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ArtDock · 2026 · Windows

Steam: 88 % positive of 736 reviews, as of Nov 12

Welcome to PAO PAO! Discover a cozy seaside town full of little joys! Play solo or in co-op with up to three friends. Cook delicious meals, go fishing, grow crops, and create a home of your own by the sea.

24 games that play like PAO PAO and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Cozy Island, Coral Island and Ale & Tale Tavern.

Player tags

  • Life Sim
  • Co-op
  • Cooking
  • Cozy
  • Management
  • Farming Sim
  • Online Co-Op
  • Exploration
Map region: Cozy Farms & Life Sims
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PAO PAO on Steam: reviews over time

+242 Steam reviews in the 8 days to Nov 12, about 30 a day.

88 % positive now, 90 % a week earlier.

Steam’s store count, read from Steam’s list of games. A chart follows once 5 counts over 14 days are in.

Best matches

Plays and looks like PAO PAO

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like PAO PAO

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. My Time at Portia91 % positive of 34,905Shared: Life Sim · Farming Sim · Exploration
  2. Loftia85 % positive of 941Shared: Life Sim · Co-op · Cozy
  3. Farm to Table91 % positive of 900
  4. Overcooked! 289 % positive of 62,767Shared: Co-op · Cooking · Online Co-Op
  5. Old Market Simulator86 % positive of 4,445Shared: Life Sim · Co-op · Management
  6. Dinkum92 % positive of 24,753Shared: Life Sim · Co-op · Farming Sim
  7. Farm Together 293 % positive of 4,535Shared: Life Sim · Co-op · Cooking
  8. Pizza House Simulator🍕86 % positive of 516Shared: Life Sim · Co-op · Cooking
  9. Roots of Pacha93 % positive of 3,816Shared: Life Sim · Cozy · Farming Sim
  10. Not Monday Cafe93 % positive of 560Shared: Life Sim · Cooking · Management
  11. Tasty Chef92 % positive of 529Shared: Life Sim · Co-op · Cooking
  12. Travellers Rest86 % positive of 16,792Shared: Life Sim · Management · Farming Sim

On the map

Where PAO PAO sits on the map

Games that play alike sit close together on our game map. The faint dots are other games nearby.

  1. Cozy Island
  2. Coral Island
  3. Ale & Tale Tavern
  4. Critter Cove
  5. Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints
  6. Luma Island
  7. Farm Together
  8. Palia
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By look

Looks like PAO PAO

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. That One Otter Game86 % positive of 1,368
  2. Longvinter67 % positive of 6,968
  3. My Time at Portia91 % positive of 34,905
  4. Candy Disaster - Tower Defense80 % positive of 251
  5. Spirit of the Island68 % positive of 1,199
  6. Party Club70 % positive of 193
  7. Big Farm Story79 % positive of 1,177
  8. Squirreled Away93 % positive of 909
  9. Luma Island84 % positive of 11,344
  10. Moving Out 272 % positive of 473
  11. Dinkum92 % positive of 24,753
  12. Loftia85 % positive of 941

At a glance

What games like PAO PAO have in common

  • The tags they share most often with PAO PAO: Life Sim (17 of 24), Co-op (15) and Cooking (12).
  • They came out between 2018 and 2026, none of them after PAO PAO (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Critter Cove (94 % positive of 1,751).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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