Games like Robo Instructus
If Robo Instructus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Comet 64, Prime Mover and EmuDevz — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its satisfying algorithmic problem solving, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Robo Instructus: Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language. As players progress through the game they unlock new functions to overcome new puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways.
Players who liked Robo Instructus also play
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Comet 64
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Robo Instructus.
Top pick for Robo Instructus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
Prime Mover
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Robo Instructus.
Second-strongest match for Robo Instructus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
EmuDevz
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Robo Instructus.
Third-strongest match for Robo Instructus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in real time, learn 6502 assembly, debug test ROMs, and have fun with the included homebrew games!
OCTOPTICOM
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Robo Instructus.
Ranked #4 for Robo Instructus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
OCTOPTICOM is an open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Use lasers, mirrors, filters and other components to read, transform and write sequences of colored squares.
LogicBots
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Robo Instructus.
Ranked #5 for Robo Instructus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Design, build and wire up your own unique robot to complete challenging logic puzzles. LogicBots is a puzzle game where robots are used to complete the various levels.
Rogue Bit
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Robo Instructus.
Ranked #6 for Robo Instructus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
Kaizen: A Factory Story
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Robo Instructus.
Ranked #7 for Robo Instructus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
Great Permutator
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Robo Instructus.
Ranked #8 for Robo Instructus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Great Permutator is a puzzle. Hard and tricky. One in which you will have to build a complex system of conveyors and various devices so that the colored boxes can travel across the factory and arrive at right places and in right order. If you are into clever engineering puzzles, this game is for you.
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TIS-100
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Robo Instructus.
Reviewers of Robo Instructus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares code optimization and a contemplative mood with Robo Instructus.
Reviewers of Robo Instructus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Human Resource Machine
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Robo Instructus.
Reviewers of Robo Instructus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
EXAPUNKS
WHY THIS
Shares code optimization and an atmospheric mood with Robo Instructus.
Reviewers of Robo Instructus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Robo Instructus at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Robo Instructus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Robo Instructus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Robo Instructus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Robo Instructus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Robo Instructus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Robo Instructus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Robo Instructus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Robo Instructus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Robo Instructus.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Robo Instructus.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Robo Instructus.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about Robo Instructus
- How much does Robo Instructus cost?
- Robo Instructus is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Robo Instructus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Robo Instructus are Comet 64, Prime Mover, EmuDevz.
- Who developed Robo Instructus?
- Robo Instructus was developed by Big AB Games.
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