Games like Little Inferno
Closest overall match: Human Resource Machine (★ 4.0). Highest rated: World of Goo at ★ 4.0. Quickest to finish: World of Goo at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Little Inferno — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Touch-Friendly, Short and Point & Click. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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62%
1. Human Resource Machine
Shares tomorrow-corporation, Touch-Friendly, puzzles, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 1 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 7, 14, Casual, Indie
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57%
2. The Tiny Bang Story
Shares Touch-Friendly, Short, Point & Click, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual, Indie
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57%
3. Botanicula
Shares Touch-Friendly, Surreal, Point & Click, Comedy and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual, Indie
-
55%
4. Puzzle Agent 2
Shares Touch-Friendly, Surreal, Short, Point & Click and Comedy and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual
-
53%
5. Nihilumbra
Shares Short, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual, Indie
-
53%
6. World of Goo
Shares Satire, Touch-Friendly, puzzles, Surreal and Comedy and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 7, Indie
-
53%
7. Puzzle Agent
Shares Touch-Friendly, Surreal, Short, Point & Click and Comedy and 2 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual
-
53%
8. Broken Age
Shares Touch-Friendly, Short, Point & Click, Comedy and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual, Indie
-
53%
9. McPixel
Shares Parody, Touch-Friendly, Short, Point & Click and Comedy and 3 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
-
52%
10. Scribblenauts Unlimited
Shares puzzles, Comedy, 2D and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Casual
-
52%
11. Her Story
Shares Short, Point & Click and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, 14, Indie
-
52%
12. Splice
Shares Touch-Friendly, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, 14, Casual, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Little Inferno?
On our similarity model, Human Resource Machine is the closest match to Little Inferno — shares tomorrow-corporation, Touch-Friendly, puzzles, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 1 more tags; same developer.
Which game like Little Inferno is rated highest?
World of Goo holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.0/5 from 843 players.
Are there games like Little Inferno on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 6 games like Little Inferno on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Little Inferno on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 12 games like Little Inferno on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Little Inferno on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.