Games like Haiku, the Robot
If Haiku, the Robot is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lone Fungus, Malleus Maleficarum and Astalon: Tears of the Earth — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →Haiku, the Robot is a 2022 action-adventure indie title developed and published by Mister Morris Games. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, it follows a small robot exploring a landscape of corrupted machinery and decay. Players describe it as atmospheric with charming pixel graphics as they traverse interconnected areas, solving environmental puzzles and battling hostile machines while uncovering the world's mysteries. Reviewers highlight the satisfying exploration loop that defines the metroidvania genre, with progression gated by newly acquired abilities. The game runs at $19.99 USD and carries a Steam Deck Verified designation. According to Steam reviews, approximately 92% of the 1,553 reviews are positive.
About Haiku, the Robot: Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
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Steam players who put hours into Haiku, the Robot 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.
Lone Fungus
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Top pick for Haiku, the Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
Malleus Maleficarum
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Second-strongest match for Haiku, the Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
A Metroidvania inspired by the mechanics and style of classic games in the genre. Help Mirabel find different ways to explore a haunted mansion and hunt terrifying witches while gaining new weapons and discovering more about the macabre experiments carried out by demonic beings.
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
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Third-strongest match for Haiku, the Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Haiku, the Robot.
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
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Ranked #5 for Haiku, the Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Venture to the Vile
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Ranked #6 for Haiku, the Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
Rain World
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Ranked #7 for Haiku, the Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Timespinner
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Ranked #8 for Haiku, the Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
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Reviewers of Haiku, the Robot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
The Last Faith
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Reviewers of Haiku, the Robot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
Nine Sols
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Reviewers of Haiku, the Robot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
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Reviewers of Haiku, the Robot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Haiku, the Robot.
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Reviewers of Haiku, the Robot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
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Reviewers of Haiku, the Robot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Haiku, the Robot.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
Waltz of the Wizard (Legacy demo)
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Reviewers of Haiku, the Robot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haiku, the Robot.
Store page for the legacy demo of Waltz of the Wizard created as a prototype to showcase the power of room-scale VR. Please find the full product in the description below.
SteamWorld Heist II
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Reviewers of Haiku, the Robot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Skill-based gunplay meets turn-based tactics in SteamWorld Heist 2! Aim carefully, bounce bullets, and pull off trick shots in high-stakes heists. Choose your crew and utilize 150+ items to navigate real-time naval battles and daring missions in this 30+ hour adventure to stop a deadly water crisis.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Haiku, the Robot at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Haiku, the Robot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
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
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Priced ~50% under Haiku, the Robot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Haiku, the Robot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Haiku, the Robot.
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
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Priced ~50% under Haiku, the Robot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Haiku, the Robot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Haiku, the Robot.
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!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Haiku, the Robot.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Haiku, the Robot.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Haiku, the Robot
- Is Haiku, the Robot verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Haiku, the Robot 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 Haiku, the Robot cost?
- Haiku, the Robot is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Haiku, the Robot?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Haiku, the Robot are Lone Fungus, Malleus Maleficarum, Astalon: Tears of the Earth.
- Who developed Haiku, the Robot?
- Haiku, the Robot was developed by Mister Morris Games.
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