Games like thanks mom
Games like thanks mom include MiSide, Outcore: Desktop Adventure, Firewatch, Donut County, and Slime Rancher. We matched them by the tags players give thanks mom on Steam (Cute, Psychological Horror, Comedy, Adventure, and 3D): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

MiSide
Shared: Cute · Psychological Horror · 3D

Outcore: Desktop Adventure
Shared: Psychological Horror · Adventure · Comedy

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Atmospheric · Exploration

Donut County
Shared: Cute · Puzzle · Adventure

Slime Rancher
Shared: Cute · Adventure · Exploration

Stray
Shared: Adventure · Cute · Atmospheric

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Adventure · Atmospheric · Exploration

The Last Campfire
Shared: Cute · Adventure · Puzzle

OneShot
Shared: Cute · Puzzle · Adventure

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Shared: Cute · Puzzle · Exploration

Carto
Shared: Cute · Puzzle · Adventure

PEAK
Shared: Adventure · Comedy · Exploration

The Exit 8
Shared: Psychological Horror · Puzzle · Exploration

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Puzzle

Slime Rancher 2
Shared: Cute · Relaxing · Adventure

Bugsnax
Shared: Adventure · Cute · Comedy

A Short Hike
Shared: Cute · Adventure · Exploration

The Stanley Parable
Shared: Comedy · Adventure · First-Person

Big Walk
Shared: Puzzle · Adventure · Exploration

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Adventure · Cute · Atmospheric

SOMA
Shared: Psychological Horror · Atmospheric · Exploration

Little Nightmares II
Shared: Adventure · Psychological Horror · Puzzle

Snail Simulator
Shared: Psychological Horror · Cute · Exploration

Spirit of the North
Shared: Adventure · Puzzle · Exploration