Games like Lair of the Clockwork God
If Lair of the Clockwork God is your kind of game, the closest matches are PomboTroll, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark and Total Party Kill — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, funny and whimsical. 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 Lair of the Clockwork God: A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
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Steam players who put hours into Lair of the Clockwork God also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
PomboTroll
WHY THIS
Top pick for Lair of the Clockwork God fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
PomboTroll is an extremely fun 2D game. Fly on the wings of a pigeon and earn points pooping and vomiting on other birds. Challenge other players for a gross battle and be the biggest troll pigeon of all!
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Second-strongest match for Lair of the Clockwork God fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Total Party Kill
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Third-strongest match for Lair of the Clockwork God fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!
Stick it to The Man!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ranked #4 for Lair of the Clockwork God fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Hard hat tester, Ray, has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain! With his awesome new powers he can read minds and change the world with stickers but he’s on the run for a crime he didn’t commit. Can you help Ray out of this sticky situation?
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
WHY THIS
Shares fourth wall breaking and a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ranked #5 for Lair of the Clockwork God fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ranked #6 for Lair of the Clockwork God fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
McPixel
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ranked #7 for Lair of the Clockwork God fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges to prevent stuff from blowing up. You have only 20 seconds to save the day! Think quick!
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
WHY THIS
Shares fourth wall breaking and a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ranked #8 for Lair of the Clockwork God fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
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The Swindle
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Lair of the Clockwork God cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.
Psychonauts
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Reviewers of Lair of the Clockwork God cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Lair of the Clockwork God.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
WHY THIS
Shares fourth wall breaking and a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Reviewers of Lair of the Clockwork God cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lair of the Clockwork God at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lair of the Clockwork God on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Lair of the Clockwork God on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Lair of the Clockwork God.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lair of the Clockwork God on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lair of the Clockwork God on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lair of the Clockwork God on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lair of the Clockwork God on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lair of the Clockwork God on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Lair of the Clockwork God.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
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 with Lair of the Clockwork God.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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More from Size Five Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Size Five Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Swindle
WHY THIS
Another title from Size Five Games, the studio behind Lair of the Clockwork God. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
WHY THIS
Shares fourth wall breaking and a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Another title from Size Five Games, the studio behind Lair of the Clockwork God. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Another title from Size Five Games, the studio behind Lair of the Clockwork God. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!
Behold the Kickmen
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Another title from Size Five Games, the studio behind Lair of the Clockwork God. Shares Action and Indie with Lair of the Clockwork God.
BEHOLD THE KICKMEN is a football game made by someone who has no understanding of, or interest in, what is affectionately known as "The Wonderful Game". Start at the bottom of the Big Boring Football Spreadsheet and grind your way up to become the best at the football anyone's ever seen.
Earth Must Die
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Another title from Size Five Games, the studio behind Lair of the Clockwork God. Shares Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from my dear, sweet, extremely dead father? This is complete bullsh*t, and I'm going to make them dead.
Devil's Kiss
WHY THIS
Another title from Size Five Games, the studio behind Lair of the Clockwork God. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Find out how it all started in this enticing Visual Novel prequel for "Lair of the Clockwork God". Join heroes Dan and Ben as they navigate a rough first school day stuffed with flirting, demons, a vast conspiracy and all manner of compromising personal information.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
The Darkside Detective
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
WHY THIS
Shares fourth wall breaking and a funny mood with Lair of the Clockwork God.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lair of the Clockwork God.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
Frequently asked about Lair of the Clockwork God
- Is Lair of the Clockwork God verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Lair of the Clockwork God is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Lair of the Clockwork God cost?
- Lair of the Clockwork God is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lair of the Clockwork God?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lair of the Clockwork God are PomboTroll, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark, Total Party Kill.
- Who developed Lair of the Clockwork God?
- Lair of the Clockwork God was developed by Size Five Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Lair of the Clockwork God.
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