can unsubscribe at any time.
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